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However, there is a more profound consideration to this proposed merger than profit and loss.
That is, to put it realistically, they had to run their businesses at a profit, or they had to get the votes to get elected.
And the reason this could happen is clear: men of government, business men, lawyers and all who concerned themselves with the welfare of their fellow men did not let their concern to run their businesses at a profit restrict the development of freedom and opportunity.
Hence P is the increase in value of the stream minus the cost of operation, that is, the net profit.
This sequence of equations may be started with the remark that with no process Af there is no profit, i.e., Af.
He said he favors wage increases for workers -- `` but manufacturers are caught in a profit squeeze '' -- and raises should only come when the public is conditioned to higher prices, he added.
But slowly they take over as Alain Delon ( Life, Sept. 15 ), playing a sometimes appealing but always criminal boy, casually tells a rich and foot-loose American that he is going to murder him, then does it even while the American is trying to puzzle out how Delon expects to profit from the act.
Another king will take ; small is the profit that he does not divide.
In economics and finance, arbitrage () is the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between two or more markets: striking a combination of matching deals that capitalize upon the imbalance, the profit being the difference between the market prices.
When used by academics, an arbitrage is a transaction that involves no negative cash flow at any probabilistic or temporal state and a positive cash flow in at least one state ; in simple terms, it is the possibility of a risk-free profit at zero cost.
In principle and in academic use, an arbitrage is risk-free ; in common use, as in statistical arbitrage, it may refer to expected profit, though losses may occur, and in practice, there are always risks in arbitrage, some minor ( such as fluctuation of prices decreasing profit margins ), some major ( such as devaluation of a currency or derivative ).
Any difference between the hedged positions represents any remaining risk ( such as basis risk ) plus profit ; the belief is that there remains some difference which, even after hedging most risk, represents pure profit.
The standard example is the stock of a company, undervalued in the stock market, which is about to be the object of a takeover bid ; the price of the takeover will more truly reflect the value of the company, giving a large profit to those who bought at the current priceif the merger goes through as predicted.
This hazard is serious because of the large quantities one must trade in order to make a profit on small price differences.
Thus LTCM failed as a fixed income arbitrage fund, although it is unclear what sort of profit was realized by the banks that bailed LTCM out.
In common law, barratry is the offense committed by people who are “ overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation ” or who bring “ repeated or persistent acts of litigation ” for the purposes of profit or harassment.
Litigation for the purpose of profit is referred to as “ Ambulance chasing ”: If for the purpose of harassment, for example to silence critics, it is known as a strategic lawsuit against public participation ( SLAPP ).
For the company this can translate into profit, since the necessary limiting of sulfur dioxide emissions during smelting is expensive.

profit and limited
For example, the nature of the business entity may be one that is traded on a public market ( public company ), not traded on a public market ( a private, limited or closely held company ), owned by family members ( a family business ), or exempt from income taxes ( a non-profit, not for profit, or tax-exempt entity ).
In 2010 The Ross Powers Foundation teamed up with Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps and formed the " Level Field Fund ", a non profit organization with the mission statement :" The Level Field Fund strives to bridge gaps in funding for uniquely talented athletes, following the belief that opportunities to pursue excellence in sport should not be limited by an athlete ’ s financial situation.
It is therefore argued that, in society's best interest, inventors should be issued a temporary government-granted monopoly on their product, so that they can recoup their investment costs and make economic profit for a limited period.
It is believed that these companies have a self-interest in limited environmental degradation, because tourists will pay more for pristine environments, which translates to higher profit.
However, historian Eckhard Höffner claims that copyright laws and their restrictions acted as a barrier to progress in those countries for over a century, since British publishers could print valuable knowledge in limited quantities for the sake of profit ; while the German economy prospered in the same time frame since there were no restrictions.
Business techniques and forms of business organization employed during this time included early contracts, bills of exchange, long-distance international trade, early forms of partnership ( mufawada ) such as limited partnerships ( mudaraba ), and early forms of credit, debt, profit, loss, capital ( al-mal ), capital accumulation ( nama al-mal ), circulating capital, capital expenditure, revenue, cheques, promissory notes, trusts ( waqf ), savings accounts, transactional accounts, pawning, loaning, exchange rates, bankers, money changers, ledgers, deposits, assignments, the double-entry bookkeeping system, and lawsuits.
The profit for the buyer can be very large, and is limited by how high the underlying instrument's spot price rises.
But if the stock's market price is above the option's strike price at the end of expiration day, the option expires worthless, and the owner's loss is limited to the premium ( fee ) paid for it ( the writer's profit ).
This rule is limited to equitable damages, such as loss of profit, and excludes damages that cannot be measured by the law ( e. g., damage to reputation ).
Given international pre-release sales had already made a profit, the studio allocated a reduced promotion and advertising budget to avoid the risk of the film becoming a loss-maker ; as a consequence, theatrical release was limited.
NALP offers affordable accessible training and qualifications at all levels. NALP is a not for profit company limited by guarantee.
Elements that can be included in the valuation of brand equity include ( but not limited to ): changing market share, profit margins, consumer recognition of logos and other visual elements, brand language associations made by consumers, consumers ' perceptions of quality and other relevant brand values.
When the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was conceived, Rare limited their releases to some Battletoads games and decided to invest their significant NES profit in purchasing expensive Silicon Graphics workstations.
This is often confused to be limited to the internal profit made by a company or organization ( which nevertheless remains an essential starting point for the computation ).
The limited facilities for banking and insurance, due to a perceived lack of profitability, and other social services, and extra fees meant to hedge against perceived profit issues increased their cost to residents in predominantly non-white suburbs and city neighborhoods.
In the rural areas farmers and ranchers depended on small local general stores that had a limited stock and slow turnover ; they could make enough profit to stay in operation only by selling at high prices.
The economic activity in present-day siidas is limited to profit from pastoralistic rights.
In its first year as a limited company, Rafael earned a $ 37 million profit on $ 830 million in sales.
Opposition to this option has centered around concerns that the government program would have an unfair advantage ( a removed profit goal and a budget limited only by taxation and Congress appropriations ), and that it could thus result in the elimination of private health insurance through attrition.
* Uganda Consumer Action Network ( U-CAN ) is a non-government, not-for profit organisation founded in 2007 and registered as a company limited by guarantee.
“ A significant element of current thinking about privacy, however, stresses " self-regulation " rather than market or government mechanisms for protecting personal information ” ( Swire, 1997 ) According to some experts, most rules and regulations are formed due to public outcry, which threatens profit maximization and therefore the well-being of the shareholder, and that if there is not outcry there often will be limited regulation.
Without good navigational aids, the ability of Spain to exploit and profit from its discoveries would have been limited.
Much of this depended on Herbert A. Simon ’ s work in the 1950s concerning behaviour in situations of uncertainty, which argued that “ people possess limited cognitive ability and so can exercise only ‘ bounded rationality ’ when making decisions in complex, uncertain situations .” Thus individuals and groups tend to ‘ satisfice ’— that is, to attempt to attain realistic goals, rather than maximize a utility or profit function.
The station generates a small profit margin and a limited number of jobs.

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