After a vain and castigated bid to force the Bundesbank to revalue its gold reserves and pay over part of the book profit, the government is now mulling over painful new spending cuts.
It is easy to imagine circumstances in which a monopoly would charge less than the text-book profit-maximising price, either to extend its market (with a view to raising prices later) or to deter new entrants (a strategy known as limit-pricing).
Unless, that is, there is never any moment at huge banks like UBS when book profit is reconciled with cash profit - so that all profit is only what is shown by the internal accounting system, even if some of the entries in that accounting system are fictional.
Treating the trades as sales allowed MF Global to book a profit immediately in its U.S. unit.
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And so far Sirius hasn't projected when it will actually book a profit.
But since they only can book a profit once the yacht is delivered, they work hard to find a compromise.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 53 cents a share, up from 43 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 96 cents a share, up from 84 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 32 cents a share, up from 28 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 87 cents a share, up from 72 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 55 cents a share, up from 46 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 51 cents a share, up from 38 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 30 cents a share, up from 27 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 11 cents a share, up from 8 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 87 cents a share, up from 78 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 54 cents a share, up from 36 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 12 cents a share, up from 8 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 87 cents a share, up from 75 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 39 cents a share, up from 31 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 54 cents a share, up from 48 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 75 cents a share, up from 66 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 47 cents a share, up from 40 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 35 cents a share, up from 17 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 13 cents a share, up from 7 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 72 cents a share, up from 61 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 58 cents a share, up from 51 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 37 cents a share, up from 32 cents a year ago.
Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 25 cents a share, up from 19 cents a year ago.
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