The NYSE and Nasdaq decided to go for-profit under the auspices of raising the money necessary to compete with foreign exchanges and other upstart trading pools.
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Some country code extensions are popular in their own countries and some others have had niche success such as .tv for video and .me and .ly for social media, and of course .org is still the go-to extension for non-profit, but otherwise going with anything other than a .com for a startup generally winds up in an uphill battle for relevance just to save a few early bucks.
"Most of the work we do would otherwise go to large, for-profit outsourcing firms in big cities in India and China, " she says.
In business, profit can go up for years even when a manager is overseeing activities that neither maximise the long-term value of the company nor aid society.
Proceeds from the event go to Brainwave Ireland, a non-profit for epilepsy and cancer research at a local hospital.
The authors go on to paint a predictable portrait of a for-profit higher ed industry gone amok, amid giant debt, useless credentials, lobbying and ideological deregulation.
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While the commissioners acknowledged that the People's Lottery not-for-profit bid could see more money go to charity, they highlighted uncertainty in achievable sales and greater risks in terms of financial soundness and costs.
Especially in our for-profit health care system, each earning report has to best the last for the stock to go up in value.
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It may be the only way for farmers and ranchers to survive as profit margins go on shrinking.
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Whenever there was a not for profit to audit that my firm could not go after due to independence or not being a good fit, Linda was the first person I would call.
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Other bits do not go far enough: it is foolish to rule out letting for-profit companies run schools and wrong to exempt the NHS from cuts.
"As a for-profit business that's an attractive pond to go swimming in, " says Mr Beck.
Another similarity with the bureaucratic sector is the reticence of non-profit leaders to let go of programs, especially if they can continue to get funding for them.
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For the carriers, the program is a chance for them to sign up more subscribers and make a small profit, plus more money if customers go over their small initial allotment and need to buy more minutes or text messages.
One counterpoint was the for-profit giant HCA, which owns 11 of the top 25 most profitable and has filed to go public later this year.
If they go ahead (negotiations with the government are proving fraught), they will be run by a not-for-profit arm, since for-profit ventures are banned from Britain's academies programme.
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