Net margins are adjusted to exclude taxes and include owner compensation in excess of their market-rate salaries.

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Net profit margins are adjusted to exclude taxes and include owner compensation in excess of their market-rate salaries.

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Sageworks adjusts net profit margins to exclude taxes and include owner compensation in excess of their market-rate salaries.

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Net profit margin has been adjusted to exclude taxes and include owner compensation in excess of their market-rate salaries.

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Net profit margin for the private companies has been adjusted to exclude taxes and include owner compensation in excess of their market-rate salaries.

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However most of the Icelandic people were bitterly opposed to the suggested deal, fearing that it would bankrupt their country and was, in any case, fundamentally unfair because the UK and Dutch governments had awarded compensation far in excess of the levels required by European legislation.

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Nationwide insurance markets that ensure broad and vigorous competition will wring out excess costs, overhead, and bloated executive compensation.

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They could book the excess returns as profit, making the firms look good and generating higher compensation for the managers.

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In addition to the guaranteed compensation, Verizon will also pay monthly license fees through July 2018 for each Verizon DVR subscriber in excess of certain pre-determined levels.

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