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.
Many of the brightest young researchers now prefer to look for jobs in the West or go into business in Poland.
That left Tower with the have-it-all-in-stock business model, the go-to source for hard-nosed music enthusiasts.
When the company filed to go public in early June, it attracted criticism for its high marketing costs and unprofitable business.
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Apparently, Amazon wants to go into the domain business wholesale, as it has also put in a request for .movie, .app, .wow, and others.
"As a for-profit business that's an attractive pond to go swimming in, " says Mr Beck.
The New York State insurance regulator, who said Thursday he continues to monitor the Ambac situation closely, invited other companies to open up for business to ensure that there would be bond insurers to go around in case any of the big ones fell apart.
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While it's easy to say that the avalanche of junk out there that's sold with an Elvis likeness tends to cheapen the brand image, it's still in CKX's interests to get that business for itself rather than watch it go underground.
This is where it gets tricky, where it gets hard for female entrepreneurs and women in business to keep up their stride as the days go by and really stake out their place on the road to success.
Indeed, some envision a boom in entrepreneurship as would-be business owners quit their soul-crushing corporate jobs to go to work for themselves.
Meaning: You get in the door with a contract to manage some aspect of a customer's business then go for additional work, including traditional computer outsourcing.
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