Sentences with phrase «of making a profit on»

Having signed for # 12 million in the summer, the Reds are already in the process of making a profit on the Spaniard.

Public rail systems are harvesting and storing electricity from regenerative braking with the hope of making a profit on power sold back to the grid

It is also possible to take on a short position and speculate on the price of the underlying futures contract going down and offsetting the position by buying back the exact same contract on the same exchange with the hope of making a profit on the change in price.

However, with interest rates so low, the chance of making any profit on bonds is slim.

Metatrader brokers are the Forex brokers that use that platform of a MetaQuotes Software Corp. with a purpose to help the traders and investors to make it less complicated and increase the possibility of making profits on circulations.

, The answer is pretty simple: to sell one currency for another in the hopes of making a profit on the sale.

Not exact matches

Kaiser Permanente is made up of multiple branches to handle a variety of healthcare needs and operates their health plans on a not - for - profit basis, with a mix of for - profit businesses and health centers mixed in to help subsidize the other parts of the group.

«If corporate America wants to make a positive difference on gun violence, it should donate a portion of its profits to mental health treatments and school safety initiatives.

So, it makes sense that you measure each area of the business on its profit.

It's all pretty basic and easy to understand, but following what he says can make a huge difference on the amount of money your small business actually profits white it grows.

But regardless of which side you lean toward, there are entrepreneurs leading the way in social impact, people like Joshua Schukman, founder of Social Change Nation, an organization focused on bringing together entrepreneurs from around the world who are making an impact while still making a profit.

For instance, the company is believed to be making a healthy profit on the sale of each iPhone, further bolstering arguments by industry watchers who believe the iPhone X and iPhone 8 will help Apple reach new financial heights.

When former CN Rail CEO Paul Tellier told his staff that making a profit was necessary for the future survival of the firm, Amernic and Craig castigate him for ignoring the impact rail service cuts would have on small Canadian towns.

At heart, it's about finding reasonable limits on the pursuit of profit, or, more personally, on how we go about making a living.

But as a for - profit, I can make smart bets on marketing and talent that will allow us to do a lot of good over time, because I am not scrutinized about how I spend money in the same way that nonprofits are.

VCs only make profits on an exit — an IPO or a sale of a portfolio company.

In this model, you are making your employees your business partners: they now have the right to vote on decisions and to collect a share of the profits of the business.

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.

Beckham Brand Holdings made a profit of # 16.19 million on revenues of # 47.52 million last year.

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.»

In addition to focusing on growing sales over boosting profits, they often make a number of other mistakes.

That it was a no - win situation because, had it released the film and the cyber criminals made good on their threat, Sony would have been sued for negligence and skewered by the media for putting profits ahead of customer safety.

You may have payroll, with lives depending on you; business won and business lost; profits and losses; and kloptrillions of decisions to be made every day.

Unlike other retailers, the company sees none of the profits — instead, making its money by leasing space to product makers on a month - to - month basis.

He held on to it for nearly 20 years — making a juicy profit off of it when the domain company Network Solutions bought it for $ 1.35 million.

Analysts say AT&T (t) and its peers are losing a ton of money on the Internet TV services, which are priced to attract budget - conscious cord cutters rather than to make a profit for the providers.

Vigorate — which has revenues in the $ 4 to 8 million range and ranked 255th on the 2013 PROFIT 500 — opened a Chicago sales office a few years ago to make further inroads with professional sports teams in the U.S. And in 2012, it set up a similar sales hub in Barcelona, reckoning, as Grieve explains, that the sprawling European soccer industry would also be receptive to the sort of digital marketing the company provides to North American leagues.

Mining services company Ausdrill has suffered a 148.5 per cent fall in full - year profit to make a loss of $ 43.9 million, on the back of $ 77.9 million in write - downs and impairment charges as a result of the diminished outlook for mining services.

Thiel, who also supports the idea of creating autonomous islands on which people could live and create their own laws, said he is in favor of a bi-partisan bill called the «Intimate Privacy Protection Act,» which would make it illegal to distribute explicit private images without a person's consent, and would involve criminal penalties for those who profit from doing so.

Digicel, owned by Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien, with operations across the Caribbean, made $ 86 million in profit on revenue of $ 439 million in Haiti in 2012.

You can make a nice profit while speaking, getting more experience and video, and even upselling the audience on some of your other offerings.

If you're a fan of a team with a fringe chance of making the playoffs, consider the prudent thought of placing an emotional hedge bet, so that if your postseason hopes crash and burn on Sunday you'll at least make a profit off of your misery.

Bigelow has spent just under $ 290 million on his venture, and is the sole benefactor of Bigelow Aerospace, which does not yet make a profit.

This represents the largest change in profits of any company on this list, which the company's 2014 annual report attributed in part to a net profit of $ 1.1 billion that it made just in its fourth quarter.

At least you make some profit, and with a campaign to send them samples (back to the previous step), you might lure them into spending more with you on the coffee capsules at least some of the time.

And then there's the question of how a not - for - profit foundation like Mozilla can even consider these kinds of commercial deals, given the higher public disclosure requirements for nonprofits, not to mention the restrictions on money - making activities that accompany the favorable tax status.

He goes on to cite a specific time when the Fed made perhaps its most egregious error which led to some of the greatest profit opportunities of his career:

On the flip side, you've also identified customers that make up the majority of your profits.

But in 2021, when analysts are currently counting on Snap to swing to its very first profit — of $ 512 million — they are also projecting it will make about $ 7.4 billion in sales.

Can I just let the corporate account collect money and at the end of the year deduct my expenses and file the federal and state tax on the profit I made?

Making the decision today to focus on creating a warm and respectful culture throughout your company, rather than to narrowly focus on profit, will undoubtedly pay plenty of dividends in the long run.

Rosenstein is on something of a hot streak this year, having made a profit of $ 300 million on shares of Whole Foods after the grocery retailer reached a deal to be sold to Amazon.

Despite that, financial institutions made over $ 152 billion in profit in 2014 — the most profitable year on record, and three of the four largest financial institutions are 80 percent bigger today than they were before we bailed them out.

Our employees are free to take positive risks knowing that they will not solely be judged on a company's profit margin, but also on factors that all of us at Virgin value, like raising awareness of the brand, creating happy and loyal customers or making a positive impact on the larger community.

Icahn, who currently owns about 18 % of Herbalife, has made about $ 450 million in profits on the investment.

Many of them, desperate to profit from Canada's cheap oil, are working feverishly on a Plan B. They're making plans to load bitumen onto railcars, barges and trucks to bring it south to their processing facilities in Texas.

For that, they rely on a ladder of cash sources: customers who pay enough for them to make a profit, suppliers who extend generous payment terms, their own frugality when it comes to items that don't add value to customers, friends, family, angels, and venture capitalists — many of whom can be supplying cash at the same time.

Based on conservative estimates of gross margin of 75 percent and operating margin of 65 percent, Bernstein analysts calculate that Beijing - based Bitmain made $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion in operating profits in 2017.

While many entrepreneurs still come out of an ayahuasca experience with old habits and patterns intact, the entheogen is providing spiritual guidance to a group of capable individuals seeking to make the world a better place rather than focusing solely on profits.

High - frequency trading, or HFT, consists of high - powered computers executing millions of trades per second, making tiny amounts of profit on each trade.