The immense wealth of many executives these days in part reflects a sharp improvement in American competitiveness and fatter profits.

This means fatter profits for the long-distance companies, and fewer bargains for customers.

Outlook for Expansion Higher prices would bring fatter profits without having to rely so heavily on cutting costs, the executives said.

The less-cheerful view of the traditional media companies is that all their online efforts will not translate directly into more revenue or fatter profits.

At the same time, bakers, benefiting from lower wheat and flour prices, will probably enjoy fatter profits.

He said the accord could mean fatter profits for the Japanese, which they could pump back into their operations, giving them a competitive advantage.

For a while, the turkey industry maintained its prices and reaped fatter profits.

The loss of agricultural land to biofuels has already doubled world food prices, so millions are starving while greedy corporations make even fatter profits.

Long-distance companies are making fatter profits and customers are getting fewer bargains because the industry has turned surprisingly cozy after years of brutal price wars.

One reason may be that products that can be marketed as healthier often generate higher sales and fatter profits for food companies.