1.   Amazon.com surprised Wall Street with a lower-than-expected loss as its drive to become profitable by the end the year pushed costs down.

2.   AMS said that it is taking measures to ensure the two subsidiaries become profitable by next year.

3.   Apple previously said it would be profitable by the end of March.

4.   Apple said in January it expected to be profitable by the June quarter.

5.   According to the original business plan, Firefly should have become profitable by now, and should already have made its initial public offering.

6.   Bulking up, banks believe, will enable them to become more profitable by dominating certain markets and enjoying greater economies of scale.

7.   But Dime officials attributed the slow start to the lack of a lending program for small businesses and said they expected the branch to be profitable by summer.

8.   But critics say that this is like a company claiming to be profitable by including the sales taxes it collects for the city.

9.   But he repeated his prediction that Informix would be profitable by the fourth quarter.

10.   But Sellian had no immediate plans to raise prices, saying he believed the company could become profitable merely by increasing volume in areas where it has service depots.