The bureau, based at London's City University, is an independent body and a not-for-profit operation.
The firm's founder Jeff Bezos has maintained that its core bookselling operation moved into profit last year.
The options are to use a commercial operator, find a not-for-profit external operation, or keep it as a council operation.
His lean operation makes a nice profit on below-normal management fees.
It may be that as all banks have had to accumulate capital and control their costs on expenses and headcount any operation that is making a profit is encouraged to keep up the good work.
As residents try to rebuild their lives, a non-for-profit charity called "Operation Photo Rescue" has been helping them to salvage treasured memories by restoring photographs damaged in the natural disaster.
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In an era of managed care, hospitals are lucky if they can make even a 10% profit from a liver transplant operation.
Particularly in view of the under-appreciated profit potential of its LCD glass operation.
ComBots runs several other public and private competitions a year, and has been turning a profit since its third year of operation.
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They argue that higher interest rates are justified as they allow for a sustainable operation which is able to scale more easily than the non-profit model.
In 2003 he took over its UK-based sister operation, Sky, quickly dispelling doubts about his business acumen by meeting ambitious profit targets.
Its chiefs said then their main objective was reducing organised crime, not making a profit and they hoped to break even by the end of their third year of operation.
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Ford Motor topped profit and revenue expectations Wednesday morning, despite the continued drag of its money-losing European operation.
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By mentoring staff, a non-profit board member gets the chance to see the inner workings of the outfit, add value to the operation, and at the same time establish good will among a team.
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