Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard is at once research laboratory, vast library system, teaching university, enormous landholder and not-for-profit billionaire. Its four full-time lobbyists have their hands full just staying abreast of how Congressional decisions will impact such a vast institution...
...quarts of booze. By squeezing such costs, Arison says, Carnival can break even with its ships filled to around 60% of capacity. Yet with vessels like Destiny often packed to the gunwales, Carnival has been able to trim operating expenses to 54% of revenues. That contributes to a net profit margin of 27%, first class by any measure...
There are plenty of risks for investors in this brave new e-world. So-called boiler-room operators who tout highly speculative or fraudulent stocks in order to unload them at a profit--pump and dump in the parlance--can reach vast audiences through chat rooms and bulletin boards. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been flashing red lights, bringing--and winning--40 complaints alleging scams against stock promoters since 1996. (The rule here: if it sounds like too much of a good deal, it probably is. The agency has a cyberspace alert on its website: www.sec.gov...
Shah had left banking and started his own company in 1992 to set up an ATM system for credit cards. The company was named Gensar after his daughters. He sold it in August 1996 for $200 million and a personal profit he describes as "tons of money." In September, he says, Ellen wanted to reconcile and they even went on a date, but he refused to give the marriage another chance. The following month, she filed for protection from abuse...
...learn how to build a website. Then, on the day Titanic came out, the $20,000 computer that served www.dicaprio.com sank like the great ship itself. "I had to reboot it every half hour," Gaskins recalls. Finally he relocated to more heavy-duty digs donated by a for-profit site that sells Leo-related merchandise...