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A Goldman Sachs basket of nonprofitable technology companies dropped 21% from its mid-October peak through Nov. 21, after soaring earlier in the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Sow and Friedman say they didn’t fully grapple with how being business partners might affect the nonprofitable parts of their friendship until long after they’d formed a formal LLC.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2020

“It became a nonprofitable decision to stay open on Thanksgiving,” said eBags Inc. Chief Executive Mike Edwards, who is also a former Staples executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2015

The plan also threatens nonprofitable concerns with closure if they fail to turn themselves around.

From Reuters • Jul. 8, 2013

Directly after this deal, United Cigar Stores prepared for a further strengthening by filing a bankruptcy petition against Neve Drugstores, Inc., its nonprofitable subsidiary.

From Time Magazine Archive