Earnings
Earnings
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corporation's Earnings are determined by taking revenues less cost of
sales, operating expenses, and taxes for a specified time period. A major cause
of the so called "dot com bust" is that, in a race to do an IPO,
many venture capital funded Internet companies focused primarily on increasing
revenues with seemingly little thought given to how and when they would generate
earnings, if ever.
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Important LawVantage.com, LLC and its website, CorporateBoardMinutes.com, do not render any legal, accounting or other consulting advice.
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