Sentences with phrase «obscene profits»
The phrase "obscene profits" refers to extremely high profits or earnings that are seen as excessive, unfair, or morally wrong. It implies that these profits are obtained through unethical or exploitative means, making them vulgar or offensive to some people. Full definition
Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband corn to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations.
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Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations.
For six years Nintendo have been riding the crest of a wave and raking in some of the most obscene profits ever seen by a game's corporation — totalling a record 279.1 billion yen last year alone.
«Apple Computer must be way more committed to a better world, because iPods are so much cooler - looking than other MP3 players, which is why they're so much more expensive and incompatible with other companies» software, because - well, actually, it's a little unclear why, in a better world, the very coolest products have to bring the very most obscene profits to a tiny number of residents of the better world.»
Rosenthal informs her readers about abuses: how lobbyists have influenced government policies that benefit drug companies and insurers; how drug and device manufacturers skirt laws, take advantage of vagaries in regulations, and «game the system» to reap obscene profits; and how deceptive accounting practices lead to incomprehensible — and often inaccurate — bills that patients and insurers pay without question.
«What they're saying is their obscene profits are inviolate,» Weinstein said, arguing that there is nothing in the ballot measure that compels drug companies to demand higher prices for consumers to offset the lower profit margin obtained from selling to customers covered by Prop 61.
What some of us are worried about is the shoddy approach this whole program has taken, and the obscene profits that a monopoly will promote.
It's a bit ironic that due to this over consolidation, domestic airlines are rolling in money, but now that they're consistently raking in these obscene profits, they've decided that it's not enough.
I think that one day, when the allure of novel technology and obscene profits are no longer the primary stimuli people will return to a more natural relationship with the land and will again begin to garden their surroundings and appreciate the consveration oriented efforts such as these... if we survive long enough.
Big Oil companies — > are spending their obscene profits — > to bribe anyone they can — > to protect their profits and limit any future liability their pollution may cause