In order to challenge the fine, I was told that I would have to waive the opportunity to use the early-payment discount - worth 50% of the fine.

BBC: Parking - Your Thoughts

The incident came to light after an early-morning payment dispute between one of the men and a woman he had brought to his room.

WSJ: More Firings Seen at Secret Service

The consequences are an extraordinarily large number of special dividend declarations, the early payment of typical first-quarter dividends, and the future adverse impact on dividend growth rates for certain companies.

FORBES: Dividends' Unintended Consequences

The third company to declare a payout Monday took a page out of that book, but also followed in the footsteps of Wal-Mart, which accelerated a dividend payment scheduled for early 2013 to get in just under the wire.

FORBES: Fiscal Cliff Cash Splash Continues: Cato, Dish, HCA Announce Special Dividends

Many were simply too early, investing in early solar systems that were expensive, unreliable, and sold without finance or pre-payment.

FORBES: How to Light Africa Within a Decade

One of these involved deferring payment on Iran's multi-billion dollar short-term debt in early 1994, despite repeated U.S. demarches urging them not to do so.

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