Diamonds, Worstal argued, are mined when the mining process guarantees a high value, long-term, profitable return on the investment made in the mining operation.
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The more efficient and effective approach is to allow profitable companies to return excess capital to their shareholders without subjecting those dividends to discriminatory tax treatment.
But the rise masks one big problem: Only 49% of Liberty's distance-learning students, the fastest-growing and easily the most profitable population, return year to year, making growth dependent on new-student recruitment.
However, under Ms Licci Citi proved that it can be profitable, with a return on equity of 54% in 2003.
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Meanwhile, governments are relying more and more on private companies to finance and build water infrastructure, in return for profitable long-term licences to run local monopolies.
Air France-KLM's CEO said the airline group will succeed in cutting costs and return to profitable growth, despite posting a big loss last year and facing further discussions with labor unions.
It is highly profitable with a double digit return on equity an impressive accomplishment.
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Announcing the review of the firm's UK operations, he said he was "confident that we can return to a profitable and sustainable business in the UK over time".
One of the primary performance criteria of any leadership team (in addition to managing risk, out-maneuvering the competition, and so on) is delivering profitable growth and a decent return to investors.
The price of gas must rise to a level where it is profitable and companies can make a return on their invested capital on a cash flow basis to be willing to assume the risk to exploit these resources.
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Mr Mack must decide whether to return the firm to its profitable roots as a high-end purveyor of services to wealthy individuals and corporations, or pursue the dream of being all things to all people and if he chooses the latter, which businesses advance that goal.
To determine who was the most profitable director we divided the film's return by how many stars were in each movie.
Angels want to know how your company will make money, when it will turn profitable, and when they can expect a return on their investment.
Large manufacturers for years have recognized that using their own cash to finance early payments can be a highly profitable strategy when they negotiate for discounts in return.
To determine the most profitable director, we divided the film's return by how many stars were in each movie.
In an era of bundled payments to providers, it is becoming more profitable to keep patients well than to have them return visit-after-visit for sick care.
This is not a profitable venture at the moment, and the average annual return to shareholders over the past six years has been -7%.
Because of this discrimination against dividends, a profitable, cash-flow-producing public company like mine will return 65 cents of every dollar after taxes as interest to debt holders but only 55 cents as dividends to shareholders.
With a return on invested capital over 22%, it is one of the most profitable companies in the United States.
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Corning's ability to be patient--LCD glass lost money for 14 years before it became profitable--may be compromised if money is flowing out of many holes with no return.
If we as taxpayers are going to assume the risk as stakeholders when bankers make bad decisions, we should reap the profits as shareholders when those banks are profitable again, and use that money to pay down the national debt, cut our taxes and get a solid return on our investment.
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