1.   An on-site hotel presumably would put more patrons in the casino, the main profit generator of any resort.

2.   Analysts say the new services have the potential to be pure profit generators.

3.   Drug makers including Merck gained amid optimism they will be dependable profit generators as economic growth weakens.

4.   The Deutsche Morgan Grenfell investment banking arm based in London, a profit generator for the future, will be run jointly by Rolf-E.

5.   They also conflicted with some recent studies that have purported to show that stars like Mel Gibson and Michelle Pfeiffer have been the biggest profit generators.