Word: profited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...elite slime. Under fire for last spring's De La Soul debacle. Throws great for-profit concert parties for his buddies. Oh, if only I could be like Mike...
...increasingly ruthless retail competition. This is a Square that has attracted--in the middle of a recession, no less--stores like HMV, Tower Records, Structure, The Body Shop, Origins and Learningsmith. With the notable exception of the Coop, most of these stores are not consumer cooperatives but for-profit companies, in which business decisions are made and profits kept by investors, not consumers...
...making the best business decisions? Common sense suggests it's not the Coop. Compare, after all, who's making the decisions at companies versus consumer cooperatives. At profit-making stores in the Square, experienced, efficient corporate types are in charge. At the Coop, on the other hand, inexperienced amateurs--Harvard and M.I.T. students and alumni--are calling the shots...
...process, Apple (worldwide sales: $6.3 billion) has joined a select group of American companies that have debunked the myth of Japan as a fortress impenetrable to outside products. But cracking the Japanese market has had deeper significance for the California-based company: with profit margins steadily shrinking in the personal-computer business, CEO John Sculley has set out to expand Apple's business into advanced consumer electronics like CD-ROM players and personal digital assistants (PDAs), far more powerful versions of the electronic pocket diaries developed by Japan's Casio and Sharp. Sculley believes Apple has a key advantage because...
Lies in the interest of liars may also extend to those with whom the liars feel closely bound -- the individual to his tribe, sect, community or nation, the employee to his employers, the professional to his peers, the advertiser or lawyer to his client. If collective success or profit is a paramount goal, a lie told to achieve it may seem a tempting alternative...