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...offend its customers, most of whom are, for reasons that may have to do with our nation's obesity, more comfortable with hunting rifles than nudity. Its job is to make families feel comfortable enough to shop and enjoy those 12? hotdogs together. Because that is where the real profit is, people. Trust me, I've tried them...
...grassroots example of a practical program that works," says Yves Marchandy, who runs the program. But the project is scheduled to end in June. Local authorities don't plan to continue it because they don't have the budget. "The hospital authorities are overly focused on turning a profit," says Marchandy...
...their homes and livelihoods. But their lot is of little concern to the combatants. GAM claims to want independence; the military intends "to defend the country's unity at all costs," says Defense Ministry Director of Strategic Planning, General Sudrajat. But the situation is muddied by economics: both sides profit through smuggling, extortion, illegal logging and the sale of marijuana. Peace would threaten cash flow. "Both GAM and the government are more interested in saving face than saving the lives of the Acehnese people," says Ghazali Abbas Adan, an Acehnese representative to the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's highest...
...past decade, through good times and bad, Americans have drunk less but better, boosting superpremium liquors like Grey Goose vodka and Patron tequila, which cost $3 to $4 more a drink in bars than house brands. Profit margins on such brands are higher all the way from distillery to bar, but they barely balance out the industry-wide drop in volume...
While business leaders play an important role in society, the Kennedy School is dedicated to training leaders who forgo opportunities for profit in the private sector in order to serve the common good. Romney has spent more of his life lambasting people for dedicating their lives to public service—that is, following the path KSG urges its students to take—than actually serving the public. Romney spent his business career at Bain Capital putting self above the common good. His business dealings reflect a clear pattern: lay off workers, cut their benefits, line his own pockets...