earnings
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Refiners’ near-term earnings are likely to remain strong due to higher fuel margins, but those margins could compress if Hormuz reopens, allowing Middle Eastern refineries to restore output and Asian plants to raise utilization.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have climbed 3.4%, well below the 4% pace this time last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Shares of Apple currently trade at 33.4 times forward earnings, above their five-year average of 27.6, according to FactSet.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
“Navigating uncertainty is nothing new for Sherritt,” interim Chief Executive Peter Hancock said during a February earnings call.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
According to an abolitionist newspaper that had picked up Jennings’s story, Dolley kept his earnings “to the last red cent.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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