I did it. I crawled from the ashes of defeat to the roses of successful vomit production, and made a cool 1.3 mil. Game successfully made me invested--nay offended!--when my vomit production costs went up. Truly, war is hell. Funniest exchange had to be the bit about the finger.
Incidentally, my labour budget was $0 throughout. I wasn't sure how, or if, it was possible to hire any regular employees?