1.   Profit to stockholders, like wages to workers, was allowed but did not constitute the chartered purpose of the corporation.

2.   It may be all woe in Indonesia, but Singapore seems to be profiting to a degree from the chaos of its riot-torn neighbor.

3.   Unless Iraq goes all that, it is only reasonable to assume that it would funnel oil profits to its war machine.

4.   Some of these are rich in natural resources -- Chechnya itself has a major oilfield -- and want the freedom to profit to the maximum from their wealth.