1.   Even as late as last spring, Reuter was saying Daimler would show a yearly profit.

2.   Retailers, many of whom make as much as half their yearly profits in the period, are quick to downplay suggestions of a boom.

3.   Some may go belly up, say Christmas sales analysts, because the holiday buying season accounts for half their yearly profits.

4.   Foreign firms repatriate their yearly profits outside the Dominican Republic in dollars and thus create a large currency demand, the bank said.

5.   Industry sources have also said that the smaller finance companies, while being able to record yearly profits, have found it increasingly difficult to compete.

6.   A reflection of the hard times facing the industry came with a series of half yearly profit figures released this week.