for-profit
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The researchers found that for-profit corporate water utilities charged 67% more than the government-owned systems they analyzed nationwide — an additional $329 a year on average.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
GEO Group, a for-profit prison company, filed a complaint in federal court over Senate Bill 942, also called the Civil Detainees’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The rule was plagued by delays and litigation from the for-profit college industry.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He acknowledged that for-profit baseball “grows bigger every year…I don’t know what anybody can do about it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
By the time Shin hit the road, defectors themselves, many of them former North Korean military and police officers, had taken over the trade and were quietly running for-profit operations.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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