That created a situation where institutions put great pressure on companies for good short-term profits.

Some others took advantage and sold the timber for a short-term individual profit.

Even if he engineers better short-term profits, however, bigger changes will not come easily.

We all know that the American financial system places a dangerous emphasis on short-term profits.

He added, "I think it's just natural short-term profit taking."

More companies should put job security ahead of short-term profit.

The name of the game in the entertainment business is short-term profit.

This venture gave a short-term profit but a long-term loss.

He'd lost a good deal of short-term profit on this venture.

Have research and development been sacrificed for the sake of short-term profits?