34 Understanding the Numbers
http://www.wmw.com The World Market Watch (wmw) provides
business research information, including financial
ratios, for many companies and 74 different
industries.
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NOTES
- The name comes from its original use at the Dupont Corporation.
- After income taxes.
- Ibid.