Currently, the local subsidiaries are generally a well-profitable part of their parent companies".
"We have well-branded, profitable assets and are well positioned to benefit from the advertising upturn when it comes," said Mr Flanagan.
The analogy is imperfect, because the films in question may well become profitable, and can certainly bring at least some return on investment, and sometimes a superb one.
Instead, Mr. Wiley insisted that it would be ethical as well as profitable to represent a second set of clients, the court said.
The venture may sound far-fetched — perhaps along the lines of Newt Gingrich's campaign promise to colonize the moon — but it has already attracted some big-name investors, including Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google, as well as profitable technology development contracts.
To withdraw from such investments, as good corporate citizens are frequently enjoined to, may well be profitable for the companies concerned because staying put would impose heavy costs on their reputation.
The government confirmed that it would extend research and development tax credits to loss-making companies as well as profitable businesses, a lobbying coup for manufacturers who account for more than two-thirds of R&D investment in the UK.
Thus the designed automatic engraving machine is feasible as well as profitable for the polyhedron Pvt. Ltd.
With less conservative write-downs and sans the client exodus seen by their Swiss rival, banks like Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank may well be profitable this quarter.
It's the perfect crime: barely noticed when executed well, highly profitable and with the alibi of "adding realism" to modern characters.
GE, on the other hand, would spin off its TV stable broadcast network NBC as well as profitable cable channels USA, CNBC and Syfy, among others theme parks, film studio and ownership stake in popular video site Hulu.
