profit
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And right now owners buy teams to keep, not to unload and make a quick profit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Larger companies are better poised to absorb some of the shock of increased prices through higher profit margins and the ability to buy in bulk, Vyas said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
As those cost buffers fade, manufacturers may have to choose between raising prices, accepting lower profit margins, or risking weaker demand, it adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
And based on that contrarian strategy, the options market has helped identify two new ways investors may profit from going against the crowd.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Our business has turned a profit for years,” my mom said.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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For now, growth remains strong, and huge corporate profits have helped power the S&P 500 to a 13% gain year-to-date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
And if they want to wait for the bets to settle to take their profits, they will have to wait until the results in two years’ time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Only the European elite can now compete with Premier League clubs, and player profits are key when it comes to recycling money to keep in line with the financial rules.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A crop of new television shows are questioning whether the innovators once heralded as making the world a better place have traded lofty virtuous ambitions for profits and power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Goldman traders had booked profits of somewhere between $1.5 billion and $3 billion—even by bond market standards, a breathtaking sum.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Collins has profited quite handsomely from her singular access to and conflict with power.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
He profited from the two front-nine par fives to pick up three birdies by the turn and lead by one.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Many of his assets are held in a trust overseen by Donald Trump Jr. The president said Wednesday that he profited on his investment accounts in 2025 because stock markets rallied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Though Rinsch told the streamer that his sci-fi show “White Horse” was progressing nicely, the filmmaker allegedly moved the remaining money into cryptocurrency and profited from crypto speculation over the next couple of years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
You would have profited more than you would have thought by that trip.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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A bull call spread involves purchasing a lower-strike VIX call and selling a higher-strike one with the aim of profiting if the index rises.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Energy majors are profiting also from their trades as oil and gas futures swing between big gains and losses on the war's latest headlines.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Colleagues paid tribute to a "pioneer, a researcher, an inventor" who made "anatomy accessible to the general public", but critics have accused him of voyeurism and profiting commercially from death.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Insider trading has also become a concern, after high-profile cases emerged of people profiting off their knowledge of government information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
For most people, knowing if and how their tissues are being used in research is a far bigger issue than profiting from them.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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