In an ordinary year, the surge in corporate profits in 2002 would be drawing huzzahs from economists and investors alike. Take away AOL Time Warner Inc.'s $44.6 billion loss, which was so huge that it skewed results for the entire sample, and full-year earnings for the 900 companies in BusinessWeek's Corporate Scoreboard zoomed 23%. That's the best result since 1994, when profits jumped 40% as the country climbed out of another slump.
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机译：在普通的一年里，2002年公司利润的飙升将吸引经济学家和投资者的关注。除去美国在线时代华纳公司（AOL Time Warner Inc.）的446亿美元的损失，这笔巨额亏损使整个样本的业绩都出现了偏差，《商业周刊》企业记分板中900家公司的全年盈利增长了23％。这是自1994年以来的最好成绩，当时该国摆脱了另一场低迷，利润猛增了40％。
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