After all, don’t shareholders prefer to own aprofitable company rather than an unprofitable one?

毕竟，股东希望拥有一家能够盈利的公司，而不是一家亏损的公司吗？

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The company plans to slash unprofitable routes, along with a third of its workforce.

日航计划削减不赚钱的航线，并裁减三分之一的员工。

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As head of Ford's automotive operations, he startled Detroit with his willingness to kill off unprofitable models and bring in talented executives from outside the company.

作为福特汽车公司的负责人，纳塞尔对底特律一事表示十分的震惊，他的原意是要消灭那些不赚钱的公司然后从其他公司引入有才能的执行官。

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Once an unprofitable medical technology company, MGT Capital has reorganized and now focuses solely on monetizing intellectual property.

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The legal costs and the decline in newspaper ads have kept the company unprofitable, yet Fox sees a bright side.

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Because the company is unprofitable, the price-to-earnings ratio is of no use here.

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