21.   Cruise ships are a niche business, which some observers say may not be profitable for long.

22.   Dow Jones refuses to provide financial details about the Wall Street Journal Europe, though the company says it has been profitable for several years.

23.   El Mundo has been profitable for three years, due to its low costs and high technology.

24.   EMC expects it will be profitable for the second half of this year, William Teuber, chief financial officer, said on a conference call with investors Thursday.

25.   Eventually, staff cutbacks were made, and the merger was profitable for Ebner.

26.   Executives at ZVU stress their not-inconsiderable accomplishment of making the company profitable for the first time last year.

27.   For another, the talk show form, in general, has been profitable for TV stations.

28.   Freed of the costs of manufacturing and distributing CDs, digitally distributed music could be cheaper for consumers and more profitable for musicians.

29.   Higher interest rates tend to dissuade investors from taking out loans, and they also make loans less profitable for lenders.

30.   His dedication is commendable, but not baseball profitable for either Rodriguez or the Rangers.