Like most subcontracting companies, Axis bills its employees out at a markup over what it pays employees.

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She already has her next business plan in place: to buy clothes in Aizawl and sell them in neighboring states, at a markup.

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The investment bank then quickly resells the stock, at a reasonable markup, to the public - mostly to mutual funds and pension funds.

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Critics including the NYAG in this case say class-action firms spend far too much time reviewing documents, knowing they can submit the hours run up by low-paid contract attorneys at a substantial markup.

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For example, a company called American Grocers was buying expired (and, therefore, deeply discounted) food, altering the dates on the food, and selling the food at a steep markup to the government to serve to American troops serving in Iraq.

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Apple has struggled to keep up with worldwide demand for the device, with early customers losing out to scalpers who sold the iPads on the street or spirited them off to China, where they sold them at a large markup.

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An appraiser then values the structure, usually at a 15% markup to building costs.

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While a few boutique outfits like Schiff's will sell you Singapore government bonds, expect to pay at least a 2% markup for the privilege.

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Most distributors buy products from Herbalife at a 50% discount, resell them at full price and pocket the markup.

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That's because high petroleum prices (higher, at any rate, than they were a few years ago) depress demand for gasoline and jet fuel and thus the markup over raw material costs that a refiner can capture.

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