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 ...

Earnings are arguably the most important single number on a company's quarterly financial report. Wall Street clearly dives into all of the other metrics and management's input, but the EPS figure ...

Air Canada's stock has recovered from recent low, but the problems remain, with both top-line and bottom-line growth facing ...