41.   Pakhoed is paying too much for a barely profitable company that is very sensitive to the economic cycle, some analysts said.

42.   Pan American Silver is not yet a profitable company.

43.   People have little faith in the economy when they see even profitable companies laying off employees and hear economists debating whether the national economy could slip back into recession.

44.   Profitable Internet companies are generally well rewarded in the stock market compared with their money-losing cousins.

45.   Producers say that keeping costs down, and companies profitable, can create more jobs for actors.

46.   Profitable companies in commercial banking, leasing, equipment financing, consumer financing and investment banking are also being pursued, Gillespie told the Bloomberg Forum.

47.   So-called vulture investing has made FirstCity one of the most profitable financial companies around.

48.   State Bank of India rose amid expectations it will be the most profitable financial company, said Vikram Babulkar, a trader at Motilal Oswal.

49.   Such precautions are necessary, he said in an interview, to keep the company profitable and prices low.

50.   That tax deduction has radically reduced or even eliminated tax bills in recent years for highly profitable companies, including Microsoft, Dell Computer and Cisco Systems.