Sentence examples for highly profitable activities from inspiring English sources

He also voiced concern that the Bank's as-yet-untested watchdog role may not prove effective especially given some banks may look for ways to get around restrictions on risky but highly profitable activities.

We now know full well that highly profitable activities can inflict enormous damage upon society, like polluting the environment, engaging in monopolistic practices, selling cigarettes and on and on.

In the New York Times business section, we read that the HSBC banking group is being fined up to $1bn, for not preventing money-laundering (a highly profitable activity not to prevent) between 2004 and 2010 – a six years' long "oops".

Even the backlash against Chinese exports was tinged with no little hypocrisy, xenophobia and, perhaps, racism: yes the shoddy quality control on exported toys and medication is criminal (literally), but is it more so than the environmental and social havoc created by the U.S.'s own highly profitable international business activities over the past few decades?

Since joining the bank in 1995 as head of its global markets organization, he took it from an also-ran in trading bonds, securities and foreign currencies to a major and highly profitable player in those activities.

Reported the Washington Post: "Wall Street banks and other large financial institutions have begun putting intense pressure on Congress to hold off on legislation that would curtail their highly profitable trading in oil contracts -- an activity increasingly blamed by lawmakers for driving up prices to record levels".

Tighter definitions will also attempt to bar digital multinationals from splitting closely allied business activities into onshore and offshore components — a highly profitable company based offshore but able to book sales remotely, and a less profitable, in-market company claiming only to provide "support services" to the overseas company.

"Profits paid here are for the activities it undertakes here and that is not highly profitable.

Microfinance has been a particular inspiration to the GIIN set, because what was once a charitable activity has become, in some instances, a highly profitable business.

The for-profit reinsurance business ought to be highly profitable if well-managed.

Bookmakers' in-store activities have been hurt by a government clampdown on highly profitable fixed-odds betting machines while online bets have been subject to a 15% point of consumption tax since December.