Word: profitability
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What is more, computer software is usuallydesigned for profit-oriented corporations, notnon-profit educational institutions, which makesADAPT's work that much more difficult. Forexample, there is no software available that dealswith sponsored research, according to former VicePresident of Finance Allen J. Proctor...
...chairman, William Clay Ford Jr., great-grandson of the founder, who has promised to lead the auto industry into a pollution-free future. But Ford executives know that big, gas-thirsty vehicles are where the consumers and the cash meet. For years, General Motors has raked in oversize profits with the Chevrolet Suburban, long the standard-bearer among land yachts. Analysts say the spacious Suburban holds $10,000 to $15,000 in profit per vehicle. When the Excursion roars into showrooms this fall with a projected sticker price of $45,000 to $50,000, Ford could take...
...Coop. Exaggerate the store's policy on year-end profit sharing. *Ching: six Harvard notebooks, a crimson clipboard and a Coop bill change-of-address form...
...Coop. Exaggerate the store's policy on year-end profit sharing. *Ching: six Harvard notebooks, a crimson clipboard and a Coop bill change-of address form. Happy touring! ALLISON M. FITZGERALD
Obviously, guns and cigarettes pose more direct threats to the public well being than Texas cattle ranchers and McDonald's, but the threats they pose are legally sanctioned. Certainly something is wrong when companies profit from the death and misery of others, but in this case the problem is legislative, not criminal. Clearly, the obvious flaws in our nation's gun and tobacco policies need to be addressed. But undermining the authority of elected legislatures is an unacceptable solution. Joshua S. Carson '02 lives in Thayer Hall...