profit
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“Why not profit from a classic work not protected by copyright?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Clayton says it is "absolutely not true" that the bakery enjoys more profit due to price rises.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Samsung’s chip-making division was the core growth engine, delivering a record operating profit of 89.2 trillion won.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Qualcomm’s third-quarter profit fell to $2 billion, and it plans to raise product prices to offset rising input costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Prices kept going up and up, and depreciation of the paper money took a lot of the profit out of it.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The online used-car retailer Wednesday reported record sales and profits in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She added, however, that the company is warning investment in expanding its supply chain will weigh on profits for the rest of 2026 unless customer confidence improves.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Net profits soared by 12.9 percent to 1.6 billion euros.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The same highflying tech and AI names leading this market are the most rate-sensitive, because their profits sit far off in the future.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The crown jewel of their elaborate trading positions was still the $2 billion in bespoke credit default swaps Hubler felt certain would one day very soon yield $2 billion in pure profits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The CMA's investigation into the heating oil market found the price increases after the Iran war largely reflected rising wholesale costs and suppliers have not profited materially from the crisis.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“During a time when our community was meant to come together to help those in need, Langham Hotels Pacific Corporation profited from other people’s tragedies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Minus fees, Chavez profited about $500, which he put toward his wedding last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In South Korea, Samsung Electronics -- which has also profited massively from the AI memory chip boom -- resumed union talks in a bid to avoid a strike over bonus payments, due to start Thursday.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Other key figures either profited or suffered from their roles.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
They can’t be expected to fully appreciate the damage they may cause inadvertently — but the humans making and profiting off them certainly can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Multimillion-dollar lawsuits accusing companies of profiting from seized assets have overcome key legal hurdles, but reclaiming the physical properties is far from easy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Around a decade ago, the Gupta brothers were accused of profiting from their close links to then-President Zuma and influencing South African policy.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
“You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up. Everybody’s profiting,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
For most people, knowing if and how their tissues are being used in research is a far bigger issue than profiting from them.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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