11.   Earnings in the latest quarter were boosted by higher selling prices and increased sales of more profitable products.

12.   Even today, gasoline is the only profitable refined product for Japanese oil companies, said Lalita Gupta, an analyst with UBS Securities in Tokyo.

13.   He sees profitable new products emerging from the space business.

14.   Honda officials contended Tuesday that increased revenue and more profitable products were a bigger contributor to its expanding profits than currency effects.

15.   In the new emphasis on profitable products, research is being decentralized.

16.   Last November, Hewlett-Packard said it would contract out the manufacturing and assembly of its workstation business so it could focus on more profitable new products.

17.   Nasdaq gets to apply its electronic systems to another profitable product, options.

18.   Researchers also worry that the law might force them to disclose new research that could be patented and turned into profitable products.

19.   Successful inventor Maurice Kanbar shares his secrets for translating an idea into a profitable product.

20.   That, of course, leaves room for further investments in more profitable products as Japanese companies continue to move offshore.