Word: profitable
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...social responsibility extends beyond simply volunteering for a tutoring program or applying for a job with a non-profit. It extends beyond finding a program that will allow us to become part of what has increasingly become a kind of chic associated with socially responsible pursuits. There are a lot of us who are tempted to feel that, as long as we are volunteering for an organization we believe in, we are doing our part and helping others. I'm just no longer sure this is true...
...addition, Davis says HPPS is a nonprofit organization and does not mark up sourcebook prices to make a profit...
...fair to Boies et al, the DOJ still has plenty of juicy material to feed on. Its latest witness, economist Frederick Warren-Boulton, brought out one tasty tidbit Tuesday: Microsoft, he said, had an "astonishing" 38.5 percent profit margin -- more than any other high-tech firm in the Fortune 500. How, then, can this company claim that it doesn't derive benefits from its monopoly position? After all, there's one thing the AOL deal hasn't changed: 89 percent of those Netscape browsers are going to be viewed on a Microsoft-operated machine. Windows, too, is a beast that...
...That is supposed to imply somehow that our companies receive $60 million in guaranteed profits," he said, "and that is flat-out not true. Our companies don't make anywhere near that kind of profit...
...largest private exporter of Dominican sugar? The Fanjuls, thanks in part to their long-standing relationship with the Dominican Republic's politicians. Through a subsidiary, Central Romana Ltd., the brothers grow sugar cane and operate the world's largest sugar mill there. The profit margin is substantial, partly because cane cutters on the island earn about $100 a month, making production costs much lower than in Florida. From their Dominican plantation the Fanjuls export roughly 100,000 tons of raw, duty-free sugar each year...