"I did not flip my London home and make a huge personal profit, " he said.
The exploitation of dead people for personal profit is the theme of Dead Souls, a 19th-Century Russian classic by Nikolai Gogol.
Adding a personal profit motive may open Wilson to accusations of a conflict of interest and give his critics new ammunition against him.
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Both are multi-billion dollar industries, with a lot of middle aged wealthy people very intent on exploiting their unique talents for their own personal profit.
Lasser's dismissal followed charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of securities fraud at Putnam, which allegedly failed to reveal trades employees conducted for personal profit and at the expense of mutual fund shareholders.
But in my view the really abusive thing that has emerged in the revelations over the last week is this tendency for some MP's to so-called 'flip' where they go from one home to the other and they transform themselves from MP's into sharp-suited property speculators doing up homes, selling them for a personal profit and then going onto the next property.
It has observed an inverse link between profit margins and personal savings, which are very low in America.
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It might sound like a weird cross between a hollywood storyline and a Craigslist personal add, but non profit organization Inspiration Mars Foundation is seeking a man and a woman to take part in a 501-day mission to Mars.
The chip maker reported late Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit fell on weak personal computer demand.
It is a grey area, but there is a difference between selling occasional personal items on eBay and selling for profit.
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Homeschool.com founder Elizabeth Kanna, who teaches her three daughters at home, turned her personal need for information into a for-profit business.
The term applies to anyone who places passion before profit, and intends to combine personal interests and talent with the ability to earn a living.
They also include banning "referral fees" where companies can profit from selling on someone's personal injury claim and stopping claims management companies from offering money or goods as an inducement to make a claim through them.
Since 2008, a Boston start-up, Gazelle, has been providing a service that buys your old iPhone and other high-end consumer devices, cleans out all its personal data, and then resells it at a profit in an emerging market, such as China, where plenty of people are happy to pay less than the retail price for the latest version to own your old one.
Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, has unveiled a third straight quarterly profit.
In fact, one corporate head has sent me a personal thank-you note for the policies that helped them to yield great profit.
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Consumers with excellent credit are now more in-demand than ever as the Great Recession wreaked havoc on the personal finances of many and credit card companies are finding it increasingly difficult to profit off consumers with below-average credit scores.
Having seen their profit margins squeezed mercilessly, some of America's biggest suppliers of personal computers, including Compaq, Dell, Gateway and Hewlett Packard, have expanded into the fast-growing hosting business.
Fraud for profit is committed by industry professionals who misstate, misrepresent or omit relevant details about their personal or their clients' employment and income, debt and credit, or property value and condition with the goal of maximizing profits on a loan transaction.
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However, as more personal information and virtual assets are now processed through or stored on the Internet, Internet security threats become increasingly profit-driven.
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At root, it is the modern belief that the essence of moral action is neither expecting nor receiving any personal benefit (or, even better, suffering a loss from that act) that underlies the condemnation of profit-seeking.
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Charities and for-profit software companies such as Blackbaud and Active Network are capitalizing on the trend, offering ready-made personal fundraising sites with blogs, payment capability and more.
Dr. Berwick is a Harvard doctor and professor, but of particular interest and concern is his chairmanship of the non-profit Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the platform it has provided for his views on expanding government control over personal medical decisions.
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