profit
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For years, McClain had kept cattle here in his hometown and on the Texas Panhandle, buying calves at auction and selling them for profit three months later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Investors are “taking profit in one group, but don’t want to get out of the tape,” said Mike O’Rourke, chief market strategist at Jones Trading.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026
In May, it approved its 2026-27 budget, projecting record revenue of €161m, after closing the previous financial year in profit for the 13th consecutive year.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
In the long run, SpaceX is targeting gross profit margins of 70% and net income margins of 45%, about 10 percentage points better than Alphabet on both metrics.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Give ’em part of the profit to tow me and the big fish back to the dock.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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