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  • "The profit-margin expectations embedded in consensus estimates for the second half of the year and next year are just too high," says Adam Parker , chief U.S. equity strategist at Morgan Stanley.

    The Other Shoe—Earnings Jonathan Cheng 2011

  • Autos BMW reported a sharp jump in third-quarter net profit to € 871 million ($1.22 billion) from € 76 million last year and lifted its profit-margin target for its auto segment amid booming demand for its large vehicles, particularly in China.

    Business Watch 2010

  • French power-management and engineering company Schneider Electric SA recently cut its profit-margin target, citing a slump in Western Europe and inflationary pressures in emerging markets.

    Siemens Cautious Despite Profit Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

  • Further savings will come from streamlining packaging, and paring logistics, sourcing and purchasing costs to stem profit-margin losses.

    Reckitt to Realign for Growth Simon Zekaria 2012

  • For instance, while Hitachi as a whole is targeting a 10% profit-margin goal, its appliance and TV business operates on margins of about 1.6%, says SMBC Nikko—and with volumes falling, this could drop to as low 0.6% next year.

    Japan's Appliance Makers Need a Cleaning Out James Simms 2011

  • Because it was so far along in the process, Luca Luca had to absorb those increases in the form of profit-margin hits.

    Materials Girls: Designers Trim Hemlines, Costs Elizabeth Holmes 2011

  • Their father, an AT&T Inc. executive, talked to the girls about setting profit-margin goals while they were still in grade school.

    Power Couple: Meet the Sister CEOs Joann S. Lublin 2011

  • Mr. Booth warned that Ford's profit-margin increases could be tempered by rising commodity prices and the increased investments the company will have to make as it expands.

    Ford Forecasts Sharp Gains From Asian Sales Neal E. Boudette 2011

  • After three years of profit-margin expansion, U.S. companies have begun to see rising costs eat into the bottom line.

    America Inc. Faces Margin Stall Justin Lahart 2012

  • Wendy's says it still might be able to achieve profit-margin growth this year by increasing sales and traffic, and raising some prices, to offset the higher costs.

    Wendy's Spends on Growth Annie Gasparro 2012

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