In Ontario farming was generally quite profitable, especially after 1896.
The purchase of a restaurant is also profitable after its third bankruptcy.
The companies expect the new venture to become profitable after three years.
Premiere magazine, a critical success, is marginally profitable after eight years.
In 2011 Micronas claimed to be profitable again after four years of losses.
The owners said it became profitable last fall, after its first season.
The airline industry is finally profitable, after disastrous years in the early 1990's.
Nevertheless, the company did not become profitable until 1970, six full years after its inception.
As for Borden, it is now marginally profitable after years of losses.
Member firms became profitable again in 1989 after heavy losses following the crash of 1987.