11.   Further, despite profit reports attesting to his growing prowess as a trader, Jett never really had a single profitable year, or a single profitable quarter.

12.   He said the company would continue to exercise the same financial discipline in its marketing and advertising ventures that led the company to a string of five profitable quarters.

13.   HP has posted two consecutive profitable quarters since the merger was unveiled in September.

14.   It was the first profitable quarter that did not include an asset sale in nearly two years.

15.   It was the third consecutive profitable quarter for IBM after a long series of losses, and its stock surged.

16.   Leap has recently reversed that skein of losses, posting two consecutive profitable quarters.

17.   MindSpring is ... justifiably proud of its recent string of profitable quarters.

18.   Sequana has yet to report a profitable quarter.

19.   SURPRISE EARNINGS AT USAir USAir had a profitable third quarter for the first time in seven years.

20.   The company has never had a profitable quarter.