{"id":4981,"date":"2012-07-30T19:44:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T23:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2012-07-30T19:44:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T23:44:39","slug":"corporate-profit-streak-faces-a-threat-wsj-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/30\/corporate-profit-streak-faces-a-threat-wsj-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Profit Streak Faces a Threat &#8211; WSJ.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KATE LINEBAUGH: In the third quarter, earnings by companies in the S&amp;P 500 are expected to shrink for the first time since just after the recession ended, according to Thomson Reuters, which surveys Wall Street analysts&#8230;..declining by about 0.4% from the year-earlier quarter&#8230;..That follows what will likely have been three straight quarters of decelerating profit growth.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10000872396390444130304577557022094936352.html\">Corporate Profit Streak Faces a Threat &#8211; 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