Shearson agreed to pay $750,000 to the New York Stock Exchange to settle charges of wide-ranging rules violations at one of the brokerage firm's most profitable branches.

In the 14th century apiculture and sericulture became profitable branches.

In 1434 the first consignment of slaves was brought to Lisbon; slave trading was the most profitable branch of Portuguese commerce until India was reached.

The expansion of Israel's textile industry was a consequence of the development of cotton growing as a profitable agricultural branch.

The next year, with revenues equal to US$898 million and costs equal to US$654 million, KTX was Korail's most profitable branch.

Last year, this specially imported branch of the supermarket chain was the most profitable branch in the country, with people going wild for Fifties Cornflakes boxes.

OTB is closing two of its 90 parlors this month, and Mr. Palumbo said he was considering closing another 10 of the least profitable branches.

It's absolutely a profitable branch.

As aquaculture became a profitable branch of agriculture, efforts were made to farm the animals, and the culture systems soon included spawning and growing ponds.

Buying Savings Branches Closer to home, Chase is taking advantage of the desire of some New York-area savings banks to sell their less profitable branches.