[rockyj]

Line goes up is also not enough anymore. The slope of line going up is most important. You made 10bn last year, but only 9 bn this year - this means time for some layoffs to please "the market". I have no way to explain this world we live in.

[mort96]

"The line" referenced by "line goes up" is typically understood to be revenue or profit, so if you made 10bn last year but only 9bn this year, "the line" actually went down even if you have more money at the end of this year than at the end of last year.