What better way to buy access to a lawmaker than to hire the lawmaker's son, daughter or spouse as their lobbyist on a lucrative retainer?
The gap between college graduates going into lucrative positions and those going into more normal positions is exploding. We've not seen a time in living memory when so many young people made so much money, and some peers are wondering what they have in common anymore.
That is one area that Microsoft thinks is potentially very lucrative and fast growing.
We've had a couple of trucks stolen in recent weeks or months, and we believe the thieves are chopping up the trucks and selling the parts. It's very lucrative for them, they realize 100-percent profit.
Demolition contractors tend not to go out of business. It's very lucrative and you get to be your own boss. And you get to wear flannel shirts and hard hats and spit and use bad language.
Unless it is a lucrative offer, we are not interested in playing.
For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business.
Seafaring can be lucrative - the elite, such as gas-tanker captains, can earn $100,000 for six months' work - but the isolation is a heavy price to pay.
Most of the cricketers are doing side businesses apart from playing the sport, so why should I be left behind. I feel there is a lot of money in making films, and since Punjabi cinema is doing good, this is a lucrative option for me.
They (sponsors) want to buy while the property is cheap. Both sides have a risk. He's got a risk taking deals not lucrative enough if he does exceptionally well. If he doesn't do well, the brands have probably overpaid.