The French company provides the same services for a fee and claimed the Google strategy was aimed at undercutting competitors by temporarily swallowing the full cost until it gains control of the market.

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They were particularly furious that the gradual introduction of pay-beds had, as they claimed, led to consultants using their services for fee-paying patients.

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No word yet from Change.org, which claimed credit for pushing BofA to drop its debit fee after 300, 000 consumers signed a petition last year on its site denouncing it.

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Australia captain Ponting was later fined 30% of his match fee for showing dissent after umpire Norman Malcolm turned down an appeal against West Indies batsman Patrick Browne when Ronchi claimed a catch off the bowling of Clarke.

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After putting the fee on one of her credit cards, Armstrong says she came across scores of complaints from Funding Universe clients who claimed the company was a scam.

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