Operations, though profitable, have struggled a bit lately as department stores have sought to develop their own brands.
ITV, once hugely profitable, is struggling.
That almost systemic risk to America's light-vehicle industry persuaded the reluctant Bush administration to stump up $13.4 billion to keep GM going until Barack Obama's team decides what to do with it.GM, unlike Chrysler, contains a profitable business struggling to get out.
Baichuan, Alibaba says, will aim to make app creation "cheaper and faster, and therefore more profitable for struggling startups".
Many overpaid to set up businesses that proved less profitable than expected, or struggled to compete with the state-run consumer banking giant, Sberbank.
Of the remaining three papers, the New York Times is profitable, the New York Daily News has struggled from crisis to crisis while losing circulation and the New York Post has been winning circulation by keeping prices down, presumably at the cost of its bottom line.In Britain, two of the four national broadsheets, the Times and the Independent, are thought to be losing money.
The earnings underlined the industry's turnaround in the last few months, as all the major carriers reported a profitable third quarter after struggling through years of losses.
Those who work in trading and investment banking — usually Wall Street's most profitable businesses, although struggling this year — will experience the sharpest drops in pay, said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates, the firm that conducted the survey.
General Electric insists that the first quarter and the full year are going to turn out profitable for its struggling finance arm, despite downgrades by the credit agencies and a huge drag from its real estate investments.
Though Pandora is perceived as one of the most successful of all the music-related digital start-ups -- formed in 2000, the company was valued at more than $2.5 billion when it made its Initial Public Offering last year -- Westergren said the company is profitable, but still struggling.
