71.   And with oil prices rising in the last couple of weeks, airlines are expected to limit their discounted seats while their profits are under pressure.

72.   Another subsidiary would include the hospital supply business, where profits have been under pressure as mergers among hospitals have given them more power to bargain for lower prices.

73.   Are these profits highly dependent on the aggressive use of a particular accounting rule?

74.   Are their profits up?

75.   As forecast, however, profit is down following the loss of its U.S. distribution rights for Absolut and Grand Marnier.

76.   As in any sector where large profits are at stake, labor and management fight over the spoils.

77.   As if to extend the good times, Intel announced late Monday that its profits were vastly better than anyone had expected.

78.   As in the second quarter, when corporate profits were also healthy, much of the information about the third quarter was assimilated in advance by investors.

79.   As a percentage of gross domestic product, corporate profits are the highest they have been in more than two decades.

80.   As a result the company said its bottom line profit is the same whether someone buys a given item new or used.