Mulally said Ford's goal remains to be profitable by 2009, despite challenging economic conditions.
"The odds are it'll take longer than two years" to be profitable, Mr. Hastings said.
This is another example of a company striving to be profitable and a good corporate citizen.
Cray said it expects to be profitable in 2013, with revenue slightly higher than in 2012.
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"There was a lack of funding, and we have to be profitable, " ProGrass President Bob Thomas said.
Mr Diller has made some canny bets: Hotels.com, Match.com, Expedia and Ticketmaster each claims to be profitable.
Despite all that, he expects PulteGroup to be profitable for the year assuming market conditions remain stable.
For Google to make money by connecting users with useful material, creating it needs to be profitable.
"It's going to have to be profitable or the market won't be interested in it, " Roberts says.
Meanwhile production costs continue to rise, meaning future prices must be still higher for sales to be profitable.
However, Daily Beast executives said the site is on track to be profitable within the next two years.
The situation is then compounded when aluminum production ceases to be profitable at a time of low prices.
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"PolyBrite is not only going to be profitable, " Goeken predicts, pondering his legacy.
You are known by the positions you keep, so prepare to be profitable!
It expects to be profitable this year and predicts revenue will nearly double.
Employers will keep hiring until it ceases to be profitable to do so.
While the firm was expected to be profitable next quarter, RIM has now announced that it will incur a loss.
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If insurance companies ceased to be profitable, their extinction would shortly be forthcoming and all individuals would be worse off.
Nokia's strategy is to take market share only when the company believes it to be profitable in the longer term.
Although the silver boom eventually went bust, another mineral molybdenum proved to be profitable for this mountain town southwest of Denver.
They come in all shapes and sizes, but to be profitable, they need to appeal to a broad range of applications.
Businesses scramble to borrow money to construct these capital-intensive projects, which appear to be profitable, creating huge demand for industrial commodities.
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It is worth noting that shale exploration onshore requires much higher prices to be profitable and has its own environmental risks.
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Video game movies tend only to be profitable if they are made on the extreme cheap like the Resident Evil films.
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And don't forget that marketing blitz: It could take up to a year to attract enough pipsqueaks to be profitable, says Olenick.
Some banks are believed to be issuing debit cards only when customers maintain high enough balances for the accounts to be profitable.
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Second, as a company, you also have a responsibility to be profitable.
Their China operations continue to be profitable, but to a lesser extent.
She says demand for lower prices and increased rental and labour costs now require greater skill from businesses if they are to be profitable.
Tina Brown says the merged entity comprising the Daily Beast and Newsweek is set to be profitable two to three years from now.
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