Well, a joint venture means preferred treatment for the investors. A joint venture pays less income tax or even no income tax at all under certain conditions in the first five profit making years.

搞合资企业，投资者可以享受到优惠的待遇，合资企业头5个获利年度可以省缴所得税，在一些情况下，甚至完全不缴所得税。

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If you need to hold that home for a number of years before possibly making a profit or at least covering your costs of sale, then ask yourself if you plan to stay put for those number of years.

如果在你转手卖掉赚钱或者至少收回成本之前，你需要住上几年，那么就问问自己，在过了那几年之后赚钱的计划是否依然可行。

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The world's third-largest carmaker has been trying to return to making a profit for four years now, with little success.

世界排名第三的汽车制造商已于四年前开始努力扭亏为盈，但成效不大。

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Egypt would be responsible for funding the museum, which was expected to begin making a profit after 12 years, he said.

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She says it's very expensive for airlines to develop new routes, typically waiting three years before making a profit, and her prospective airline clients see the UK as an unfriendly place to base their development plans while tax is high and rising.

BBC: Stuck on the runway

Based in slightly shabby central London offices, Symbian has fewer than 300 employees and, by its own admission, is several years away from making a profit.

ECONOMIST: Symbian��s friends