1.   Among the proposals is a provision that would allow companies to deduct from their taxes losses incurred even in profitable lines of business.

2.   Books contoured for the coffee table apparently are a profitable line for the major publishers, beause they just keep coming.

3.   A sale would allow Philip Morris to distribute more money to shareholders through dividends and concentrate on more profitable lines of business.

4.   Bringing earnings higher may be the auto insurance business, a traditionally profitable line in which Safeco has built up reserves against losses.

5.   Conrail is considering selling or abandoning many of its Northeastern routes as it shifts investment toward its profitable lines.

6.   In May, HSBC promoted a Vincent Cheng, who is Chinese, to head its Hong Kong and China banking business -- its most profitable line.

7.   It will concentrate on the most profitable lines of insurance, but also expand investment products like mutual funds and variable annuities.

8.   That makes that category one of the most profitable lines.

9.   The country produces some of the best players in the world, spurring hugely profitable lines of athletic wear, advertising contracts and commercial endorsements.

10.   The company says it needs help to reduce expenses, renovate its three-story plant originally built as a bread factory and move into other more profitable lines.