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Word: profitability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard shouldn't seek to profit from the marketing of tobacco, and that's what they're doing in a pretty huge way," he said...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Harvard Buyout Role Criticized | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

Experts have said the University may turn a 30 percent profit on its share in the buyout. Harvard also stands to benefit from its ownership of RJR stock, which has nearly doubled in value since the takeover bidding began five weeks...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Harvard Buyout Role Criticized | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

...wants to use the Eliot St. property (where the Harvard Motor House is now located) to build a commercial office building. The project would be turned over to an outside developer and would not, at this point, house any University administrative or academic offices--it would be a purely profit-making venture for the school. It seems that it would not be as profitable for the University to build its hotel on that space; the Gulf station property on Mass. Ave. would not be as lucrative for offices, but a hotel would do well there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spacing Out | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...happening; you worry about making money' -- that editor doesn't last long." On the other hand, it is important for publishers to realize that quality and integrity are in themselves good investments, even if they sometimes hurt the short-term bottom line. "If the measuring stick is only profit," says Burl Osborne, who < is both editor and president of the Dallas Morning News, "you can't have a great newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Who's Running the Newsroom? | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...billion, would be swapped for debt. He and his group would control about 8.5% of the remaining equity, which would be sold to them for just $20 million but would immediately be worth about $200 million. The management group has also given itself incentive payments, which, if certain profit targets were met, would increase its stake to just under 20% over five years. If everything went as planned, the value could be as much as $2.6 billion by then. Johnson's personal share: $1 billion or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will His Deal Go Up in Smoke? | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

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