Sentence examples for although profitable from inspiring English sources

The difference between Trinity and Tindle is that the former is a public company required to return the best possible profit to its shareholders while the latter is a private company which, although profitable, does not have to maximise margins each successive year.

Although profitable, they lack the financial muscle that would enable them to invest in major exploration projects or overseas acquisitions without the help of foreign bank loans.

Although profitable smuggling goes on, UN sanctions have helped to keep Turkey's poorest provinces poor.For all that, Turkey has tried its best to be accommodating since America, its reliable friend, started drumming up support for military action.

Arianespace, a space-launch consortium formed 18 years ago by the governments of 12 European countries, is about to shed one of its booster stages.At the moment Arianespace, although profitable, belongs to governments and state-owned companies.

Peter Thorne, a banking analyst at Pictet & Compagnie in Geneva, said in a note to investors that while investment banking and securities were the star performer, retail banking was in line with Pictet's forecasts while private banking and global asset management had been slightly disappointing, although profitable in 2003.

This was controversial, as GE has shifted jobs abroad, and although hugely profitable has recently paid little tax in America.

Although heavily profitable, firms argue they have to raise their prices to combat the copycats and differentiate their products.

Others report they are cash flow positive, meaning they have more money coming in than going out, although not profitable in a fully accounted sense.

It has even set up a fast-growing (although less profitable) Chinese fast-food chain, East Dawning.Mr Novak heard the Chinese employees behind these feats use such obscure phrases such as "future back vision", "bold request" and "action versus activity".

Partly because of the site's recent technology investments, Meetup is not yet profitable, although Mr. Heiferman said he expected to turn a profit next year.

At the time, the KM group was profitable although performing poorly.