"The government of the day decided it wanted to make a profit and I am afraid you can't make a profit out of humans, " he said.

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These calculations about the value of the Royals to the economy as a whole indicate that we make a very good profit out of having them.

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If they can't deal with the unions and make a profit they should go out of business.

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Redemption fees have some merit as they are often designed to stop traders from moving in and out of the fund attempting to make a quick speculation profit.

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Ticket start-up, ScoreBig, is out to slash the waste of unsold seats and make a tidy profit in the process.

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These three U.S.-based solar cell makers went out of business because they could not lower their costs enough to make a profit when faced with competition from Chinese companies.

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