Sentences with phrase «at a profit as»

Such chains are predicted in future to be allowed to operate at a profit as long as they deliver results and meet certain standards.

Value investors, for instance, like to buy a stock cheap and sell it on at a profit as the market finally learns to appreciate the underlying business franchise.

ETFs can take advantage of their two - tier structure (market makers create and redeem shares in exchange for the underlying assets, then sell / buy those shares to / from you) to essentially eliminate «capital gains distributions» (those pesky annual payouts that a fund is required to make when it sells its underlying assets at a profit as part of share redemption or asset rebalancing).

For Blackstone, the deal allows it to exit a major investment at a profit as it invests a new series of property funds.

Not exact matches

Not - for - profit organisations are at risk of failure as they struggle to upskill staff, according to research from the University of Western Australia.

That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2017.

But since profits begin to trail off as the price gets further away from $ 55 in either direction, Gordon wants to make sure he has a point at which to get out of the trade.

As an example, if every customer paid with credit, a small family business would see its profit reduced from $ 50,000 to $ 35,000 — and if their margins before card fees were closer to 5 %, then you are looking at cutting their profit from $ 50,000 to $ 20,000!

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

The bill is estimated to boost insurance companies profits by as much as 15 percent, according Ana Gupte, an analyst at Leerink Partners.

Whether it's switching to «no till» farming (which stirs up the soil less and requires less fuel), buying GPS - tracking systems to efficiently apply fertilizer or — as the Lambricks do — selling their products at a stand on the side of the road, many growers have already tried squeezing as much profit as they can from their operations.

The road to handset profits will be a difficult one — BlackBerry's third - quarter results showed that BlackBerry 10 smartphones, once touted as the way to recover lost ground, have hardly been selling at all.

This is a win - win for the farmer and the buyer, as neither have to worry about a major fluctuation in price eating away at their profits at harvest time.

By contrast, BP's stock fell by 3 % as some analysts said its results were boosted by a one - off tax gain, meaning its longer - term profits and ability to pay dividends could still be at risk.

In fact corporate profits are a recognized long leading indicator, which means they usually peak at least a year before the economy as a whole.

That's because under current law, profits from a small business «pass through» to the owner and is taxed at his or her individual rate, which can be as high as 39.6 percent.

Now let's be realistic — not everyone is going to be able to invest $ 1,000 and make $ 2,000 profit month after month, but the key is to at least explore PPC advertising as an option and be willing to invest some money to try it for a couple months.

Profits paid out from the corporation to shareholders as dividends are taxed at a significantly lower rate than personal income and income can be split with family members to further offset taxes.

Then, any remaining profits from the company can be distributed to the owners as dividends, which are taxed at a lower rate than income.

«Global fund managers see the profit outlook in Japan as favorable amid a strong earnings season,» Shusuke Yamada, chief Japan FX / equity strategist at BoAML, said in a statement.

Still, he added, «technology is giving the consumer a much better product — much cheaper, much faster, more alternatives — but at the expense of fewer workers, and we have to find ways for companies to create jobs as well as profits.»

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At the other end of the European benchmark, Cobham was a top gainer, jumping 10 percent by the close as it reported a pretax profit in 2017, after having registered a loss in the previous year.

Walt Disney Co. is finding itself in heated talks with union workers over pay and other issues as profits at the company's theme - park division soar.

It also became apparent that profitsharing didn't compensate for a deal structure that benefited the private investors at the government's expense — a lot of SBICs made big profits even as the SBA lost money on its investment.

That means that as gross domestic product (GDP) has expanded, the gains have flowed to corporate and owners» profits and to the state, which is delighted to collect higher taxes at every level of government, from property taxes to income taxes.

The downturn has cut into profits at U.S. casino operators such as Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd., which have multibillion - dollar projects in the pipeline.

The fact that it's cutting back is seen as a reflection of a changing mentality among Silicon Valley startups that largely enjoyed an easy funding environment that allowed them to grow at all costs — without generating much profit or cash.

The product is described on HBO's website as «A hat, specially designed to be worn on the head, as a reminder of the real Donald Drumpf,» along with the added fact that «All hats are being sold at cost, because we know nothing would irritate him more than someone choosing not to make a profit.»

It seems unlikely that, given those figures, any endeavor could turn a profit, but the park just might do it, at least as long as it operates without competition.

Some other retailers however are putting on shopping marathons: J.C. Penney for one says it will open at 2 p.m., its earliest opening yet on Thanksgiving, giving it a three hour start on Macy's and Kohl's, and illustrating how urgently it needs to have a strong sales quarter even as those extra hours could damage its profits.

But we have all, at one time or another, been made to feel like if we didn't have written out our exact profit and goal strategy, we were failing as a business owner.

Those additional services, which currently operate at break - even, are meant as experience enhancers more than profit centers.

Dig Deeper: An Eye Bank Bets on Best Practices How to Become a Social Entrepreneur: Think of It As a Business «The modern non-profit must adopt many of the same strategies, policies and best practices employed by successful enterprises in the for - profit world, but not at the cost of its soul,» writes Scofield.

The proposed changes will also look to address the practice of «trademark squatting,» where people misuse the system by hanging onto a trademark they have no intention of using themselves, such as an internet domain name, to sell it at a later date for profit.

First, you must begin looking at each employee as a profit center, if you're not already.

Meanwhile, production at many senior companies is shrinking, as their older operations become more grade - challenged and difficult to mine, and workers agitate for larger shares of expanding profit margins.

Check out the key chart on page 2 — as usual, Canadian carriers have the highest average revenue per user at $ 57.09 and the second highest profit margin at 46.4 %.

As Lavalife and Round13 Capital co-founder (and former Dragons» Den star) Bruce Croxon put it at the recent PROFIT 500 CEO Summit, the life of an entrepreneur is one of going all out for years at a time, followed by a year or so of total downtime.

«As a reality check, Tesla is worth twice as much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageAs a reality check, Tesla is worth twice as much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageas much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageas Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageas a hedge fund manager.

Profits have soared at buyout firms such as Carlyle in recent years, as a U.S. stock market rally allowed them to sell assets for top dollar.

The price point has increased with the new lounge offerings but the goal remains clear: As American Airlines is able to generate significant profits, some of that money will be reinvested in improving travel experience, at least for premium cabin customers.

You might not think you're that interesting, but the funny thing about networks is that even if you are boring (surely, you mustn't be, given that you're a Fortune reader), hackers may still aim to A) profit from your misfortune, and B) use you as stepping stone to get at someone else.

If you can keep the purpose of your business at the forefront as you begin your undertaking, profits are likely to follow.

When sizing up a nonprofit, use similar basic criteria that an investor would in a for - profit venture: Take a close look at the organization's leadership, programs, activities, and strengths, as well as the risks associated.

As the S&P 500 rose, investors positioned themselves to profit from new highs by demanding more call options, which are instruments that give them right to buy stocks at an agreed price.

At the meeting in late 2016, executives said Quidsi would also generate significant free cash flow in 2017, which is notable because Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has long said that he cares more about free cash flow than he does profit margins or profitability metrics such as operating income and net income.

In March of this year he launched Stocksy as a co-op on an agrarian model, one that pays contributors 50 % off the bat and then pays dividends at the end of the year, divesting 90 % of its profits.

As for profit, when you factor in merchandising, «we're thinking somewhere between $ 1.5 billion to $ 2 billion,» says Monica DiCenso, a media analyst at J.P. Morgan.

Currently, the tax code levies taxes on U.S. firms on their worldwide income so that, at least in theory, profits earned overseas are taxed at the same 35 percent rate as domestic earnings.