Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...understand your indignation over banks' earning money by charging for services. In the retail business we call that making a profit...
Healthy truck sales are a boon to automakers. Trucks are cheaper to build than cars, and hence more profitable, because they contain fewer parts and are restyled less frequently. Detroit's rule of thumb is that trucks provide one-quarter of the industry's total volume but one-third of its profits. At AMC, sales of the Jeep Cherokee and Wagoneer models are the principal reason that the company is expected to report a profit this year for the first time since...
Simons: I think that's absolutely true. I think small newspapers in particular. I know what of I speak because I own one... You can be a small newspaper and wipe out your entire margin of profit in one year, especially if you're a very small newspaper, just trying to defend yourself in the legal process. So you do hesitate, or hang back...
Turk calls the policy "disastrous and irresponsible," accusing HRE of trying "to make a nice quick profit" at residents expense...
According to tenants, Harvard will probably make a large profit from the sales because many three family buildings are appraised at higher prices than larger multi units, which must remain under rent control even if they are owner occupied. The new landlords may more than triple present rents in order to compensate for the high sale price they taking the units out of the reach of most Cambridge residents tenants...