Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...board approved the rent increase after landlords complamea that rent control is keeping them from earning a fair profit...
...discouraged new building. While rents on newly let apartments have soared, the levy on occupied premises has been held artificially low. Worried about future controls, landlords have stopped building. Many are breaking the controls by converting rental apartments to co-ops or condominiums and selling out for a quick profit. This year landlords will convert and sell up to 130,000 apartments, vs. only...
Eckstein and his family will reportedly make more than $100 million from the sale. DRI earned $3.1 million in profit last year on sales of $31.5 million...
Congress might place limitations on the refund, but if Chrysler really loses $400 million this year, it could collect as much as $186 million. That is the amount it might have had to pay on a $400 million profit, assuming the usual 46% corporate tax rate. If Chrysler makes money again, it would not be able to offset those earnings with this year's loss, and the Treasury would start to get its money back from Chrysler's higher taxes. A dispensation from the loss carry-forward provisions stands a fair chance in Congress...
...computer. With this magical policy, Christopher found it easy to persuade banks to lend him the huge sums that he needed to buy computers. The company or agency that leased the equipment agreed to make monthly payments that Christopher used to retire bank debt and turn a large profit...