"And whatever profits we make can help support the research."

Having them help big companies make a profit makes no sense to me at all.

The profits then made are, however, no longer passed on to the national economy.

Such companies typically have tax losses, but little or no profit to make use of them.

Economics - Are the costs of developing the system lower than the profit made from using it?

Some wonder whether profits from Internet play would make any significant differences to deficits.

Its profits made a major contribution to the increase in the financial power of those who controlled London.

"The added profit certainly won't make any great difference in comparison with last year, but it helps," she said.

By the 1880s the profits made him the largest contributor to the support of other missions.

So it is again hard to measure the profits made only through investments in productivity.