21.   Local merchants were happy to oblige their tastes since there were hefty profits to be made.

22.   Now the weakness is spreading, striking companies that, until recently, had been enjoying hefty profits, courtesy of spendthrift consumers.

23.   On the business side, bullish ad sales stand to turn a hefty profit for the network at a time when healthy revenues are hard to find.

24.   Opponents argue that testing companies make a hefty profit from a program that cannot demonstrate any substantial results.

25.   Since then, the railroad and its shareholders have prospered, with hefty profits and a sharply rising stock price.

26.   Soaring energy prices allowed L.A. to make a hefty profit selling its excess power.

27.   That was when mainland companies would buy a floor of an office building and re-sell it months or even weeks later at a hefty profit.

28.   The company says it makes a hefty profit, too, though it is privately held and does not make such information public.

29.   Those fat fees have been matched by hefty profits.

30.   Though such nasty surprises potentially await any investor in Mexican banks, the possibility of scoring a hefty profit has lured more than a few intrepid investors.