Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That will not leave Laumer much profit. To hold down labor costs to $2,000 per car, he employs his son, two daughters, a son-in-law and a master mechanic. But he contracts out all upholstery and painting work for another $2,000, and reaches far afield for authentic parts. The spare-tire mount comes from Argentina, for instance, the speedometer from the U.S.S.R., a water pipe from South Africa; Laumer gets only the chassis and a few other parts in the U.S. All together, the parts cost more than $5,000 per car, though Laumer hopes...
Barbara Bregstein, general manager of the ensemble, said yesterday the ensemble considers itself an "integral part" of the church and a non-profit educational organization not subject to zoning...
...first ten weeks the group made a net profit of $400 on a $1200 investment--a 30 per cent rate of return. But, in the last four weeks profits dropped to under ten per cent and stayed there...
Bernard also said that the longer the group used the system, the less lucrative it became. After returns reached a peak profit point last month, the laws of probability took over and profits fell...
John J. Campbell, a Cambridge realtor and former member of the board, said the CRCB must be realistic in solving the problem and should recognize that landowners who don't make enough profit won't make necessary repairs or maintain the buildings they rent, harming the tenants...