Your “bottom line” isn’t a boundary—it’s a psychological loophole. Rebrand it and stop sliding into the worst possible deal.

The "bottom line" is colloquially used as a metaphor to refer to "the essential or salient point" of a discussion. The term originally came from accounting. On an income statement, the top line is ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In business, the bottom line matters most. There’s no way around it; you need to make money to stay afloat, and so it feels natural to ...

Historically, most companies have focused their time, energy and resources on their bottom lines and securing the best financial performance for their shareholders. But times are changing and people ...

In the early 1980s, about the time I wrote my first essay on the NewsHour, the phrase "bottom line" came into common usage. In a mere 25 years, the phrase has so governed, indeed overwhelmed, American ...

If you zoom out and look at the big picture, the challenge of improving your bottom line optimization is simple – theoretically, at least. You can increase your revenue, you can lower your expenses, ...

Supervisors driven by profits could actually be hurting their coveted bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study.