1.   Many of these are subsumed within our business operating profits through changing cost competitiveness, or lags in market adjustment to movements in prices.

2.   Sole traders and partnerships are liable to income tax on business profits, rather than corporation tax.

3.   And the treasury is funded by business profits, most often from casinos that are not taxed by the federal government.

4.   As the economy slows and business profits weaken, more of these costs are shifted to consumers.

5.   Additionally, worker shortages in many industries could erase some of the productivity gains, which bolstered business profits, analysts said.

6.   Business profits have been lackluster, but with low inflation and low wage growth there is room for improvement.

7.   Democrats said there is a strong case for raising the minimum wage at a time when business profits are strong and inflation is low.

8.   Falling business profits have spilled over to the consumer, in the form of layoffs and slumping stock prices.

9.   Fireman admitted he wired business profits from Hong Kong to Boston, then used employees there to secretly filter the cash to Dole and other federal candidates.

10.   He has promoted the tax cut as a hand-up to Americans and a needed antidote for rising energy prices and falling business profits.