Various costs are subtracted from the revenues to calculate various progressively smaller measures of profit and loss: gross income, net income, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), taxable income, etc.

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Rising revenues are nice, but big gains in operating income (net income before depreciation, interest and taxes) and cash flow from operations are even better.

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The fluid-moving side is the beauty part, accounting for 79% of operating income (net before interest and taxes).

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In sharp contrast, in that same year, the middle 20% of income earners, the true middle class, paid 2.7% of total federal individual income taxes on net, while earning 15% of before-tax income.

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It's also a high eight times operating income (net before depreciation, interest and taxes).

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Despite the steep price, which comes to 46 times 2000 operating income (net before depreciation, interest and taxes), says Kagan World Media, the purchase makes sense.

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In addition, Hicks buyout firm would have gotten a fat price -- 13 times LINs projected 1999 operating income (net before depreciation, interest and taxes).

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Despite the steep price, which, according to Kagan World Media, comes to 46 times 2000 operating income (net before depreciation, interest and taxes), the purchase makes sense.

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It's too soon for Disney--no earnings recovery around the corner--but Fox Entertainment (27, FOX) is a buy with enterprise value (equity plus debt) at 11 times operating income (net before depreciation, interest and taxes).

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That came to 15 times operating income (in the sense of net before interest, taxes and depreciation).

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