Either way, you should steer clear of companies that report both profits and negative operating cash flows period after period.
His successors, operating in a period when deconglomeration was more in fashion, unwound much of IC Industries, which later was renamed Whitman Corp. after one of its subsidiaries, the chocolate maker.
But its wireline business remained under pressure: revenue fell by 3.6% in the period and operating profit slumped by 90%.
Alcoa has reduced its smelting capacity and beat estimates when it reported third-quarter results in October, but still booked an operating loss for the period.
In the holiday quarter just reported, profits were basically flat (on an apples-to-apples time period, operating profits increased 7%, still a far cry from the previous two years).
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We estimate its operating margins for Microsoft Office to be around 63% in 2011, and forecast a steady decline in operating margins throughout the forecast period.
This is especially shocking given that during much of this period Iran was operating directly in support of Jihadist insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan who were killing American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, providing the terrorists with training, logistics, safe haven and advanced weaponry.
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From the overseas market, ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB 46.76 billion during the period, accounting for 54.2% of overall operating revenue and representing year-on-year growth of 24%.
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The club, he said, had "substantially reduced" operating costs and wages during the period.
During this transition period, Sellers are operating in parallel universes, but not for long.
During the reporting period, ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB 39.50 billion from the domestic market, accounting for 45.8% of overall operating revenue and representing a year-on-year growth of 22.7%.
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Cisco announced solid results last week as revenues grew more than 4% and operating income 14% over the same period last year.
Expected to be there for a short period, UN troops are operating in some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world.
Cisco announced a healthy set of Q2 FY 2013 results February 13 as revenues grew 5% and operating income 2% over the same period last year.
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Revenues increased by more than 5% over the same period last year, and operating profits grew at a faster 7% rate for the sixth quarter in a row.
The costs of maintaining and operating the railway in the 10-year period to 2014 have come down by 50%.
Net-a-Porter reduced its losses during the period, but generated a positive operating cashflow.
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Communication and dialogue via social media have become central to the Vancouver-based company, whose first-quarter operating profits more than tripled since the same period last year.
We have improved our operating profits year to year over the same period, with double-digit growth in each of our main divisions last year.
Meanwhile, same-store net operating income increased 11% over the same period.
In the PC operating system market, the 1980s were a period of intense competition and rapid innovation, followed by the 1990s when Windows became utterly dominant and the pace of innovation slowed.
One of the balance sheet assets they accrue during this period are their tax-deductable Net Operating Losses (NOLs).
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"A majority of our operating units improved their earnings compared with the same period a year ago, but we are well aware of the challenges still ahead, " said chairman Heinrich von Pierer.
For example, the Northshore LIJ hospital system increased utilization of operating rooms by challenging teams to improve in a short period of time, which triggered ideas and actions for innovative scheduling, patient transport, and materials management processes.
Operating income from international business jumped 37% during the same period.
Samsung Electronics delivered a yet another stellar performance in Q1 2013, riding the smartphone boom to grow revenues by 17% and operating profits by an even higher 54% over the same period last year.
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But both Stretch and Zerbe have an answer to that: Include tax breaks that would put cold cash now in many businesses' hands--for example, an extension of the now-two-year-period in which business can carry back their net operating losses.
This scenario could reduce our estimates for the corporate and commercial banking operating margins from 56% at the end of our forecast period to about 45% and represent a 10% decline in our price estimate for Bank of America.
Operating income dipped from almost 4% of total sales during the same period last year to slightly less than 3% of total sales.
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