Word: profiteering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...meet its reduction target without hurting the economy. A recent study by the Tellus Institute, a non-profit research and consulting organization, shows that the U.S. can achieve its emissions target entirely or largely through domestic actions by increasing energy efficiency, accelerating the adoption of renewable energy technologies, and shifting to less carbon-intensive fossil fuels...
Several panelists said that the non-profit sector has plenty of room for improvement...
...have to have the fortitude to say that certain non-profits shouldn't be in place, and that others should take their place," said Kelly Fitzimmons, the co-founder of New Profit Incorporated...
...asked, "Is The New Economy Dead?" [BUSINESS, Oct. 23]. Hardly. It just took a while for the dictum of the old economy to assert itself: a business is supposed to provide a product or service for a profit. Technical savvy and a dotcom tag are no substitutes for a sound business plan. I work for an information-technology company that has never lost money and has fueled growth through its own earnings. You should look at enterprises like ours instead of snickering at those whose overinflated financial balloons have been pricked by reality. Imagine, a profitable dotcom! ALEX LEKAS Fayetteville...
...Monday, both indexes were ailing; by lunchtime, the Dow was down 215 points to 10,386 and the NASDAQ down 158 to 2870. The Dow tends to be more responsive to political considerations; the tech index has plenty of its own troubles to worry about. A bad profit warning from Dow component and tech bellwether Hewlett Packard helped sellers in both indexes make up their minds Monday, but it's generally agreed that the dawning of another week of election madness is starting to be a big part of the problem across the board...