1.   Copgo Wood Group enjoyed a profitable year with strong service sales to its oil company and geothermal customers.

2.   Copgo Wood Group, with operations in France and Italy, had a profitable year with strong service sales to its oil company and public utility customers.

3.   After several profitable years during which premiums were kept in check, HMOs seem to be no match for the inexorable rise in medical costs.

4.   After profitable years under Lorin Maazel, the Pittsburgh visited Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night with his successor, Mariss Jansons.

5.   British Petroleum Co. stock fell after the company said fourth-quarter net profit rose less than some analysts had expected as the company capped its most profitable year.

6.   But that does not mean it has been the most profitable year.

7.   But the changes were surprisingly broad in scope for a firm that is in the middle of its most profitable year ever.

8.   Cyclical industries like steel and autos would face only a slight reduction in their ability to use net operating losses to reduce income taxes in profitable years.

9.   Employers are able to share success with employees in profitable years, but retain the flexibility to withhold bonuses or other incentives if the company performs poorly.

10.   Further, despite profit reports attesting to his growing prowess as a trader, Jett never really had a single profitable year, or a single profitable quarter.