Word: profit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cycle is nearing an end. SUV sales in the first half of the year were up 11.2%, vs. an increase of 18.4% in the first half of 1998, reports a research firm, Autodata. If the trend holds, this will mark the slowest growth for SUVs in years. That puts profits under pressure because it takes three sedans to generate the profit...
...study has far-reaching implications since so many Americans use for-profit HMOs, according to the study's authors...
...These new HMOs that dominate the market are primarily for-profit," Woolhandler said. "And little is known about the quality of care in those plans...
...think a lot of doctors had guessed that the quality of care is better in non-profit HMOs," she said, adding that private health plans generally spend more money than not-for-profits on various expenses...
...Office for the Arts decided on the move in early May after Arts Boston, the non-profit organization that runs BosTix, announced it was vacating the site...