Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with ...

Every business aims to earn a profit, but companies exist for other reasons as well, such as providing meaningful livelihoods and working toward social and economic well-being. Profit maximization ...

Sales are the first step toward profits. Without sales, there are no profits. Profit is also called income, net profits and net income. Sales are also called revenues and result from products and ...

Probabilistic models, such as hidden Markov models or Bayesian networks, are commonly used to model biological data. Much of their popularity can be attributed to the existence of efficient and robust ...

Stephen Bainbridge, the William D. Warren distinguished professor of law at U.C.L.A. School of Law, is the author, most recently, of "Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis." Updated April 16 ...