31. At sales levels above this volume the product is profitable, the profit being the area between the revenue and cost lines. 32. Profits were slightly ahead after taking into account the costs of advertising and promoting the launch of Complete. 33. There were large profits to be made from investing in a whole host of European industries. 34. The F T itself as it were profits were up erm about up to about fourteen million and erm Les Echo was just over four. 35. Thus profit is a symbol of success, encouraging innovation and progressiveness, rather than symptomatic of resource misallocation. 36. Where was the profit in that? 37. The profit would have been minus cos the costs would still be there so it must be a cancellation. 38. British Telecom has said its three billion pound profit is not excessive. |