Ahold, which is based in Zaandam, the Netherlands, said six months ago that it had overstated profit, causing its shares to lose 63percentt in a day.
The Closure Medical Corporation, the maker of Band-Aid Liquid Bandages and Dermabond surgical adhesive, has reduced its 2004 forecasts for revenue and profit, causing a decline in its stock price.
The falling rate of profit caused an economic crisis that could only be resolved through territorial expansion.
And it would require addressing the high costs of administration, overhead, and profit caused by our reliance on private health insurance companies.
In the early 2000's, former Costa Rican president Abel Pacheco attempted to crack down on the highly destructive market, but the lure of profit caused criminal elements to simply ignore the rules.
Would lower profits cause brand owners to invest less in future?
If you think the money he's earning at work could be put to better use helping people, you can gently and tactfully try to interest him in a non-profit cause that you find compelling.
Schnarr is a rebel with a for-profit cause.
I was the first non-profit cause to speak at Twitter Inc. Google blogged about me a few times.
In Tuesday's Column One article, Times reporter John M. Glionna introduced readers to bar owner Frankie Schnarr, "a rebel with a for-profit cause," a seventh-grade education and entrepreneurial spirit.
Some lobbyists, however, do decide to work pro bono, in the interest of a special (usually non-profit) cause, or simply because they are already retired.
