31.   In December, Kozmo was profitable in New York, San Francisco and Boston.

32.   It goes without saying that neither Sycamore nor CMGI were profitable in the most recent quarter.

33.   It said it expected to be profitable in the second quarter.

34.   It expects CarMax will be profitable in the next fiscal year, though.

35.   Its earnings are seen as a bellwether for the rest of Wall Street because the firm is among the most profitable in the brokerage industry.

36.   Last spring National Geographic introduced its first foreign-language edition, in Japanese, which Grosvenor said should become profitable in two years.

37.   Knight-Ridder said it expects its Detroit operations to be profitable in the fourth quarter.

38.   Lipha officials are confident that acamprosate will be profitable in the United States despite a limited market.

39.   Mazur said Sidus expects to be profitable in the fourth quarter, although that will depend on the number of orders for computers it receives.

40.   Mellor said he expects the international business to become profitable in two or three years.