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Extensive operating costs and marginal advertising revenue in the economic downturn have made it a challenge for YouTube to turn a profit.

All that cash has also inflated valuations of fledgling businesses, making it harder for VC funds to turn a profit on them.

The company, which is still minority-owned by Pabst, has undertaken three rounds of financing, and is set to turn a profit in 2011.

Since combining their display operations in 2005, the two groups have been unable to turn a profit, a failure blamed on a lack of scale.

That lending is expected to produce a flurry of bad loans as projects funded over the past two years fail to turn a profit.

To turn a profit, he needs to produce more than four million chopsticks a day, which he is on track to do in the next month or two.

Of India's three listed airlines, a budget carrier, Spicejet, was the only one to turn a profit in the most recent quarter.

One of the messages was that China intends both to clean up its environment and turn a profit in the process.

WDT is a fledging technology company that has shown some promise, but it has struggled to turn a profit over the years.

The holding manager who has extracted many resources will have to trade them to turn a profit and pay the maintenance costs of the holding.

Be honest and humble and realize that most businesses do not turn a profit, and many more never get off the launchpad .

His business methods turned off large investors, and the cost of leasing land made it hard for Kroc to turn a profit.

Others say that private-sector efficiency could never have compensated for its higher costs of borrowing and requirement to turn a profit.

It's a common tale. In the midst of a sluggish economic recovery, many companies are frantically looking to find new ways to turn a profit.

Electricity comes fitfully: a huge headache for factories that need to operate around the clock to turn a profit.

The big question is whether any of these new business models can turn a profit for the carmakers.

One insider suggested to the Wall Street Journal that thegovernment could turn a profit if its shares can be sold for more than $30 each .

Although Hyundai views the Blue-Will as an important product for the brand, it doesn't expect to turn a profit on the green sports car.

With local companies struggling to turn a profit, unpaid vacations have become an alternative to laying off employees.

Soon after the mine began to turn a profit, those Coterie jackals moved in to claim what is rightfully ours.

Ford doesn't expect to turn a profit before 2011, but company CEO Alan Mulally foresees a market turnaround by the end of the year.

Even the smallest online retail sites can sell products and turn a profit with a very simple online presence.

At the core of solar's sorry market performance lies an enigma: solar sells, but it's tough to turn a profit.

But it may be optimistic to expect it to turn a profit.

It is remarkable that the most powerful company on the Web would feel threatened by one that has yet to turn a profit.

So, if I can market my product and coordinate my business's operations, then I should turn a profit ?

The youthful student, who had more ideas than he did money, used his spare time to turn a profit from his artistic gifts.

Personally, I wouldn't put money into any public company that hasn't proven able to turn a profit.

Generally, it takes longer for a dotcom to turn a profit in China than in the U. S. , Mr. Shen said.

Traditionally, entrepreneurs bring innovation and change to the world in their quest to find new ways to turn a profit.

Businesses will invest if the policy environment enables them to turn a profit.

Given the rising price of fuel, many shippers think they need huge ships to turn a profit.

The purpose cannot be to create a new, lean, debt-free company that might one day turn a profit.

Indeed, moving goods by water is the only way to carry large cargoes long distances cheaply and thus turn a profit.

The idea is that enough people will pony up for the fancy edition to pay for all the freeloaders, and turn a profit.

The Temasek venture's first bank was set to turn a profit in August, 13 months earlier than expected, according to the branch head.

Since Chevron, in theory, is overvalued relative to Exxon, the trader might turn a profit if Chevron fell harder than Exxon.

I wanted to understand how a luxury brand could turn a profit in this antiquated land where the livestock outnumbers the people 16 to 1.

Sony isn't alone in struggling to turn a profit in the TV market.

The advent of supermarkets in the 1930s proved to the business world that cutting costs to deliver low prices can turn a profit.

Few companies have figured out how to turn a profit by relying solely on mobile ads for revenue.

I noticed revised q3 estimates suggest you intend to turn a profit.

By taking over hotels around San Francisco and Los Angeles, Chinese investors can turn a profit from their compatriots' California dreaming.

But now we're at a realization stage: can the auto maker sell cars and turn a profit?

All AVE lines currently turn a profit and have easily survived price wars waged by airlines, Professor Valls said.

With small companies, your better off to wait until they turn a profit before you invest.

You're famous in programming circles. But being famous doesn't necessarily mean you can turn a profit and support yourself.

As a result, most innovation efforts are lucky to pay for themselves, much less actually turn a profit.

Morgan Stanley would turn a profit on its investment.

The factory hasn't taken in a nickel yet, probably won't turn a profit for years.

and set prices that will both attract them and turn a profit .

This is probably because it can be a struggle to turn a profit from treating dirty water, even as many mid-tier cities need new facilities.

Mr. Felcsuti says his unit will still turn a profit, even if loan losses double.

We aim to reach break even next year and turn a profit from 2009 onward.

Theoretically, the government could turn a profit on the securities if they can be sold for higher prices when normal conditions return.

Amazon listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market in 1997 but didn't turn a profit until the fourth quarter of 2001.

Do that right, and you can even turn a profit in the process.

It can thus, it believes, turn a profit without having to produce large volumes.

turn a profit * I don't see how his company can make a profit; his marketing costs are too high.

They simply aim for properties with rising prices, so they can sell them on and turn a profit.

You never know, the state's investment might even turn a profit.

"Companies won't invest in China if they cannot turn a profit" .

People dying so they can turn a profit.

Many of the first sequestration sites will be those that are established because they can turn a profit .

Another factor increasing the chances the ICC will turn a profit: Hong Kong's sky-high office rents, which are among the world's highest.

so the government will probably turn a profit on the deal,