While either bid could mean a multi-million dollar payout for Dodsworth and his team, one has to wonder if TweetDeck would have been better off just going it alone.

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Apple's version of events aims to challenge Mr Einhorn's claim that it had rushed through its governance changes, known as proposal two, to head off his attempt to push for a greater payout.

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Because Werness' annuity isn't reinsured by an insurance company, serious trouble for New Life could threaten his ten-year payout (see box, p. 184).

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Talented as he might be, Price is probably not worth the payout and his contract could be a an albatross for the team should his production fall off in the next few seasons.

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Mr Einhorn first approached Apple about his idea for the issue of perpetual preferred stock and a higher dividend payout for shareholders at the end of May, Apple said.

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He said his footage of this would have proved an "embarrassment" for police, and believed their payout was an admission of wrongdoing.

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The payout was made despite an earlier agreement that his former employer ABB should have been responsible for much of the sum, according to the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv.

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