profit
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Experiences have accounted for most of Disney’s profits since 2022, but movies and television shows create the stories and characters that draw people to visit parks, sail on cruise ships and buy toys.
Still, overall, companies in the S&P 500 have generally shown in their fourth-quarter earnings results so far that they can maintain their profit margins, which is “consistent with the broadly supportive economy,” Yu said.
From MarketWatch
Clorox CLX 1.49%increase; green up pointing triangle logged a lower second-quarter profit on a decline in product sales volumes, driven by pressured consumer demand early in the quarter.
"This is something created, promoted, and disseminated by certain actors whom we will investigate, as well as the platforms whose algorithms amplify disinformation in exchange for profit," Sánchez said.
From BBC
The chip maker on Tuesday posted a profit of $1.51 billion, or 92 cents a share, in the quarter ended in late December, compared with $482 million, or 29 cents a share, a year earlier.
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