11.   A merger could pose major challenges for Wells without necessarily generating the cost savings that made the Crocker purchase so profitable for Wells.

12.   African money was always an extremely valuable commodity, which the colonial powers sought to make profitable for themselves.

13.   Brown Group, which operates the Famous Footwear, Naturalizer and F.X. Lasalle chains, had expected to be profitable for the quarter and year.

14.   But enough are selling to make the Cherokee profitable for Chrysler.

15.   But some analysts questioned whether there were sufficient synergies between Zenith and Packard Bell to produce an entity that would be profitable for the long term.

16.   Chief Financial Officer James McMunn said MicroAire had remained profitable for the past decade.

17.   Cleaning up radioactive pollution at former nuclear weapons plants has been tedious for workers and expensive for taxpayers, although generally profitable for the contractors.

18.   Colombian stocks rose for the fifth day as a weaker peso made stocks more profitable for foreign investors, who make up the bulk of stock buyers in Colombia.

19.   Comair was something of an industry maverick, among the first carriers to invest in regional jets that have proven popular with travelers and profitable for airlines.

20.   Commissioner David Stern said the league as a whole was not profitable for the first time.