This is the typical set-up for a commodity pool: Hot trader, big potential profits, undisclosed losses.
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And, in any case, the potential profits are small, at least compared with the federal budget.
Much has been written recently about the potential profits to be reaped by companies that develop green technologies.
Not only did the banks lose a chunk of potential profits but they also lost the employees running those desks.
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Despite Herceptin's success, the pharmaceutical industry seems loath to focus on developing other PM drugs, which often means reducing potential profits.
The question is, can open-source biotech also find its way into drug development, where the costs are higher and potential profits greater?
Sensing huge potential profits, newer entrants Fleer, Donruss, Score, Stadium Club and Upper Deck joined more established card company Topps in pursuit of large gains.
In a market-based economy, scarce resources seek profit and are allocated to sectors of the economy where consumer demand is high and there are potential profits.
Which means that capitalists will, as those potential profits rise, be in competition with each other for access to the labour which allows them to make those increased profits.
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The second is that potential profits for developing successful drugs to treat these diseases are enormous and, thus, pharmacuetical companies will keep working to find solutions with or without government support.
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Though the utilities will no longer reap the potential profits of operating their nuclear plants longer, the government said they will still be subject to a new tax on nuclear-fuel rods introduced this year to offset those potential gains.
As owner of the entire value chain, AXP has created a profitable niche for itself in the financial service markets, offering a great potential for profits.
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But as we wrote last week, the potential for big profits will also play a role.
D-mark, robbing bond investors of another potential source of profits.
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Big markdowns have the potential to undermine profits and disrupt the fragile balance that has allowed most of the major players in the U.S. industry to make money, even as profits wither elsewhere in the world.
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Firms claim that the poor quality copies dent their brand and divert profits and potential clients.
Many venture capitalists and investment bankers see a carbon-trading regime and massive subsidies for renewable energy as a potential source of windfall profits.
Anticipating the potential backlash of stellar profits amid a stalling recovery and a hurting consumer, the company tried to distance itself from oil and gas prices, according to AP.
Keep the high prices, high cachet, high margins and high profits but sacrifice potential future market share?
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Not only is the market not giving SanDisk any credit for growth, it is docking the stock with a 35% decline in profits with no potential for growth from that depressed level.
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Apple Inc, the largest U.S. stock by market value, was headed toward its eighth straight week of declines on Friday, as the rush to secure profits before a potential hike in capital gains taxes next year has investors dumping the market favorite.
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In the spring of 2009 Rattray hit upon the idea of charging not-for-profits for access to potential donors.
As a company in a bit of disarray, at a time of drug-sector consolidation, and with Icahn a potential voice for near-term profits, some investors are betting on Biogen as a buyout candidate.
The potential reward of not only keeping profits already made in a rally, but going after more profits from the subsequent market decline, made buying and holding through whatever comes along even less attractive .
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This means potential for selling if traders opt to book profits or exit for any other reason.
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Against these significant potential costs to the United States stand the profits to be realized by, at present, a small number of private firms on the U.S. side who wish to participate in joint ventures with the Soviet Union.
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Steady gaming revenue has allowed Tencent to invest in areas where it sees long-term potential without worrying too much about short-term profits.
Meanwhile, rivals that once played the same game as King have moved on to research their own potential blockbuster drugs in the hopes of far greater profits.
It also will magnify the mortgage delinquencies and defaults, and severely depress the value of existing mortgages and derivatives backed by them In recent quarters, banks have booked profits as they reduced their reserves against potential loan losses, but that process will be dramatically reversed.
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The potential returns look juicy, even though they must share profits equally with the taxpayer.
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