Many firms sold their vaccine divisions to concentrate on more profitable drugs.
"Nokia has apparently decided it is better to concentrate on more profitable aspects of the business".
But most seem to be waiting for Microsoft and Intel to give a lead, while they concentrate on being profitable in the age of the sub-$700 "good enough" PC.
It will concentrate on more profitable areas such as Goodfella's pizzas - with a TV relaunch in April - and McDougalls pies.
Its main rivals, by contrast, have had to trim margins to compete with low-cost carriers and each other to feed their European hubs.The second was that frugal times forced the airline to concentrate on being profitable rather than big.
The news follows a better than expected update in August as new chief executive Ashley Almanza gets to grips with the company after a series of contract controversies and disposes of unwanted businesses to concentrate on more profitable areas.
To survive, Mr. Foglia plans to phase out his container-plant business and concentrate on the profitable aspects of his enterprise, selling cut hostas leaves to wholesale florists in New York City and doing consulting work.
But he added that U.S. Steel long ago stopped making structural steel and reinforcing bars for concrete — the two products most likely to be affected by infrastructure programs — to concentrate on more profitable kinds of steel.
The merger quickly led to the discovery of a DM3.5 billion (these days, €11.8 billion) hole, mainly in eastern German property loans.Dieter Rampl, HVB's eternally optimistic boss, insists that this is the end of the bad news, and that his bank can concentrate on its profitable areas.
Now that the obligation to provide a clear percentage of affordable housing has been removed, traded instead for a civilised chivvy, developers are able to concentrate on more profitable residential or commercial schemes, where the return on investment can justify costs.
