Coinstar operates automated bill E-pay machines, over 20, 000 coin counting machines, and over 20, 000 DVD rental kiosks.
Once a person meets the mandatory e-pay threshold, they are required to make all subsequent payments electronically, regardless of the amount, type, or taxable year.
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E-tailers pay a commission of 5% to 25% on each sale that comes from Ehow.
Second, unlike Yale, each year most investors relied on liquidity, i.e. cash, to pay taxes.
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Higher margins will allow e-commerce companies to pay more for acquisition and achieve scale faster compared to competitors.
Accretive Health is a consulting company that focuses on improving hospital operations and preventing revenue leakage (i.e. getting you to pay your bill).
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The way people browse, find products, pay for them (e.g. one-click purchase) are all different.
This prompted the Kindle team to devise a new business model, striking deals with mobile-phone operators to allow Kindle users to download e-books without having to pay network fees.
In India, where things too often are still done in triplicate, Andhra Pradesh's pioneering e-seva system lets people pay their utility bills, transfer money, buy railway tickets and so on.
Broadband has struggled to win converts in the UK because many people can see no reason to pay more to get their e-mail quicker.
In the two weeks after the death of the princess, BBC News Online received more than ten thousand e-mails from people wanting to pay their respects.
The other "Big Six" publishers either refuse to allow libraries to lend out their e-books (at least their "front list" of current bestsellers), or they require libraries to periodically pay to re-license e-books.
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It is counting on advertising, sponsorship and e-commerce to make the risky move pay off.
Then, almost no-one had e-mail, or the ability to pay bills or make transactions over the phone or online.
Equally, what once seemed like decent treatment for city workers, i.e. generous health care, pensions and pay, particularly for firefighters and police, is now seen as absurd featherbedding.
That means either educating the tiny fraction of consumers who do spend money in response to spam's marketing pitches, or making spammers pay to send their billions of e-mails.
Almost 71 percent of citizens said they would prefer to pay a service fee rather than fund e-government initiatives through taxes.
The second objective is to deal with the problem under the current system of ineligibility based on failure to pay into the system, i.e.
Americans today are clearly willing to pay a hefty premium, i.e.
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Teleplex president Dennis Novick says the company has installed 27 of them in Manhattan--with plans for 100--so New Yorkers and tourists alike can check e-mail, buy theater tickets, even pay bills.
How much would you pay to have your whole library on your e-reader?
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These plans basically require you to pay more out of pocket (i.e. the deductible) before the health insurance kicks in.
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"People on planes want full Internet access--not just e-mail--and they're willing to pay for it, " says Henry Harteveldt, travel analyst at Forrester Research.
Any business reliant on e-commerce as part of their revenue stream needs to pay attention to these trends and get ahead of them to stay competitive.
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While the OfCom papers got more play online with some sites suggesting that the current trends in piracy means that consumers want to pay less and less for albums, i.e.
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Two Malaysian companies have been licensed to develop the "e-government, " which aims to enable citizens to pay their taxes, check their traffic summonses and a host of other things on-line.
Should a company like Gazprom, for example, lose access to the U.S. bond market on a sustained basis, it would not only pay more for the funds it raises elsewhere (e.g. in Europe or Asia) but would likely find itself unable to attract the volume of funds required to meet its development needs.
At the same time, e-filers who owe Uncle Sam don't have to pay up when they file.
Successful e-commerce ecosystems are built on two pillars: the ability to pay for goods, and the ability to deliver them.
However, this does not mean that the flexible pay system that banks have grown to use (i.e. their bonus system) is a smart way of rewarding people.
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