If it can attract 30, 000 subscribers, it will be at or near the breakeven point.

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Even with dealers taking unneeded cars, the manufacturers are operating at around 65% of capacity when 80% is thought to be the breakeven point.

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This Friday is the breakeven point for many businesses known in the trade as Black Friday, during which many retailers hold massive sales.

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Losses for long calls are limited to the premium paid (if PETM is trading south of the purchased strike), while gains are unlimited above the breakeven point.

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Stock prices readjust on the ex-dividend date to reflect the pending payment, and there is no guarantee the shares won't slip below the trader's breakeven point, resulting in losses.

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Even with my policy's poor recent performance I am still only down to breakeven point and nowhere near the 30% shortfall my letters suggest.

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Each of the Detroit Three, for example, he said, has lowered its breakeven point to a 9.5- to 10-million-unit year in overall industry sales.

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The online travel agency, which three weeks ago warned of a "substantial" sales slump and the axing of up to 20% of jobs, on Wednesday revealed that it had nearly reached breakeven point.

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