21.   The company said it wanted to focus on more profitable products.

22.   The companies will be able to search for, and submit patent applications on, any gene sequences they think may lead to profitable medical products or treatments.

23.   The company is also hoping to buy a third oil refinery to boost output of more profitable products such as gasoline and motor oil, Interfax reported.

24.   The company said it wants to focus on more profitable products.

25.   The earnings increase came from higher selling prices and increased sales of more profitable products.

26.   The sales come as the producer of Evian bottle water, LU biscuits and Kronenbourg beer seeks to shed its least profitable products.

27.   The shift in emphasis to near-term development is paying off today as American companies excel at turning a generation of good ideas into profitable products.

28.   The suppliers cited continued cost-cutting, higher sales from newly acquired businesses and higher sales of more profitable products.

29.   The sales come as Danone, best known for its Danone yogurts, seeks to shed its least profitable products.

30.   These tiny dynamos of Japanese retailing -- most are only a few aisles wide -- will have to grow earnings by selling more profitable products, like video games.