Word: profitably
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taxmen figure that much of the haul is transported in tractor-trailers that can carry 10,000 cartons of cigarettes at a time for a profit of $15,000. Vending machine companies, restaurants and motels controlled by the Mafia can be easily persuaded to retail the cigarettes. The seven states and New York City are hoping for a $750,000 federal grant to help them combat the crime, but they know it won't be easy. Contraband cigarettes are even sold occasionally in Harrisburg's North Office Building, headquarters of the Pennsylvania state revenue department...
...them are still flying as far afield as Burma, Canada and some parts of the U.S. A twin-engine work horse that flew coast to coast in an unheard-of 15 hours in the late 1930s, the DC-3 was the first American aircraft to turn a profit from passengers only. It was also the first to offer heated cabins, soundproofing and power brakes...
...Wilson plan calls for the government to compensate Chrysler U.K. for losses of up to $100 million in 1976 and $45 million of any additional deficits through 1979. This aid will not be repaid, but the government gets to take half of any profit the subsidiary might make in the next four years. In addition, the government agreed to lend Chrysler $110 million to help the company develop new car models and guaranteed $70 million in loans from British commercial banks. In exchange, Chrysler will, among other things, turn out five new models, beginning with a revamped version...
...driving force behind the merger was Fred Borch's successor as GE chairman, Reginald Jones, 58. Jones has had to deal with a profit slump at GE. The company's net earnings fell 14% in the first nine months of this year after reaching a record $608 million in 1974. One reason is that GE has been losing money on fixed-price orders for atomic power plants; lead times on such projects are long and cost overruns can be breathtakingly high. Jones says that GE sees Utah as "an important opportunity in the natural-resources industry." Some Wall...
...black Namibian revolutionaries operating from Angolan bases. But more importantly, South Africa seeks to prevent the formation of a ring of hostile black states on her borders. Western support for FNLA/UNITA thus contributes directly to the preservation of apartheid in South Africa, a system from which many American firms profit...