1.   Gates Corporation, on the other hand, is a profitable company with assets.

2.   Similarly, only profitable companies pay tax, so how do the loss-making startups benefit?

3.   Certainly Dowty Electrics is a profitable company and I believe, our members have a reasonably secure future.

4.   Profitable companies will be valued highly, and this should be reflected in the share price, and in the terms on which the company can raise funds.

5.   Moreover, loss-making Spanish public enterprises have been subject to specific pay bands lower than those for profitable companies.

6.   It also means a more profitable company and more secure jobs.

7.   Analysts said Pakhoed was paying too much for a barely profitable company that is very sensitive to the economic cycle.

8.   As a result, a new generation of business tycoons has latched onto the law to seize profitable companies at a fraction of their market value, critics say.