Bittar was one of Deutsche Bank's most profitable traders before he was fired in 2011.
It sold its most profitable firms before selling the lossmakers, a strategy it likened to "marrying off the prettiest daughter" first, according to Linda Chelan Li of the City University of Hong Kong.
Despite being Universal's most profitable picture before Jaws came along in the mid-1970s, To Hell and Back has sunk into relative obscurity, which its new release on DVD may not entirely remedy.
Ford sank from the world's most profitable carmaker before Nassers reign to the ailing auto company it is now.
"The News of the World [Murdoch's most profitable UK tabloid before he closed it following the hacking scandal] was not a major profit engine," says Sherman, who has covered the media since his early days at the Observer.
By 1979, Barclays had become the world's most profitable bank, with profit of $1.18 billion before taxes, more than Citibank and Bank of America at the time and twice the profit of Chase.
The result: The Wild was the league's most profitable team at $20 million before interest, taxes and depreciation.
The payments, made in the first week in November, were meant to keep the company's most profitable energy traders from leaving before the merger, an Enron official said.
The Americas represent the Brits' most profitable market 64% of BA's earnings before interest and taxes, but only 37% of revenue.
With player costs (including bonuses and benefits) increasing only 4%, to an average of $135 million per team, the 2008 season represented the NFL's third most profitable year ever: Operating income (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) went up 31%, to an average of $32 million.
