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Discover LudwigThe phrase "poor profit" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is often used to describe a small or unsatisfactory amount of money that is earned from a business or investment. Example: Despite their best efforts, the company saw poor profit margins this quarter due to unforeseen market fluctuations.
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That was despite the poor profit performances, which were described as "ugly" by one City analyst.
But poor profit figures from Cisco hit the Nasdaq Composite, which lost 5.9% over the week.
The bad news climaxed with the departure of Lukas Mühlemann, the chairman and chief executive, amid criticism of his expansion strategy and the company's poor profit performance.
No doubt this will eat into the cash pile, depress operating metrics and extend the period of poor profit delivery from the group, albeit should be lower cost.
There are lots of reasons the markets remain unstable — fears of a global recession, companies offering poor profit projections for the rest of the year, and the continuing uncertainties brought on by the credit crisis.
We sift through the Market Guide database and eliminate companies with negative book values or poor profit histories.
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The firm said it had been "another record year for Lenovo with a more diversified business", but put its poor net profit result down to increased operating expenses.
"Bottomless access to bank debt really allowed the Chinese companies to continue to sell at losses and have poor profit-and-loss income statements in order to gain market share," said Adam Krop, an analyst at Ardour Capital.
From Cisco to Hewlett-Packard, technology companies have taken to muttering about poor profits and sales in recent weeks.
The bid speculation only ramps up the pressure on Philips and his team to change tactics in the face of poor sales and poor profits.
But blaming poor profits on bad regulation is only part of the story.As the pips squeakTo begin with, the main change is sensible.
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