"As a for-profit business that's an attractive pond to go swimming in, " says Mr Beck.
The studio and the publishing divisions have been overshadowed by the success of Time Warner's TV network business, including TBS and TNT, which accounted for three quarters of the company's operating profit in 2011.
Last year, the drug business accounted for 58% of the company's profit growth.
Hitachi Construction Machinery jumped 4.1% after the Nikkei business daily reported the company's consolidated operating profit for the fiscal year is expected to be up 40%.
Record-breaking world oil prices mean prospects are bright for Halliburton's oil field services business, which had profit margins of 14.2% in the three months to June 2004, up 1% on year-earlier.
Perik's target profit margin is the same for the assessment business as for test prep, 20% after tax. (Test prep accounts for 70% of the company's revenues, K--12 the rest.) His risky strategy: Instead of emphasizing customized assessment tests for particular school districts, he plans to deliver a more generic product.
Self-employment activity generally includes ownership and operation of a sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Company (LLC), C Corporation, S Corporation, and Limited Partnership where the business intends to generate revenue for profit and make significant contributions to the plan.
For example, most people think generic drugs are a good deal, and they are surprised to learn that the business of distributing generic drugs in the U.S. is a huge profit source for pharmacies.
ThinkEquity analyst Mark McKechnie estimates that, by next fiscal year, service revenue, combined with revenue from the much-smaller software business, will account for 24% of revenue but a mammoth 71% of RIM's operating profit.
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Whereas SKS is a traditional "for profit" organization, Grameen's model is what Yunus describes as a " Social Business" (also described as a "non-loss, non-dividend" business).
In 2010, during a surge in chip prices, semiconductor profits accounted for 58% of Samsung's operating profit, compared with 25% from its telecommunications business, which consists mostly of mobile-device revenue.
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