A broker is bound by the rules to discourage a grandmother from sinking all her savings into a profitless Internet company.
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But biotechnology stocks, which in many respects are just as speculative and just as profitless, are hanging in there.
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"We continue to be in a jobless, profitless recovery, " said Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein.
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And a giddy stock market had greased the path for scores of immature, profitless companies to sell shares to the public.
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"We are in the midst so far of a jobless recovery and a profitless recovery, " he said.
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Trie's domestic companies were found to be profitless and idle except for his lavish expenses and political generosity toward the Democrats.
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It's insulated from the gyrations of the tempermental market, which has sent some profitless dot-com companies soaring in value.
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"We're not looking for profitless prosperity, rather we'll concentrate on improving our market share and bottom line ."
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Can the company pull another rabbit out of the hat or is Gillette destined to slug it out in a brutal, profitless war of attrition?
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The exact identity of the republican soldier who fired the fatal shot in the Beal na Blagh ambush has been the source of endless and profitless speculation.