profit-making

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Frasers has built a reputation for swooping in to buy retail brands which have fallen into administration, but its gradual increase in ownership of profit-making Hugo Boss over several years is a different approach.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It seems more likely that transferring substantial resources from the profit-making entity to the nonprofit would leave both underfunded and weakened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Elon Musk faced fiery questioning Wednesday in his court showdown with OpenAI, as he insisted that the maker of ChatGPT had fooled him by turning what was an altruistic pursuit into a profit-making juggernaut.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

It all came down to profit-making moves and advertising.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

Without doubt it results that new inventions make their way much more slowly in housekeeping than in profit-making industry.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various