Word: profited
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...that for years have prevented the networks from owning more than a small portion of the programming they air and from selling reruns of those shows on the syndication market. The new business opportunities that this opens up, along with an upturn in the advertising market and a healthy profit picture (the three networks combined made roughly $600 million last year, an increase of 30% from 1993, according to Broadcasting & Cable Magazine), have turned the networks into hot properties on Wall Street. At least two of the Big Three, NBC and CBS, have had serious discussions with potential corporate buyers...
During its short history, the group has eclipsed two other local groups--the Harvard Square Business Association and the Harvard Square Advisory Committee--in influence by using strong-armed, confrontational tactics. Most prospective developments and businesses in the Square are likely to contend with the non-profit group's legal challenges and zoning appeals...
Samuel Pierce, President Reagan's first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, won't be charged after a five-year probe of housing corruption scandals in the 1980s -- largely because government prosecutors have concluded that he is old and ill and didn't profit from alleged cronyism in the department. But Independent Counsel Arlin Adams said today that Pierce, 72, nicknamed "Silent Sam" for keeping a low profile during his government tenure, has admitted he created an environment that permitted aides to steer federal aid illegally to friends and political allies. "I realize that my own conduct contributed...
...currency devaluation. But Templeton reminds us that not all Mexican companies will be hurt if the government fails in its attempt to restrain prices. Even if a company's costs go up, it can in turn raise the price of whatever it's selling and still make its usual profit...
...example, "a large company's profit trails off and wants to grow," says Brian J. Hirschfeld '93, also of CDI. "We have to understand the business, look at value migration, understand what the customer is demanding and which customers are most profitable...