Results suggest that business profitability among the poor is constrained by a lack of education and health and by corruption.
If you can find a way to bootstrap the business to profitability, get creative and do it.
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The Semiconductor Business sustained profitability in the quarter, amid weak market demand, thanks to a mix of high-margin products such as servers and Solid State Drives (SSDs) coupled with differentiated 20-nanometer class NAND flash chips.
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"We've taken a sobering look at the industry and our own business, and the entire team in North America has a renewed sense of urgency and a clear view of what it will take to position this business for profitability, " said MarkFieldsMark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas and the architect of the strategy.
"We've taken a sobering look at the industry and our own business, and the entire team in North America has a renewed sense of urgency and a clear view of what it will take to position this business for profitability, " said Mark Fields , Ford's president of the Americas and the architect of the strategy.
Every segment of the business demonstrated improved profitability except for Packaging and Consumer, which experienced typical seasonal declines.
She said they were aimed at "providing support for the rural sector to enable them to safeguard the island's countryside and biodiversity and improve rural business efficiency and profitability".
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"The trade data (shows) that external demand still remains weak, which is widely-known to the market, so I think investors will pay more attention to indicators that reflect companies' business operations, profitability and revenue growth, such as industrial production and power consumption, before they make up their mind, " said Dongxing Securities analyst Sun Zheng.
The type of investment needed to develop the solutions business will negatively affect profitability for years.
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It said its mobile phone business had achieved underlying profitability, thanks to better-than-expected sales of its Lumia smartphone.
The reason for the banks' fastidious approach to new business is simple: profitability.
Profits at the big banks fell last year, and, as the International Business Times reports, profitability is on a long-term downward trend.
For the Telecommunications Systems Business, sales and profitability improved year-on-year due to the expansion of its 4G Long-term Evolution (LTE) business and 3G network upgrade business.
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Despite the recent weak readings, we expect business investment in equipment and software to grow at a moderate pace this year, supported by high rates of profitability, strong business balance sheets, relatively low interest rates and credit spreads, and continued expansion of output and sales.
"Business looked really strong, especially from a profitability perspective - they really grew their margins in the core business, which is quite amazing, " said Sameet Sinha from B Riley.
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Going forward, we will continue to be focused on stabilizing the profitability of our business.
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But the fresh abundance of natural gas has also weighed on its price, undercutting the profitability of the business for energy companies.
When selling new innovative services, tweaking and optimizing pricing and creating tailored packages from various options are vital processes for ensuring the profitability of new business models.
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"Its management information focused on the performance of the firm's mortgage book and the profitability of the business, rather than on treating customers fairly, " the FSA said.
Without question, HR has learned during the past decade that employee engagement is a key source of competitive advantage, driving high levels of customer satisfaction, knowledge sharing, business agility and bottom line profitability.
Interim chief executive Sam Weihagen said the company was moving ahead with efforts to "re-energise our business and begin to rebuild profitability, reduce debt, and continue to provide a fantastic holiday experience for our customers".
That may do much to restore profitability to a business which has been mercilessly squeezed by requirements for higher capital ratios, at a time when wholesale funding is becoming more expensive or drying up altogether.
Despite traditionally weak seasonality, continued economic stagnation in Europe, and the prolonged supply shortage in the PC industry, the Display Panel Business was able to improve profitability by expanding sales of high-end premium panels such as LED TV and 3D panels, which pushed TV panel sales up in the mid-20 percent range on-year.
"We are going to work hard to substantially improve the productivity and profitability of this key business, " he said.
The investment research firm said IP is working toward transforming and improving the profitability of its distribution business, Xpedx.
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