But here you see it means very, very different things.

And at least it'll give you a sense of how revenues, gross profit, operating profit, pre tax income and net income really are different.

He is acting on his own behalf.

MlT actually lived by its actions.

They buy more of your service and they tell more of their friends, which leads to more profit.

But this idea is not always that intuitive.

And these metrics will tell you that.

I'll just abbreviate that as Nl.

This is really important to pay attention to, because so many people say, oh, a company made this much.

You can only sell luck in an unequal society because you offer a life changing reward. The monetary system is based on profit leading indirectly to corruption, any game can also be corrupted.

That is going to increase employment.

Minus 500,000.

Like so many nickels and dimes.

It became this economic sanctuary, where they could do penance for their profit making tendencies at five cents on the dollar.

The firm has made large profits from exports.

This is what the owners of the company get before they pay the government.

(Laughter) But I know it's the bottom line, or one's perception of it, that motivates people in the end.

Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

I do want to leave you with one positive thought.

You'll get your cut.

He's trying to do some good.

That's kind of a lot of money

Go ahead, eat.

I could not resist the lure of great profits.

And when people talk about earnings of a company, this is what they're talking about.

This is a pretty profitable business, more profitable than most.

These are the only people who really have, arguably the sophistication and the time and the monetary incentive to really look and scrutinize what management is doing.

So, it was not necessarily a bad thing.

Our interests clash with theirs.

The brief is that the bus should use 40 percent less energy.

His company makes profits from car exports.

And what is the interest for the Tattaglia family?

Fair enough.

A lot of times in the popular press.

All they care about is profits.

All the profits go toward Phillip's hospital bills.

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And I won't go into all of the details of an income statement, but any income statement you look at will have this operating profit line.

He was borne away by an impulse.

Yes, that's correct.

So you take the interest out.

You've been spying on us.

Darling, this is what the benefit is for, to raise money.