money-spinning

And it's been like that for 25 money-spinning years.

Colin Morrison: Stand by for the (Gulp) Post-Murdoch Media Market Colin Morrison 2011

Having more than made its money back in cinemas, Pearl Harbor went on to become an equally outrageous success on DVD, the release of the money-spinning disc tastefully timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the original attack.

Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people 2011

As recounted in an absorbing study — no, really — by the Harvard professor George Baker in The Journal of Finance, their predecessors had followed a well-thumbed playbook to build Beatrice from a small Nebraska creamery into a money-spinning conglomerate that sold everything from Meadow Gold dairy products to Samsonite luggage.

Do CEOs Matter? 2009

But can we at least agree to dispense with the idea that such stories are run for any nobler reason than money-spinning titillation?

The Ryan Giggs story was not run with any noble intentions | Marina Hyde 2011

The third, written for a money-spinning tour of America, was an instant hit.

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 4, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), LSO/ Pappano – review Fiona Maddocks 2010

As recounted in an absorbing study — no, really — by the Harvard professor George Baker in The Journal of Finance, their predecessors had followed a well-thumbed playbook to build Beatrice from a small Nebraska creamery into a money-spinning conglomerate that sold everything from Meadow Gold dairy products to Samsonite luggage.

Do CEOs Matter? 2009

The increasing pressure from both powerful domestic competitors and the government is new for Mr. Slim, who bought Mexico's inefficient state-run phone monopoly in 1990 and transformed it into a money-spinning machine, ruthlessly fighting off rivals and amassing an unprecedented fortune along the way.

Court Slams Carlos Slim David Luhnow 2011

Britain was not the only country to unleash the money-spinning potential of the bankers, of course, but Thatcher's ideological convictions of unleashing the power of the markets put London in the vanguard — and Brown did nothing to fetter the masters of the universe.

Big Bang's shockwaves left us with today's big bust 2011

The House of Commons should break with centuries of tradition and embark on a money-spinning operation that could see tea on the terrace become London's top tourist destination, the 11th-century Westminster Hall stage prestige weddings and a chain of souvenir shops established across the parliamentary estate, MPs have recommended.

MPs push to turn House of Commons into tourist attraction 2011

Dubai has gone the commercial route with snazzy galleries, money-spinning auctions and international fairs; Abu Dhabi is importing the franchises of the Louvre and the Guggenheim museums.

Painting the Middle East With Too Broad a Brush? Richard Holledge 2011