But 12 of the 20 biggest profit makers are American and none is Japanese.
Editors are under pressure to make the biggest profit they can.
"Not just another commodity, another stock or mortgage, something people flip for the biggest profit".
There are problems in Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina, which used to be its biggest profit centers.
Proceeds from the Citigroup sale would be the single biggest profit yet from the government bailout programs.
For Cisco, however, the biggest profit still may not be in the gadgets, but in the plumbing.
Finding ways to track and analyze inefficient use of ingredients during food processing will give manufacturers the biggest profit boost.
Nevertheless, "in the fiscal year that ended June 30, we had the biggest profit ever," he said.
They are virtually hidden from investors, analysts and regulators, even though they are one of Wall Street's biggest profit engines.
And a number of former M.T.A. officials add that Bear Stearns will almost certainly make the biggest profit.
In English: get your clients — some of whom are sophisticated, and some of whom aren't — to trade whatever will bring the biggest profit to Goldman.
