Criticized firms can pay a flat fee based on the volume of complaints received about them.
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They are paid a flat fee for advice or more typically, a percentage of assets they manage.
Heidelberger Druck, by contrast, charges a flat fee-for-service, which can be cheaper for most commercial printers and less hassle.
Promoted Posts cost a flat fee to reach a given number of users.
They can also charge a combination of fees and commissions, including a flat fee for creating a financial plan.
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Planners are generally grouped according to how they are compensated: by commission from the products they sell, by flat fee or by a combination.
Another tactic is to make households pay by volume for the rubbish they generate, rather than through a flat fee or through local taxes.
Rather than have the companies pay a flat fee as the directors' deal entailed, the writers have insisted on a percentage of Internet streams.
The City Council in Indianapolis decided on a new plan which involved a flat fee to connect to the sewers at a lower cost.
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Instead of collecting a 2% cut on every deal, Visa Commerce will charge a flat fee, which banks will work out with their customers.
For a flat fee of 130 Argentinean pesos, tour-goers receive an Italian crystal wine glass along with a map indicating each stop on the circuit.
On Monday, after meeting with lawyers, mediators, notaries, and psychologists all weekend, the pair walks away amicably, with divorce papers signed, for one flat fee.
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Ventas will directly pay a management company a flat fee to run the homes and then takes all of the profit (paying taxes, of course).
The evidence also showed that Deutch sales people falsely tell prospective clients over the phone that the contemplated services will be performed for a flat fee.
However, large plans are known to retain an investment advisor that charges a flat fee or a percentage of the assets for investment consulting and advisory services.
Card-processing fees are typically a percentage of sales ranging on average from 1% to 3% depending on the card plus a flat fee of about 10 cents per transaction.
NTT's switchboards, which means that the former monopoly cannot measure the connection time and independent firms can thus provide a continuous Internet connection for a flat fee.
BATS, for example, charges a flat fee of .0024 cents for removing liquidity and rebates .0022 cents for adding it (most ECNs have this type of pricing model).
Although he isn't involved with the lawsuits, he says that he finds it "unconscionable" that he's charged a percentage of the sale for swipe fees rather than a flat fee.
But the consumer also wins because we get to pay a simple flat fee and experience the freedom of not having to pay meters or worry about time all year!
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The Association of American Medical Colleges reported last November that medical-loss ratios of for-profit HMOs paying a flat fee to doctors for treatment averaged only 70% of their premium revenue.
The service's flat fee offers an alternative to pay-as-you-go stores such as Amazon.com, which appeal to music listeners who want to get access to lots of music every month without stealing it.
In addition, the GAO says an FHA proposal to price its insurance premiums on risk--rather than the current flat fee--would have eliminated 20% of the borrowers who qualified for FHA insurance in 2005.
The company will pay the Browns a flat fee for the arrangement, then keep all revenue from the transactions done over its site (it will charge a 10% fee to buyers and 15% to sellers).
In most cases, the companies are compensated by the colleges, either with a flat fee or a rate based on the number of students they put into a program that helps keep them from defaulting.
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Elsewhere, some schools offer competency-based credits or associate degrees in areas such as nursing and business, while Northern Arizona University plans a similar program that would offer bachelor's degrees for a flat fee, said spokesman Eric Dieterle.
The service's flat fee offers an alternative to pay-as-you-go stores such as Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ), which appeal to music listeners who want to get access to lots of music every month without stealing it.
The flat fee comprises two parts: a premium typically up to 10% of your monthly bill and a second portion, which is determined by both your energy usage over the past year and your expected usage over the upcoming year based on the weather in your area.
Witness the poor reception of pay-per-view television and the enthusiasm for flat-fee Internet access.
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