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...heads Adobe), is betting that his pricing model will be more appealing. Copying or downloading files will cost only 15[Cents] to 25[Cents] a page--and the library will get most of the payoff. "It's totally accessible to everyone on the Internet. And no membership, no up-front costs," he says...
...course, several problems with this scenario. There are transportation costs, although with this magical machine we can temporarily do without them. There might be unequal information, where we send more and dirtier grime than they were expecting, but presumably Los Angeles would be required by contract to be up-front. There might be a “moral hazard,” in which Angelenos will litter more, knowing that their actions will have less effect; but the same could occur after more frequent street sweeping. And there might be agent problems, in which the Calcutta government might negotiate...
...range from casual pubs to glitzy disco-like halls, but all use pretty much the same system. A woman is lured in with a relatively cheap first-time fee of $50 to $100. On that visit, she must choose her "main" host. Because whomever she picks will receive an up-front commission and half the take from all of her bills whenever she comes to the club, the whole staff showers the newcomer with charm. For a Japanese woman consigned to supporting roles all her life, the star treatment is pretty irresistible. (If she grows sick of her main host...
...people are timid about it but we try to be up-front about the fact that there is an acting element," Zigler says. "People have to realize that they will have to get up on their feet and actually...
...most people, it almost always pays to continue contributing to a 401(k) until the day you retire. The up-front tax deduction, tax-free growth and employer match are that powerful. But a study by mutual-fund company T. Rowe Price suggests that in cases where the 401(k) plan has no employer match, the edge isn't all that great. A taxable stock-index fund might be your best savings vehicle late in your career...