This gave Balmain some financial security, but ended the consortium's lucrative venture.

Pixar's lucrative joint venture with Disney is set to expire next year.

Well, there are any number of lucrative ventures a man with wit and capital could turn to his advantage.

"When Jon sold the company to me it wasn't a terribly lucrative venture, so I'm trying to figure out what he's thinking."

To be sure, CNN is still a lucrative venture, especially by the standards of television news divisions, which often lose money.

Excess capacity can drain the company's resources and prevent investments into more lucrative ventures.

The international narcotics trade has been the foundation for diversification by crime and terror groups into other lucrative ventures.

This was a very lucrative venture considering the billions of dollars generated by the tourism industry in Hawai'i.

It has become such a lucrative venture that anyone with the slightest connection to the music industry piled in.

For people like Mr. Baldwin, it's been a lucrative venture.