Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really helpful," said second-year lawstudent Shawn D. Dawson, who has studied Ezold'sand Hopkins' cases. "They've been there and Ithink I can really profit from their experiencesas I try to map out my own career...
...sense, the Shops by Harvard Yard seems to be a rather clever profit-making move. According to Gifford, HRE deliberately pursued the Profitable switch form large stores to small ones. The big, older stores like The Cambridge Shop had longstanding contracts that tended to favor the storeowner over the landlord. By replacing the old standbys with tiny stores, HRE can increase the amount of rent it receives...
...size of the stores we object to so much as their nature--although size and nature seem inextricably linked. But we have to question the business sense behind HRE's apparent decision to pursue the yuppie market. While the trend might lead to big profits in the short run, HRE could well be bartering away the future of the Square. And anyway, profits aren't supposed to be the motive driving HRE. As a non-profit, HRE's mission is to provide housing and space for Harvard students and staff, and presumably serve the greatest educational purpose of Harvard...
...When the profit motive enters into the equation, ethical considerations tend to be forgotten. And private profit drives the infertility business in the U.S. "We are one of the few countries in the world where you can sell sperm and eggs," said George Annas, a medical ethicist at Boston University. There are already catalogs that list the characteristics of sperm donors -- including one made up of Nobel prizewinners. Without regulation, it will only be a matter of time, said Annas, before some entrepreneur tries to market embryos derived from Michael Jordan or Cindy Crawford...
...closer look at the industry. Another is a recent series of cases involving abusive practices. Just last month, Chicago-based Kemper Financial Services agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle Securities Exchange Commission charges that a former portfolio manager had credited lucrative trades to his employee profit-sharing plan while dumping lesser transactions on two mutual funds. Also last month, First Investors Corp. settled charges brought by five states that had accused the firm of misleading customers, many of them retirees, who bought First Investors' risky junk-bond funds. The company agreed to pony up a total...