Word: profit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Percentage of day traders who make a profit...
...Much of the money comes, of course, from overseas investors who are eager to make a killing out of need and are gambling that the economy can only improve. "This is the first time since I came here in 1992 when I can feel truly confident of making a profit," says a Singaporean businessman sipping pumpkin soup with gold leaf in it (in a hotel where even the telephone receivers are scented with jasmine). The appetizer alone costs as much as a local judge (generally uneducated) earns in maybe six months...
...many, Net stocks remain the epitome of pure speculation. On an earnings basis, after all, a company with no profit is as expensive at $20 a share as it is at $40. That's what makes Net stocks so confounding. Most lose money, and predicting when they'll turn a profit and how big that profit will be is sheer guesswork...
...office and the national pop consciousness. In its first week of wide release, on 1,101 screens, it earned $50 million--more than the Julia Roberts comedy hit Runaway Bride, which played in nearly three times as many venues. It is likely to have the highest percentage of profit in film history. Its astounding success has made indie-film heroes of its directors, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. And the marketers at Artisan Entertainment, who built fervid want-see for the film through cunning use of the Internet, have been credited with revolutionizing the way films are sold...
...Ellen Dolan, a spokesperson for First Realty, said the allegations of profit-motivated eviction are "absolutely untrue." She said she could not discuss the specific reasons for the Desirs' eviction due to privacy rules...