For example, as we explained above, it doesn't tell us the profit earned or lost during a particular period: profitability is composed also of things that are not cash based.

比如，就像我们在上面解释的那样，现金流不能告诉我们某个特定时间段内的盈利或损失：盈利能力所包含的因素也与现金流无关。

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Net profit for the first nine months of 2010 was $80m compared with $53m in the same period a year before.

2010年前九个月的纯利润有8000万美元，而上一年的同时间利润只有5300万。

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From January through May, enterprises at national scale gained a profit of 1.9 trillion RMB yuan, an increase of 27.9% over the same period of last year.

1 - 5月份，全国规模以上工业企业实现利润1.9万亿元，同比增长27.9%。今年1 - 8月，全国进出口总值为2.35万亿美元，同比增长25.4%，其中：出口1.22万亿美元，增长23.6%；进口1.13万亿美元，增长27.4%。

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The impact of the business on people or environment, rather the amount of profit made in a given period measures the success of social business.

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At the heart of this groundswell is a return to passion not mere profit, and a renaissance period of the crafts and craftsmanship that once fueled our nation and the world.

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It made a net profit of 100bn yen during the period, compared with 81bn a year earlier.

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