Word: profitable
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...much that companies can't thrive without exports to Asia; it's that ebullient investors have put such absurdly high prices on stocks that even a minor disappointment in earnings will let out a lot of air. Consider Citicorp, which gets about 20% of its profit from Asia. Cut the Asian profit in half, and the bank's overall earnings would decline from an estimated $9.54 a share next year to $8.57. Even if Citi's stock sells at 15 times earnings, the same lofty valuation (for banks) it commanded before the crisis, the price would fall from its recent...
...power of the marketplace to reduce greenhouse emissions. Though the exact details are far from worked out, permits to produce certain levels of gas could be issued to companies. Such permits could be sold, giving firms an incentive to cut emissions and then be able to profit from selling pollution rights. Moreover, the permits could be traded across national borders. If a company in Germany, for example, built an energy-efficient factory in China, it could avoid having to squeeze extra efficiency out of a factory back home. Such a scheme is in place within the U.S. to reduce sulfur...
...makes it impossible to distinguish between mail you want and spam you don't. Courts may offer temporary relief, but serious spammers say the new suits don't have them worried. "We've been through 12 lawsuits since last year," says CyberPromotions' Sanford Wallace, "and have still shown a profit every quarter...
Average student debt has risen to $18,800, up from $8,200 six years ago, according to figures provided by Nellie organization, the nation's largest non-profit provider of student loans. Nellie Mae compiled these figures from a pool consisting of 65 percent undergraduate borrowers and 35 percent graduate borrowers...
Your article, "Prices Rise at HDS Eateries" fails to note a critical point. Harvard Dining Services (HDS) is not a private institution. It is a monopoly at Harvard, created to serve the Harvard community. The fact that HDS operates for profit is fundamentally wrong, especially as a monopoly...