When the band became profitable on the road, it went back up.
It has been profitable on annual turnover of about £180m - $270m - over the past few years.
"We need to invest in crops that can be profitable on their own and support those who want to plant them."
He and several union officials noted that Waste Management is quite profitable on the whole.
It was profitable on turnover of $3.2m for the quarter to March 31st.
The drug industry consistently ranks as the most profitable on the list of Fortune 500 companies.
There is nothing wrong with having a cyclical business, he added, if you are profitable on average.
The console hardware was expected to have become profitable on its own by 2008.
We must build networks even in areas where this would not be profitable purely on the basis of the market.
Salomon was profitable on an operating basis in November, its chairman said.