Sentences with phrase «run for profit»

It would not be run for profit - if there is a surplus, I will simply reduce the subscription / charge in the next year, or put it towards a Christmas meal for the members, or donate it to charity.

You can get better interest rates than you would get at a bank sometimes, and there are supposedly no hidden fees, although you always have to be careful since these companies are run for a profit, after all.

let's look beyond the fact that these are capital - constrained entities which are, after all, run for profit, highly geared and probably more risk averse than they once were (along with most everyone else)-- and then also look beyond the fact that even they are simply not big enough to replace the entire private mortgage securitization industry which truly fueled the boom and has wilted on the vine in the last year.

Although academies and free schools can not be run for profit, many are run by private, non-profit making organisations - some of which run «chains» of several schools.

Martin Johnson, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said the government seemed to be «very comfortable with the idea of state - funded schools being run for profit».

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg attempted to put those fears at bay earlier this week when he ruled out allowing free schools to be run for profit.

Despite reassurances from Michael Gove that reforms based on the Swedish system of «free» schools would not be run for profit, there is the strong possibility under this system that governing bodies could increasingly contract out the running of schools to private companies in return for management fees.

Michigan has many charter schools, and 80 percent of them are run for profit.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said of the announcement: «The government's ultimate agenda is the privatisation of education with schools run for profit.

He wants to ensure that councils run their services directly, ensuring services including schools and care homes are not run for profit.

«I note with interest that the Secretary of State Nicky Morgan, when commenting on the Conservative's free school proposals, stated that post-election a Conservative Government would not allow schools to be run for profit.

Nick Clegg will not «tolerate» state - run schools which are run for profit, he will say in a speech later.

Their only way to make ends meet is to do a bad job: that is the inevitable endpoint of public services run for profit.

Nance said the benefits from the Orland Park project will largely depend on the deal the village strikes, but he thinks the focus is different when a facility is being run for profit.

It was not Silent Stan who started Arsenal being run for profit, it was the old board, the old fools who inherited their shares and wanted to sell them once the price was right.

They are run for profit, for controlling people and selling them things.

People are free to believe what they want and personally act upon that by, for example, not using those birth controls but when you run a for profit business you should be required to abide by the law in this case insurance coverage of these birth controls.

WengerOut banners do not resolve the issue of the club being ran for profit over sporting reasons, it does not tell the board that we are not happy with this and we want a change in clubs goals.

Dr. Mercola runs a for profit pseudo health business.

Q: Will the schools be ran for profit?

ABA runs a for profit division of their company called IndieCommerce which is responsible for selling books directly to customers.

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Not exact matches

Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

Such a slowdown would mark the end of a good run for companies in the S&P 500 that have enjoyed seven straight quarters of profit expansion.

NICK Tana's Australian Fast Foods, which runs the Chicken Treat and Red Rooster food chains, has reported a strong 48 per cent increase in net profit to $ 5.6 million for the year to June 2005.

On Tuesday, Nike (NKE) is expected to post third - quarter profit that beats Wall Street's forecasts, as the company has seen strong sales growth amid increased demand for basketball and running shoes.

However, it's also unique in that Google gives learners a $ 250 AdWords budget to use over a three - week period, to run an online advertising campaign for a business or not - for - profit.

Mortgage broking wholesaler Australian Finance Group has continued its growth run with an increase in profit for the six months to December.

To prove their value to investors, social entrepreneurs running for - profit companies must quantify not only their financial results but also their social impact, which is no easy task.

For many years, I ran the Virgin Group without knowing the difference between net and gross profits — we had some odd board meetings!

While it is important to function as a non-profit in legal terms, the most successful charities are well - run organizations, no different than for - profit companies but with a different business objective.

Given the average professional service business runs on profit margins of around 10 percent, having clients not pay you for 100 days means you're eating up every cent of profit for a year worth of hard work to cover their bad behavior.

It seems he was running his gruesome operation in the heart of a poor neighborhood purely for profit.

Of course, you can reduce selling costs and enhance profits by capping sales compensation, but in the long run you get what you pay for.

While you should always be pushing for that in the long run, you can make a nearly immediate impact on your profit margin by following these three steps.

Marathon Chief Executive Gary Heminger, who oversaw a 20 percent rise in net profit in the first quarter, will run the combined company, with a senior role for Andeavor's chief executive, Gregory Goff.

Business owners have until October 3 to apply, and will only be considered eligible if they run U.S. - based, for - profit companies with 100 employees or fewer.

For four years running, it has grown revenues at a 50 % clip, while profits have jumped fivefold.

Although it commands just 15 per cent of the smartphone market, compared to more than 80 per cent for devices running Google's Android software, the company is responsible for more than half the profits earned by smartphone manufacturers worldwide (some estimates now put the number as high as 93 %).

Charles Koch, the chairman of Koch Industries, the $ 115 billion leviathan of 100,000 employees, and author of Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies, says the most compelling reason to focus on profit is because you'll do more good in the lonProfit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies, says the most compelling reason to focus on profit is because you'll do more good in the lonprofit is because you'll do more good in the long run.

Private prison companies have been preparing for such a moment by shifting their focus to ICE facilities, many of which are already run by for - profit entities and house immigration detainees, according to Petrella.

Southwest Airlines has paid out profit sharing for 43 consecutive years and has created a corporate culture around shares for employees that are integrated with its whole approach to involving and managing the people who keep the airline running.

Can the newcomers coexist harmoniously with an incumbent community anchored by 7,000 government - run and not - for - profit housing units?

You don't run a business for very long unless you've got a strong profit incentive.

Mumbai - based Just Dial Ltd, which runs the online business directory Justdial.com, has said that its net profit for the quarter...

«So that helps us to sustainably invest in our Chinese efforts... Because of the profits we have globally, this is something we can do for the long run,» he said late on Thursday.

I also closed out a $ 37.50 Teva put while shares have been on a run, that cost me $ 1700 for a profit of $ 219.

With these numbers and substantial profits out there, particularly for diesel, we're going to blast through the records that were established last year for refinery runs,» said Kloza.

That means those markets are prone for a shock when the big money decides to collect profits and run.

The higher - than - average annual fees SAC charges clients — as much as 3 percent of assets and 50 percent of profits — cover the expenses of running his hedge funds, including employee compensation, and generate profits for Cohen as the principal owner.