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The most profitable thing you can do is keep a patient from kidney failure and the least profitable thing you can do is have the patient on in-center dialysis. – Cricket CEO Arvind Rajan	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It will help Samsung burnish an image as an innovative company, but it is unlikely to be profitable. I expect Apple to wait say for one year and come up with foldable phones with more features, as they did with the smartwatch. – Kim Yong-serk	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Japanese businesses are seeing returning to Japan as affordable and profitable. – Stephen Nagy	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We can be profitable in a couple of quarters, i know lots of companies say that, but we definitely could. – Kristin Schaefer	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In October, Canada became the first major economic country to legalize recreational marijuana, which will undoubtedly be a bellwether for the U.S. as it continues to debate policy issues surrounding pot. And although cigarette smoking might be on the decline, Dr. King notes the tobacco industry has heavily diversified its portfolio of products and still remains one of the most profitable industries globally. So while it might be awhile beforeconvenient stores are sellingpacks of joints, similar to a pack of cigarettes its cleartobacco is positioningitself for an impendingshift towards cannabis. Kids started with tobacco and then graduated to marijuana, now its the other way around. Kids start with marijuana and they graduate to tobacco. – Stanton Glantz	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Fifteen years ago, U.S. mining was thought to be a dead industry, but now it's a profitable area for us. – Freeport CEO Adkerson	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It is clear to me that MGM is focused on driving profitable growth. – Keith Meister	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Most lawyers would tell you bankruptcy is a highly profitable practice. – Lynn LoPucki	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Buying high and selling low — not a profitable practice. – Chris Jackson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm sitting there with no ability to bring money in, venture capitalists are basically cutting out their non-profitable businesses. The stock market craters. That's what I'm staring at and saying,' what am I going to do ?' I had to find any deal that was going to work. – Matt Dailida	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It was the fertile soil that made the sale of forged Dead Sea Scroll fragments not just easy but extremely profitable, my hope is that this is something that prompts these institutions to approach these questions with a more critical eye. – Kipp Davis	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Tobacco manufacturers are some of the most profitable companies on earth ; they can easily afford the costs of radical action to drive down smoking rates. – Deborah Arnott	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You only Otto Shikongo areas which are mineable and profitable, it doesn't mean that every place that you find diamonds you go Otto Shikongo. – Otto Shikongo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The bigger picture is to have more Asian-American filmmakers' voices being heard on a major commercial studio platform. It's bigger than me. It's bigger than us, the proof is in the pudding. It's commercially viable, it's profitable. When you're hearing people of color, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, you're hearing all of us. – Ken Jeong	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Plastic waste was once a fairly profitable business for China, because they could use or resell the recycled plastic waste, but a lot of the plastic China received in recent years was poor quality, and it became difficult to turn a profit. China is also producing more plastic waste domestically, so it doesn’t have to rely on other nations for waste. – Amy Brooks	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
In the more luxury segment you make fewer pieces but they are more profitable, which is why we are now targeting them. – Miglena Hristova	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We could have a narrow slice of share and have a very big, very profitable, very differentiated business over a period of time. – President David Solomon	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Cargo robbery is just as profitable as trafficking drugs. – Marco Aurelio Prometti	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If you look at Apple, I think it earns almost twice as much as the second most profitable company in the United States. – Warren Buffett	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If they are profitable, why do they sell the service to someone else? – Ferdinando Maria Ametrano	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Asda doesn't have discount and it doesn't have convenience. This (deal) provides a potential solution for Walmart to deliver a more profitable Asda in the long run. – Shore Capital analyst Clive Black	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's not necessarily about topline growth; its about profitable growth. – Wedbush Securities	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It’s becoming more difficult to run a profitable restaurant in the city. – Andrew Rigie	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This is a historic first step towards building a new domestic fishing policy as we leave the European Union - one which leads to a more competitive, profitable and sustainable industry for the whole of the UK. – Michael Gove	Found on Reuters 6 years ago

The most profitable thing you can do is keep a patient from kidney failure and the least profitable thing you can do is have the patient on in-center dialysis.

– Cricket CEO Arvind Rajan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It will help Samsung burnish an image as an innovative company, but it is unlikely to be profitable. I expect Apple to wait say for one year and come up with foldable phones with more features, as they did with the smartwatch.

– Kim Yong-serk

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Japanese businesses are seeing returning to Japan as affordable and profitable.

– Stephen Nagy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We can be profitable in a couple of quarters, i know lots of companies say that, but we definitely could.

– Kristin Schaefer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In October, Canada became the first major economic country to legalize recreational marijuana, which will undoubtedly be a bellwether for the U.S. as it continues to debate policy issues surrounding pot. And although cigarette smoking might be on the decline, Dr. King notes the tobacco industry has heavily diversified its portfolio of products and still remains one of the most profitable industries globally. So while it might be awhile beforeconvenient stores are sellingpacks of joints, similar to a pack of cigarettes its cleartobacco is positioningitself for an impendingshift towards cannabis. Kids started with tobacco and then graduated to marijuana, now its the other way around. Kids start with marijuana and they graduate to tobacco.

– Stanton Glantz

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Fifteen years ago, U.S. mining was thought to be a dead industry, but now it's a profitable area for us.

– Freeport CEO Adkerson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It is clear to me that MGM is focused on driving profitable growth.

– Keith Meister

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Most lawyers would tell you bankruptcy is a highly profitable practice.

– Lynn LoPucki

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Buying high and selling low — not a profitable practice.

– Chris Jackson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I'm sitting there with no ability to bring money in, venture capitalists are basically cutting out their non-profitable businesses. The stock market craters. That's what I'm staring at and saying,' what am I going to do ?' I had to find any deal that was going to work.

– Matt Dailida

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It was the fertile soil that made the sale of forged Dead Sea Scroll fragments not just easy but extremely profitable, my hope is that this is something that prompts these institutions to approach these questions with a more critical eye.

– Kipp Davis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Tobacco manufacturers are some of the most profitable companies on earth ; they can easily afford the costs of radical action to drive down smoking rates.

– Deborah Arnott

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You only Otto Shikongo areas which are mineable and profitable, it doesn't mean that every place that you find diamonds you go Otto Shikongo.

– Otto Shikongo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The bigger picture is to have more Asian-American filmmakers' voices being heard on a major commercial studio platform. It's bigger than me. It's bigger than us, the proof is in the pudding. It's commercially viable, it's profitable. When you're hearing people of color, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, you're hearing all of us.

– Ken Jeong

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Plastic waste was once a fairly profitable business for China, because they could use or resell the recycled plastic waste, but a lot of the plastic China received in recent years was poor quality, and it became difficult to turn a profit. China is also producing more plastic waste domestically, so it doesn’t have to rely on other nations for waste.

– Amy Brooks

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

In the more luxury segment you make fewer pieces but they are more profitable, which is why we are now targeting them.

– Miglena Hristova

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We could have a narrow slice of share and have a very big, very profitable, very differentiated business over a period of time.

– President David Solomon

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Cargo robbery is just as profitable as trafficking drugs.

– Marco Aurelio Prometti

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If you look at Apple, I think it earns almost twice as much as the second most profitable company in the United States.

– Warren Buffett

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If they are profitable, why do they sell the service to someone else?

– Ferdinando Maria Ametrano

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Asda doesn't have discount and it doesn't have convenience. This (deal) provides a potential solution for Walmart to deliver a more profitable Asda in the long run.

– Shore Capital analyst Clive Black

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It's not necessarily about topline growth; its about profitable growth.

– Wedbush Securities

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It’s becoming more difficult to run a profitable restaurant in the city.

– Andrew Rigie

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This is a historic first step towards building a new domestic fishing policy as we leave the European Union - one which leads to a more competitive, profitable and sustainable industry for the whole of the UK.

– Michael Gove

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

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