Except of course this a completely notional profit that can't normally be converted into a real profit - because in stressed market conditions, banks find it hard to borrow a bean on markets (a big hello to banks in Greece, Italy and France) and aren't exactly flush with cash with which to redeem their debts.
The great economist Joseph Schumpeter recognized that profit wasn't a bribe but a necessity for progress.
"Profit can't really be the motive in a place like this, " Sherraden says.
Cui Ruzhuo, who painted "Eternal Lotus Wind" but didn't profit from the offering, says the art market still has legs.
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All Nippon Airways said the Dreamliner grounding has had little impact on its earnings and profit shouldn't be significantly affected even if the suspension continues through next month.
According to the DMCA, a Web site can offer copyrighted content if the site's administrators aren't aware of it, don't profit from it--and take the content down when requested by the owner.
Google has argued that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, an intellectual property law created in 1998, allows sites to host copyrighted content if they aren't aware of it, don't profit from it and remove it at the copyright holder's request.
"As long as you have no intention of defrauding anyone, as long as you don't profit from it, you can just walk away and that's it, " says Frank Ahearn, a privacy consultant in New York City and author of How to Disappear.
"The government of the day decided it wanted to make a profit and I am afraid you can't make a profit out of humans, " he said.
If the profit margins aren't high enough, a price raise could be enacted with little resistance.
So no losses can be claimed and he may be taxed on profit he didn't really have.
Allegra isn't after profit: His site is free, though it does accept donations.
The acceleration of the launch-to-profit schedule isn't absolute, but it is dominant.
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"Our profit margins aren't probably where we would like them to be maybe in a few years down the line, " Mr Mitchinson said.
It can't earn a profit, but it can end up with revenue that matches its expenses.
But Qualcomm, though it should have dominated the new business, couldn't turn a profit.
Several for-profit schools that didn't meet all of the department's requirements didn't respond to requests for comment.
Unlike the large builders, he cannot afford to offer deep discounts or he won't make any profit.
At least 20 companies didn't turn a profit last year, including airline Virgin Express, Virgin Direct and V2, its record label.
For Ericsson, which hasn't earned a profit in mobile handsets in three years, investors must wonder why they bother at all.
ST-Ericsson was an attempt to jump-start a semiconductor business in Europe, but it actually hasn't turned a profit since forming in 2008.
In the airline sector, national carrier Air India Ltd. hasn't made a profit in five years and is surviving mainly on government cash handouts.
Unlike the private sector, management of the not-for-profit education industry isn't beholden to shareholders, who typically demand maximum efficiency that calls for cost cuts wherever possible.
The group plans to register as a 501(c)(4), a distinction reserved for social welfare groups that aren't organized for profit, said a person familiar with the discussions.
But the 30-day-free-parking policy was largely forgotten after auto makers, saying they couldn't turn a profit on such models, canceled production and repossessed many of the cars.
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" Machos then pointed to an image from "Fantasia" -- which didn't make a profit until more than 25 years after its release -- saying, "That was, too.
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