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Appomattox opens up more production growth for us in the Gulf of Mexico, where our production last year averaged about 225,000 boe per day, and this development will be profitable for decades to come. – Marvin Odum	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Africa and the Middle East are historic markets for PSA and the region is expected to become a profitable driver of our internationalisation. – Chief Executive Carlos Tavares	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In Astrakhan, people live badly, we sit there every morning and have done for years, but they still want us gone, probably to get a more profitable trader. They sell off everything to the highest bidder now. Times have changed. – Olga Yaskina	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Now the current discussion is that they’re going to change the law, and you will have to pay taxes on revenue regardless of whether you’re profitable, so, that stymies growth. – Christos Perakis	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This transaction represents Arcapita's fifth successful exit in the senior living sector, which continues to benefit from favourable long-term fundamentals, we are pleased with the profitable outcome of this investment. – Atif Abdulmalik	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We were walking the walk before it ever occurred, if we can't do it the right way we don't want to do it at all. I don't care how profitable it is. – Greg Armstrong	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A lot of portfolio managers have been backing away from the banks, for a long time it was a profitable trade but the outlook is a lot more difficult. – John Ing	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Frequent flier programs are often the most profitable parts of the company, the airlines make billions selling them to credit card companies and partners. [These programs] are probably one of the most effective marketing tools ever invented. – Brian Kelly	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
(Jio) will go for the kill from the start, they definitely want to go for mass market play with 4G, because only that will give them the scale to be profitable. – Neil Shah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Ballpark, one to two years, if there is one organisation that could do this (turn profitable), it is us. – Ganesh Subramanian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If there is one organisation that could do this (turn profitable), it is us. – Ganesh Subramanian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Rare-disease companies are profitable businesses and the cost to market a product is pretty low, which makes them attractive targets, the drugs seem to sell themselves to some degree. – Liisa Bayko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, we need a progressive tax system in this country which is based on ability to pay, it is not acceptable that a number of major profitable corporations have paid zero in federal income taxes in recent years, and that millionaire hedge fund managers often enjoy an effective tax rate which is lower than the truck drivers or nurses. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 9 years ago
People are no longer chasing cashflow, or increasing their EBITDA figure on income statements. Now they are more focused on guarding business stability - where they have to have enough cash in hand, what this means is that most of the players have started to reduce production - all the more so if that production is not profitable. – Pandu Sjahrir	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Whereas previously intraday trading was largely the preserve of utilities...now it's definitely very much in vogue and seen as a profitable activity, especially with the flexibility of not being tied to assets. – Chris Panton	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Monitise remains on track to become EBITDA profitable in FY 2016. – Elizabeth Buse	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
SAP has to offset lower cloud margins with a more profitable business and that is where the Business Network comes in. – Gregory Ramirez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We think we can keep this refinery as part of the Total group. Workers there showed they were willing to fight to make it profitable. – Total Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The optimal strategy for them would be to target a price range where they remain profitable, as well as cash-flow positive, and where no supply expansion from other high-cost producers is incentivised. – Carsten Menke	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The market is trying to understand our business model and expecting us to be profitable and this is what we are telling them, we are going to be profitable in 2015, the risk factor to Wix's business model is minimal, it's less than what it used to be. – Chief Financial Officer Lior Shemesh	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Such contracts become profitable over time. In the long term, they can definitely become more profitable than our classic licence sales. – Luka Mucic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If you have to fight something in court for ten years ... it's going to take a lot more time to break even and/or become profitable. – Doug Pizzi	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is important that the banks remain profitable, but the risks must be shared. – Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We will consider a possible conversion of loans into kuna and see if it is feasible. It is important that the banks remain profitable, but the risks must be shared. – Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Appomattox opens up more production growth for us in the Gulf of Mexico, where our production last year averaged about 225,000 boe per day, and this development will be profitable for decades to come.

– Marvin Odum

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Africa and the Middle East are historic markets for PSA and the region is expected to become a profitable driver of our internationalisation.

– Chief Executive Carlos Tavares

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In Astrakhan, people live badly, we sit there every morning and have done for years, but they still want us gone, probably to get a more profitable trader. They sell off everything to the highest bidder now. Times have changed.

– Olga Yaskina

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Now the current discussion is that they’re going to change the law, and you will have to pay taxes on revenue regardless of whether you’re profitable, so, that stymies growth.

– Christos Perakis

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This transaction represents Arcapita's fifth successful exit in the senior living sector, which continues to benefit from favourable long-term fundamentals, we are pleased with the profitable outcome of this investment.

– Atif Abdulmalik

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were walking the walk before it ever occurred, if we can't do it the right way we don't want to do it at all. I don't care how profitable it is.

– Greg Armstrong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A lot of portfolio managers have been backing away from the banks, for a long time it was a profitable trade but the outlook is a lot more difficult.

– John Ing

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Frequent flier programs are often the most profitable parts of the company, the airlines make billions selling them to credit card companies and partners. [These programs] are probably one of the most effective marketing tools ever invented.

– Brian Kelly

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

(Jio) will go for the kill from the start, they definitely want to go for mass market play with 4G, because only that will give them the scale to be profitable.

– Neil Shah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Ballpark, one to two years, if there is one organisation that could do this (turn profitable), it is us.

– Ganesh Subramanian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If there is one organisation that could do this (turn profitable), it is us.

– Ganesh Subramanian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Rare-disease companies are profitable businesses and the cost to market a product is pretty low, which makes them attractive targets, the drugs seem to sell themselves to some degree.

– Liisa Bayko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, we need a progressive tax system in this country which is based on ability to pay, it is not acceptable that a number of major profitable corporations have paid zero in federal income taxes in recent years, and that millionaire hedge fund managers often enjoy an effective tax rate which is lower than the truck drivers or nurses.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
9 years ago

People are no longer chasing cashflow, or increasing their EBITDA figure on income statements. Now they are more focused on guarding business stability - where they have to have enough cash in hand, what this means is that most of the players have started to reduce production - all the more so if that production is not profitable.

– Pandu Sjahrir

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Whereas previously intraday trading was largely the preserve of utilities...now it's definitely very much in vogue and seen as a profitable activity, especially with the flexibility of not being tied to assets.

– Chris Panton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Monitise remains on track to become EBITDA profitable in FY 2016.

– Elizabeth Buse

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

SAP has to offset lower cloud margins with a more profitable business and that is where the Business Network comes in.

– Gregory Ramirez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We think we can keep this refinery as part of the Total group. Workers there showed they were willing to fight to make it profitable.

– Total Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The optimal strategy for them would be to target a price range where they remain profitable, as well as cash-flow positive, and where no supply expansion from other high-cost producers is incentivised.

– Carsten Menke

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The market is trying to understand our business model and expecting us to be profitable and this is what we are telling them, we are going to be profitable in 2015, the risk factor to Wix's business model is minimal, it's less than what it used to be.

– Chief Financial Officer Lior Shemesh

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Such contracts become profitable over time. In the long term, they can definitely become more profitable than our classic licence sales.

– Luka Mucic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If you have to fight something in court for ten years ... it's going to take a lot more time to break even and/or become profitable.

– Doug Pizzi

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is important that the banks remain profitable, but the risks must be shared.

– Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We will consider a possible conversion of loans into kuna and see if it is feasible. It is important that the banks remain profitable, but the risks must be shared.

– Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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