11.   It has profitable operations in several nearby states.

12.   It is a consistently profitable commercial breeding operation, thanks in part to farm manager Rich Decker.

13.   Not even Starbucks has made coffee such a profitable operation.

14.   Now, Syron said, Thermo Electron will be able to concentrate on its most profitable operations.

15.   Ornstein was credited with restructuring the commuter line into a profitable operation.

16.   Resources are instead being directed toward profitable HMO operations in California, Florida and the Northeast.

17.   Sanwa Bank California, for example, is the most profitable overseas operation of Sanwa Bank.

18.   The college administration wants to run the store as it does its profitable parking operations.

19.   The company says the Forest Service is not allowing it to cut enough logs to run a profitable operation.

20.   The most profitable operations for organized crime are the illegal export of raw materials, fuel and rare and non-ferrous metals.