This is an underground economy and no one here will estimate its size or profits.

A few months ago, analysts had been estimating profits of $3.92 a share.

He estimated profits in 2003 of about $1.7 billion.

They have sold off many of its assets, generating profits estimated at $3 billion.

For years "Today" has been widely described as the most profitable program on television, with profits last year estimated at about $250 million.

He subsequently sold Technicolor in 1988 for a profit estimated at $750 million.

The food-service division had operating profits estimated at $60 million last year.

She said that analysts estimate profits of $1.50 a share for Warnaco this year.

He built up his property and leisure group to pre-tax profits estimated at just under £100 million in 1990.

He said the report's authors, in estimating profits, should not have considered the tax breaks the industry actually received in the past.