Believing that the fast-food market has become glutted, Dairy Queen has focused instead on building the sales and profits of existing operations.

"We want to help clients build sales and profits," he added, with feeling.

Once the rates are settled, they will make economies that will enable them to build new profits.

Takeovers are generally the fastest way for company management to build revenue and profits, particularly at a time when it is easy to issue new stock.

It seems to be building profits for mutual fund companies, going to their public shareholders or staying with the investment adviser, Mr. Mansueto said.

He said advertisers should expect campaigns to build sales volume, market share and profits for brand-name products.

As a player builds profits they can buy equipment, weapons, ships and stations.

The author chooses to find alternate means to support himself, rather than selling his time and labor to build profits for a corporation.

NEC has been trying to build profits from software and consulting services instead.

The relatively weak yen gives them a choice of cutting prices to build market share, holding prices and increasing profits or mixing the two strategies.