They saw big profits being made by flipping properties and wanted a piece of the action.
The GSEs aimed to make big profits, and big bonuses, while backed by the government.
The returns are highly uncertain, because the big profits (if any) are many years away.
But as we wrote last week, the potential for big profits will also play a role.
Computer hardware companies believe scaled-down laptops will mean big profits in the next two to three years.
Big profits, even with lots of capital spending to build factories, have built a strong balance sheet.
So, although they may have little expectation of big profits, the firms are managing to limit their costs.
Some hospital chains may use big profits from their premier hospitals to finance empire building around the country.
Telegraph lines linked Chicago and New York markets, and traders who got the prices first could make big profits.
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There is no arguing that that the big profits in health insurance come from the large group (corporate) policies.
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The Japanese hope tight budgets and green wishes will make for big profits.
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For investors in Japanese stocks and bonds, whether the deadline will be met could mean big profits or losses.
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Unfortunately, that's the mistake most people make: concentrating their positions and not maximizing their chances of making those big profits.
The bottom line, he says, is that Ripplewood is a huge loser here, instead of walking away with big profits.
However, Mr Souter's response is that he is a lot more interested in the big profits to be earned before then.
The Star Wars franchise also meant big profits, an unstoppable Death-Star-sized money machine that has still never been matched in Hollywood history.
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Do that enough, fast enough, and it can lead to big profits.
Some clubs, namely the Maple Leafs, are pulling in big profits.
Prices drop only a little, and the generic firm makes big profits.
In the past, Marsh earned big profits from its mutual-fund subsidiary, Putnam.
The golden glow of big profits obscured the Grand Canyon-sized risk involved.
Animal trafficking offers big profits - through sales in street markets or when traffickers export rarer species to Europe and the United States.
The price of horse meat can be far less than beef, which could mean big profits for companies that can disguise horse meat.
But ultimately it is the companies themselves who must decide if the big profits from working in dangerous places are worth the risk.
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He would sell off pieces of his prey and make big profits that he plowed into a modern art collection and other expensive toys.
He learned to please his bosses because he understood that all that mattered was getting hits, selling millions of records and generating big profits.
Real interest rates as high as 50% on many consumer loans, says Richard Hainsworth of RusRating, mean big profits despite the not infrequent defaults.
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