Capitalism must accept a goal not just of making profits but also of serving a public interest.
Obviously, the notion of them in the breadth of making profits doesn't correlate to them because they're nonprofits.
Hollywood accounting has a way of making profits elusive, even on hit films.
Taking their own positions, placing their own money on bets in the markets and making profits, not taking fees.
Even with the economy subdued, however, all three Detroit carmakers are making profits.
"The people making decisions are those in corporate America, whose focus is on cutting costs and making profits, " she said.
In the 21st century, to be seen as a contemporary businessman, solving global problems is as important as making profits.
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All companies, irrespective of how many people they employ, have an obligation to pay tax if they are making profits here.
The immense fixed costs of developing and manufacturing vehicles mean that making profits from cars goes with making lots of them.
Only 11 of 30 teams were making profits in the double-digit millions.
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"In many ways corporation tax is a bit of a bonus - the company should be paying it if it is making profits, " he said.
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Making profits is not the most primary goal of social entrepreneurship.
Hewitt is a frequent critic of newsmagazines other than "60 Minutes" for being more concerned with entertaining viewers and making profits than with producing serious journalism.
They point to the fact that in reality they are not making profits in sense of ending the year with a bank account filled with unspent money.
An auto industry that some had written off now are making profits again and have hired back all their workers. (Applause.) The financial system stabilized.
"After the first few months I saw myself making profits so quickly, " says Trinh, who had a new house built and moved out of his parents' home.
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Universities are barred by law from making profits, but some find loopholes, such as when their owners set up property companies that charge high rents for their campuses.
Nearly four-in-ten thought the companies cared most about making profits.
So they're making profits, but they haven't started hiring yet.
Corporate executives who understand these new trends and steer their companies in directions that recognize(s) that they are not just about making profits regardless of the social and environmental costs will thrive.
Three-quarters of universities are private: in 1981 they were barred from making profits, but many have got around this restriction by setting themselves up as property companies that lease their premises to the universities.
Naturally there are many other things to consider, like the nature of the assets and liabilities, whether the company is currently making profits or losses, and the ratio of its liabilities to its equity.
Pharmaceuticals companies, at least, are still making profits.
"These global companies are making money in the UK. All we are saying is that if you have economic activities in the UK you are making profits and tax is payable on that, " she said.
This distorts the system, resulting in precisely the problem of select companies making profits while imposing costs on society that Mr Meltzer argues is at the core of what regulation should be designed to prevent.
One of the ironies that we have right now is is that businesses across sectors are making profits again but their primary way of making profit has been to cut costs, as opposed to seeing increased demand.
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Providing performance picks up it could yet become an example of a hedge fund that is capable of making profits year in, year out, with a long-term ownership structure: a formula as elusive as that behind any black-box trade.
The single most important thing we could do right now for deficit reduction is to spark strong economic growth, which means that people who've got jobs are paying taxes, and businesses that are making profits have taxes, are paying taxes.
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