Word: fees
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...Roma loan illegal under a 1996 anti-usury act. The law prohibits creditors from charging more than one-and-a-half times current rates. Tomaso went to the bank and asked to renegotiate; he first was turned down, and then the bank offered a deal with a hefty refinancing fee. But the Longos kept pushing, and after paying a smaller penalty of about $4,000 they wrangled a new variable rate, as low as 5.6%. For the Longos, that means paying about $3,600 less every six months. It also means more freedom to enjoy the small luxuries of middle...
Bertelsmann insists the process will be "transparent"--that is, users won't know it is happening. But it would quickly rewrite the regulations of Napster, imposing rules on the relative anarchy that now exists. Napster would probably hand out different keys for different fees. Pay one fee, and you get to listen to some music. Pay more, and you get to keep the music by burning it onto...
...music companies may have their own plans. Vivendi Universal and Sony Music are jointly planning to launch a subscription-based online music service by year-end. And there is the problem of getting consumers to pay. Many companies have tried to convert websites from free to fee; consumers generally respond by going from free to flee...
...device over the other. While the Legend has by far the superior size, shape and display, the clunkier, battery-sucking Geode has better databases and expandability. I suspect the Geode will be the first to tell me where I can find the nearest Fleet Bank (and save me the fee for using some other bank...
...speaking fee that Clinton took from Morgan Stanley may seem like a lot, but from an agent's point of view, it was totally shortsighted. He could have pocketed a lot more if he had just packaged himself somewhat differently. Bill Clinton Live at the Apollo could gross 10 times that with an extended run, not to mention the take he would get when HBO pieced together a one-hour special. It squeezed half an hour out of Margaret Cho material...