Will Hodson of TheBigDeal.com said it was significant that the version of the report on Energy UK's website left out the cost figures that allowed calculation of profit margins.
The U.A.W.'s contract with Ford calls for the exclusion of "extraordinary" costs in the calculation of profit-sharing checks, which averaged $6,700 a worker in 2000.
In reporting its core earnings, a calculation of profit that excludes restructuring charges, the company beat Wall Street's forecast by 2 cents a share.
It's a beautiful story, whose tone recalls Chekhov's tale "Rothschild's Fiddle" (another anguished calculation of profit and loss), in which hope and fatalism are evenly weighted, and only fantasy retains any dignity.
"Some may operate through state-owned and state-controlled entities in industries such as aerospace and defense, banking, finance, healthcare, energy and others, which may not be reasonably identifiable as foreign government entities, and therefore may not be included in our calculation of profit to be donated".
Modern dress is often the default choice of directors trying to signpost Shakespeare's relevance today, but Mr. Tresnjak's version, evoking the bottom-line-obsessed world of today's Wall Street, resonates more deeply than most in suggesting how the calculations of profit and loss are integral to even the most intimate human relationships.
The financial success of aftersales services is mainly determined based on the calculations of profit, cash flow, ROI, and ROA of companies regarding the costs and revenue [15].
"Franchising needs to be completely reformed so that what counts are improvements to the service on offer, rather than complex calculations of profit and loss that don't stack up," he said.
He has also proposed raising $61 billion by eliminating "last in, first out" accounting in the calculation of taxable profits.
