poking around, i get the impression it's not called a profit rate or a profit margin. could be misunderstanding, though.
and in any event, i seem to recall doug posting something here indicating that the typical large, public corporation had about 1-2% profits -- whatever that meant, actually. Is that correct?
shag
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