for profit
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The commission’s vote Thursday was in response to a March request from Edison and the three other big for-profit utilities.
From Los Angeles Times
It also had implemented a “temporary suspension of all for-profit vending activities.”
While the first $21 billion was contributed half by customers of the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities and half by the companies’ shareholders, any additional damage claims from the Jan. 7 fire would be paid by Edison customers, according to legislation passed in September.
From Los Angeles Times
Microsoft, owner of a 27% share in OpenAI’s for-profit business, is also named in the suit, which claims the software giant knew or should have known of potential safety risks.
America’s nonprofits have a privileged status because they offer ideas and services that the for-profit sector inadequately supports.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
