Even as top-tier Japanese institutions go bankrupt or post huge losses, Orix has remained consistently profitable.
The company needs to take some drastic steps to make its car factories profitable.
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One advisor told Inveen that a whopping 80% of his clients were not profitable.
Under the state-backed rescue plan, profitable short-haul routes would be separated into a new business.
In searching for the silver lining, Southeastern drew particular attention to the increasingly profitable enterprise business.
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Some of their tricks were old-school buying profitable but run-down companies rich in tax-loss carry-forwards, for example.
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Citigroup gained 43 per cent in 2010 and was our most profitable bank position.
Business is very profitable, but it has learned to get by without as much labor.
Either way, holding out until next year could mean a quicker and more profitable sale.
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That dream could take you backwards if your attempt at growth destroys a steady, profitable business.
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"We will have to work smarter to be more efficient and more profitable, " he says.
He says his operation wasn't profitable last year but should inch close this winter.
The prospect of extra, profitable, non-life and third-sector business could make all the difference.
Now for the tough nut: ideas for a new, more profitable line of business.
Without acknowledgment of risk, there is no respect for businessmen and words like profitable turn negative.
The lunch crowd has tripled since last year to become more profitable, he says.
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Monday's results make HSBC the second-most-profitable bank among Britain's four big lenders in 2009.
Only vehicles that fit this positioning will be profitable to manufacture and sell as Lincolns.
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Buckingham says you should skim a little off the top once your investments are profitable.
Thanks largely to the iPhone, Apple is one of the world's most profitable companies.
One of the smallest firms we reviewed was in fact the most profitable to its owners.
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But after that, hard assets such as houses and oil might be more profitable.
No, it is not profitable, but the trend line is in the right direction.
And no medical company that wants to stay profitable can afford not to gamble a bit.
He also focused inward, selling off dull but profitable businesses such as circuit boards.
Turner is passionate about developing interactive products that are profitable while also improving the world.
Consulting to pensions was the least profitable, most labor intensive, service these firms offered.
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Substantial order backlogs exist, and the gun business has never been more profitable in recent history.
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It now hosts the world's biggest carbon-trading exchange and has a profitable line in renewable-energy finance.
Probably, but if you cannot beat them, it may be profitable to join them.
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