Government estimates released today show that corporate profits (and corporate tax revenues) rose from the last quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009. But compared to what they were a year ago, things still look dismal.

Corporate profit is our friend. WICHITA Corporate profits lead to corporate jets, and the good news from a survey released by the National Association of Business Economists is that more companies are reporting growing profits than shrinking profits for the first time in more than a year. ...

Treasurys rose Tuesday as concerns about U.S. corporate profits sparked demand for the safety of U.S. debt ahead of a $40 billion offering of three year notes.

Exxon Mobil Corp. reported the biggest annual corporate profit in U.S. history on Friday, even as crude oil prices plummeted from summer highs, pummeling comparable fourth-quarter earnings by 33

Work productivity rose in the first quarter, as companies cut cost by shedding workers and extracted more output from remaining employees. ... The tighter payrolls and increased productivity led to a jump in corporate profits, which surged 3.4% in the first quarter from the previous three ...

Heightened security boosting demand for business jets, but corporate profits remain key ... A restoration of corporate profits, not security concerns, will be the primary driver of business jet use and ...

Estimates ranged from decreases of 30,000 to 180,000. The drawdown in inventories and rising corporate profits are the most compelling reasons for payrolls to begin showing sustainable increases as soon as this month, these ... Profits, Inventories Corporate profits climbed 21 percent from ...

World stocks hit a one-week low and the euro set a two-month trough against the dollar on Monday as nervousness grew about poor economic data and falling corporate profits in a rapidly slowing global economy. A closely-watched euro zone survey ...

Corporate profits of course are a strong indication when determining the direction of a ... When corporate profits rise, then it is a good bet the stock price will get a lift. ...

So now we should regulate corporate profits to make sure that they are in line with Felix Salmon's view of what is a reasonable profit and ignore the marketplace? I agree that there have been abuses in the financial services sector- too much leverage and risk. ...

Investors still seem to be under-estimating the operating and financial leverage that is built into corporate profits. ... So Bernstein expects corporate profits to be 9.25% better than the peak of the bubble. ...

WICHITA Corporate profits lead to corporate jets, and the good news from a survey released by the National Association of Business Economists is that more companies are reporting growing profits than shrinking profits for the first time in more than a year. ...

The new bailout plan was announced at 11 am: Make of it what you will. The market isn't the economy--it's a measure of future corporate profits. Evidently, the public is skeptical that the new plan is good for corporate profitability...

let's stop corporate profits now! ... say NO to big business, greed and corporate profits. I am sick and tired of greedy businesses not sharing their wealth and raping the world of their resources. Exxon-Mobile just posted their highest profits ever. It is time the people rose up and ...

Citi adds Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to the Recommended List, saying more upside could play out. Citi has a Buy rating and $22 price target on MSFT. ... it appears as if some more upside could play out despite falling corporate profits and the normal lag on capital investment and job losses from tight ...

Even with the significant reduction in corporate profits due to the bank implosion, corporate profits were most recently reported at $1.1 trillion, just off the all-time high of $1.23 trillion. ... Corporate profits are double what they were in 2001, but have certainly been reduced within the last 12 ...

VOICES: Peanuts, profits and crime. By Phil Mattera. Our culture worships spunky small ... line between the aggressive pursuit of profit and behavior that can legitimately be ...

A far better idea is to cut taxes on corporate profits. You correctly recognize that your proposed tax credit would bias firms toward producing output by using more labor and, hence, would likely increase employment in the short-run. ... A cut in corporate-profits taxes, in contrast, would simultaneously ...

Investors risk appetite has reached its highest level in more than three years amid rising optimism for the global economy and corporate profits, according to a survey released today from Bank of America.

Corporate aircraft orders are in direct proportion to corporate profits, and profits in the last year have been rare and falling. ... Complicating the picture yet further is the 18 to 24 months lag between a resurgence of corporate profits and the placing of new orders for business jets. ...