Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...preceding fiscal year. During the same period, Playboy's circulation fell by a quarter of a million (current circulation: 6.1 million). His fledgling two-year-old Out magazine was holding its own, but not much more. Aside from the Playboy clubs in England (which turn a neat profit thanks to their gambling parlors), the company's hotel-and-clubs division continues to drain profits from the flagship magazine, and Hefner's ventures into moviemaking have been disastrous (his most recent film: The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder). In an unpleasant omen for any corporation, the two outside...
...stock for which the investor holds an option jumps in value, he can then buy the shares at the prearranged rate, resell them at the higher market price and, after subtracting the option premium and usual broker's selling commission, perhaps turn a profit. Or he can sell the option itself at a higher price and take a capital gain without even buying the stock. If the shares drop in value, the investor can choose not to buy them; in this case his loss is limited to his original investment in the option...
...years since it was founded as a 250 variety store in Lynn, Mass., the W.T. Grant Co. had never failed to ring up an annual profit. Indeed, until recently it had been pursuing a headlong expansion program. But last week Chairman James G. Kendrick confirmed rumors that had been sweeping the industry for months: Grant's profits and progress had both come to a thudding halt. After a grim meeting with Grant's bankers at the chain's new Manhattan headquarters, Kendrick said that the company would report a loss of $175 million for the past year...
...said that the "profit inflator" clause negates the effect of inflation for the landlord, and forces the tenant to pay the difference...
...regulations stipulate that landlords can maintain the same profit margin they had two years...