Profits Quotations | Page 4

Businesses seem to be doing everything they can to increase profits without increasing hiring. Unfortunately for the labor market, they appear to be quite successful.

Just given the fact the market wasn't able to push the Canadian dollar above that 12-year high that was set last November, I think that caused a few people to look at taking some profits on some of their long Canadian dollar positions.

I think this is a battle between people taking profits and people afraid they haven't been participating, by not having enough (commodities-related stocks) in their portfolios.

Maybe Iran, Venezuela and Russia need to get some fresh air as the fumes from their oil profits continue to cloud their better judgment. Oil power intoxication with an endless stream of oil profits seems to cause a feeling of extreme and all-encompassing power.

We know that a large number of our Gourmet Consultants have been offering Two Sisters Gourmet products to their local organizations for fundraising programs. However, this has often involved some sort of commission sharing arrangement whereby our Consultants are making less profit than they would otherwise. While this has been an accepted practice in the direct selling industry, we wanted to provide our Consultants with a program that lets them keep their profits while offering a very attractive commission to the fundraising organization.

We're in an almost perfect environment: low inflation, strong corporate profits and a benign Fed. It certainly seems that the Dow can continue to make new highs.

When you want to save money for seniors, that may mean smaller profits for drug stores.

Many businesses see statistics showing economic growth as a cruel joke. Competition is still brutal, wages are still rising, prices are still flat or falling, and profits are as hard to find as they were a year ago.

Many bought into the idea that America could go from a technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy - and somehow still expect to prosper. That idea was flat wrong. Our economy tilted instead toward the quicker profits of financial services.

It could be an economic recovery and a profits recession.