31.   Venture executives say the revamping is nearly done and their own timetable calls for a profitable quarter next April.

32.   We soon posted our first profitable quarter.

33.   The company last month warned of a probable loss for the usually profitable quarter.

34.   Wit, whose business lines include investment banking and extended-hours trading, said it expects to report its first profitable quarter since going public in June.

35.   Ebay, the wildly successful Internet auction site on reported another profitable quarter Tuesday.