Sentence examples for acceptable profits from inspiring English sources

Such an operation would provide goods to farmers at low prices but still yield Ward acceptable profits.

Yet even the really big firms are paying staff a lot but barely making acceptable profits on their newly enlarged capital bases Goldman's return on equity (ROE) was 10% in the third quarter.

After all, if we set up a system whose main mission is to satisfy boards of directors and to provide acceptable profits to stockholders, how can we expect that patient concerns will enter into the consciousness of the providers?

With prices under pressure in many industries, only standout companies can get premiums for their goods and services, or earn acceptable profits in a fiercely competitive environment.

By 1973, both were no longer with the company they had helped make immensely profitable, including a very acceptable profit on its classical music business.

"If you're charging 10 percent more or 20 percent more than what it costs to deliver the service, that's an acceptable profit margin," Mr. Anderson said.

Christopher Larsen of Credit Suisse calculates that if Verizon can get at least 20percentt of the potential customers to sign up for FiOS video, it will earn an acceptable profit.

Either Amazon sees a direct profit in the future, or it is already turning an acceptable profit by using books as a loss leader to draw consumers to the site to buy garden furniture.

This year, in my reality-based budget, I'm not factoring in any big turnaround in the economy, and I have reduced expenses in an attempt to ensure an acceptable profit.

Within the pages of calculations, produced for Lend Lease by property agent Savills, the level of "acceptable" profit is fixed at 25% – a proportion that equates to around £300m.

If you want to make money on a building, make sure your rents will cover all costs plus the decline in property value and still leave you with an acceptable profit.