For this reason, even if solar generation becomes profitable without subsidies at low levels of penetration, there is a system - dependent threshold of installed PV capacity beyond which adding further solar generators would no
longer be profitable.
The idea is that if you don \» t buy that puppy, and we (collectively, all pet owners) don \» t buy puppies at stores, the nefarious activities of puppy mills will no
longer be profitable.
How much could they reduce the printing and distribution operation without driving up the per - copy cost to the point where printing would no
longer be profitable?
Readers looking for bargains will buy illegal books instead of legal ones, the profit margin for authors and publishers which is small now will plummet to the point that publishing will no
longer be profitable for anyone, and those who make the money will have done nothing to create books.
Borrowing short and lending
long is profitable, at least in the short - run.
Investing in real estate has
long been a profitable and rewarding endeavor.
Not exact matches
Since the financial crisis, North American banks no
longer consider loans under $ 250,000 to
be profitable, according to Steven Uster.
Switch's licensing partners would have stayed with it so
long as it
was providing a
profitable product.
s, but the
long - term challenge
is building what he calls a «controlled, sustainable,
profitable» business to prove CP'
s stellar results
are not temporary.
«We knew that a larger scale farm could
be attractive and
profitable in the
long run.»
That means Pioneer can still
be profitable as
long as crude
is selling for more than $ 40 per barrel.
These win - win arrangements mean that everyone involved feels they have won, which
is really the basis for building
long - term and
profitable business relationships.
«They have struggled for too
long to
be profitable, to
be a full - line manufacturer, and they have made the hard decision to start over.
«It would encourage definitely some expansion into areas that
are not
being fully served right now and it would definitely help the industry
be more
profitable for the
longer term.»
Huang says the company, which
is not yet
profitable and raised $ 132 million in venture capital from American Express Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, DST Global, and others, could have maximized margins and increased savings by reducing staff, but he told the board that he felt the company would
be more
profitable in the
long term if it dedicated itself to its employees.
«Oil prices have fallen to levels that
are no
longer profitable for many energy producers.
Bottom line: The investor
is looking for a salable asset (near - term exit) and the entrepreneur
is looking for a self - sustaining and
profitable business (
long - term value).
«The Geneva location has
been profitable for a
long time.
The pump has
long been the most
profitable item in SRC's product line, he
is saying, but now it
is threatened by aggressive domestic competition and cheap foreign imports.
So it
was that J.C. Penney (jcp), the
long - stagnating mid-tier department store chain, announced in June 2011 that it
was hiring Ron Johnson, the man in charge of Apple's (aapl) wildly
profitable retail stores and a Steve Jobs acolyte whose golden halo also included past triumphs as an executive at Target (tgt).
When you have these huge currency swings and people have not planned appropriately, your business model could
be turned upside down and no
longer be feasible or
profitable.
Experienced entrepreneurs have to deal with this no matter how
long they've
been in business — trying to establish a brand, adjust to match or exceed the competition and keep your business
profitable is a challenge no matter how many years you've
been in business.
Snap's top competitor, Facebook (fb), has
been profitable for as
long as it has
been a public company.
Strategic buyers can justify high acquisition prices as
long term strategic plays, where buyout firms need to
be able to see the path to a
profitable exit.
Entrepreneur Network partners Jason Balin and Chris Haddon of Hard Money Bankers have
been partners in the real estate business for years, so they know what it takes to create a
profitable, amicable and
long - lasting partnership.
The bottom line
is this, my friends, to build a
long withstanding business, that you can
be profitable with,
long term, you need to bring value.
It
's a trip that
's surely
been long and strange; but as Halligan and Scott remind us, it
's also
been profitable.
It hasn't
been a
long public run for Kayak (KYAK), but it
's certainly
been a
profitable one.
«As we continue to progress toward
long - term
profitable growth, it
is necessary to reexamine the financial performance of our store portfolio and adjust our national footprint accordingly,» CEO Myron Ullman said in a news release.
We'll fly to Calgary on the cheap: The highly
profitable duopoly of Air Canada and WestJet over
long - haul air travel will
be challenged in 2014 as Toronto - based Porter Airlines, Vancouver upstart Canada Jetlines and Calgary - based Enerjet introduce cheaper flights between major Canadian cities.
Healthcare reforms will create significant uncertainty in
long - term planning for 71.6 percent of franchisee respondents, and 10.4 percent agreed with the statement: «We
are no
longer confident that our business model
is profitable.»
He added in the same letter that his papers «should
be profitable for a
long time.»
Why would I waste even $ 1 in that asset class when buying an equity index fund
is so easy (and
long - term
profitable)?
This can equate to an amazing opportunity for the «cash» buyer to
be highly
profitable in both a short and
long term acquisition.
Frank - «As real interest rates fall / go negative, productivity improvements
are no
longer required to remain
profitable»
What
's different
is that a lot of companies
are burning a lot of money and we
were extremely
profitable so we waited
longer than everyone else [to bring in outside investors].
The partners together, bring experience and know how to the table, that will
be incredibly
profitable for both the short and
long term investment.
This will allow you to predict in advance how
profitable your company will
be long - term.
It
's a much less stressful and more
profitable way to run your trading operations over the
long - term.
If that happens,
being a consistently
profitable trader over the
long - term
is not possible.
Conversely, if a trader has a win rate of just 50 %, but allows the average winning trades to ride to
being just double (200 %) the size of an average losing trade, the trader will become net
profitable over the
long - term.
It might
be difficult to build a
profitable,
long - term business around them.
Hopefully he'll
be able to figure out a way to become
profitable by then so that he will no
longer need to sell more equity in his company.
Because a
long - volatility strategy, such as buying option straddles that gain whether a security's price rises or falls,
is a negative carry trade, something must happen to cause volatility to spike for the trade to
be profitable.
Over the
long run, it
's generally more
profitable to build a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds that
's designed to weather market movements.
«As
long as revenues increase, so will (electricity) costs (more machines will
be added for as
long as it
's profitable to do so),» de Vries wrote.
But in general, this could go on for a
long time and
be very
profitable BECAUSE it
is a successful ponzi scheme.
«As a marketing consultant, copywriter and merchandiser, I know firsthand, (1) that a
profitable long term business hinges on strong customer relationships and repeat business, and (2) how much harder it
is to develop a new customer than to please an existing one.
There
's no way that the investment community will sweep half their accounts out the door because they
're no
longer profitable.
If you take the opposite route first, and develop an offering before finding the right people to serve, your business will
be in a world of trouble
long before it becomes
profitable.