profits

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According to the bankruptcy trustee, McClain attracted investors with partnership agreements promising annualized profits of around 30%—sometimes telling them he had futures contracts that locked in the higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Higher rates would make financing the billions of dollars being spent on AI chips and infrastructure more expensive, and there’s no guarantee such spending will translate into actual profits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

Many on Wall Street see the tech-led gains continuing as chip companies rake in profits from the artificial-intelligence frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Together, the 500 companies on the list roped in $21 trillion in revenue and $2.1 trillion in profits last year, employing 30.5 million people worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

They cared for nothing but the profits of sugarcane.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman