profitable

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With that money, SpaceX built a dominant launch franchise and profitable communications business.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

It will take 18 to 24 months, the company figures, to find new customers and get enough production to be profitable again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Shares of Sysco were falling Monday after announcing a massive deal to buy privately held Jetro Restaurant Depot, as the food-service giant looks to enter the more profitable and growing “cash and carry” business.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Leaders said the company has shifted its focus toward IP-based digital games — a more profitable landscape than toys, which were once integral to Mattel’s success.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Even though the nation’s steel companies were enormously profitable, their workers were paid wages so low they could barely afford to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their families.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler