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...them," argues Matt Phillips, a spokesman for the British Phonographic Industry. Demands from record labels (and the rise of real tones) could throw current ring-tone business models into disarray. Up until now, mobile operators like Vodafone and Orange have taken around 40% of the ring-tone fee; middlemen like Musiwave and Buongiorno, whose roles range from composing and aggregating songs to delivering them, around 40%; and music publishers - which are sometimes owned by labels and sometimes aren't - up to 20%, which they share with the actual songwriters. "The 40% that's getting squeezed are the guys...
...many it's a full-time business," says Nigel Embry, who runs Farm Stay UK, a nonprofit body that publishes a directory of farms that take guests. Dairyland Farm World, a farm-turned-theme-park in southwestern England, has gone down the diversification route. For an entry fee of $40 per family, Dairyland offers a milking parlor and a "pat-a-pet" area...
Local phone service, however, will only be available to students who upgrade their lines for a $20 monthly fee, according to Nancy Kinchla, director of telecommunications services at University Information Systems (UIS). Phone service is provided through a contract with Verizon...
...Dave Navarro and Tommy Lee. It used to be a mega-gym with a regulation basketball court until the owners decided to turn it into a club. "In real estate, the land goes to the highest and best use," explains co-owner Peter Feinstein. Now instead of collecting gym fees, he charges women $60 to $100 a night to sell $20 lap dances, along with the more profitable revenue stream from drinks and a $5 ATM fee that almost makes usury a sin again. He does not, however, get the $20 entrance fee nonlocals pay at the door; that goes...
...might try a fund like SSgA Yield Plus, with a 30-day yield of 1.17%, or Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond, yielding 1.33%. Just remember: as rates rise, bond prices fall, offsetting some of that extra yield. And if you sell too soon, you might be hit with a redemption fee. Even among the cash happy, rising rates don't solve everything...