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The watchdog has also taken action against a former shares broker for selling high-risk shares to customers without their consent and using "unacceptable" sales tactics.
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"Any time you get into the entertainment space, it's a high-risk proposition because customers are so fickle, " said Walt Borland, president and CEO of the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization.
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The ABI claimed that, at present, people in lower risk areas paid more in premiums than would otherwise be the case to subsidise those at higher risk, and customers in high-risk areas were tied to their existing insurer.
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There is also the risk that the high-ticket customers it acquired so expensively at U.S. Trust might find the association with the retail brokerage operation distasteful and flee to other trust institutions.
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Opponents maintained that instead of cheaper loans, the payday and other high-risk loans will no longer be available and customers will have to turn to banks and pay higher fees, or end up bouncing checks.
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One factor needs to be taken into account -- the survey was conducted in June and early July, shortly before global stock markets plunged in response to concerns over the U.S. lending market, notably loans to so-called subprime customers, seen as high risk.
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Margins, meanwhile, are fat for a reason: fresh food is always a high-risk business, which requires an intimate understanding of how customers' tastes vary according to store location and time of day.
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The 34 others have some form of guaranteed "high-risk-pool" capped-cost coverage that is nonetheless expensive enough to drown many potential customers in debt, and limited enough to pile large out-of-pocket costs on those who can afford the premiums.
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China's biggest state-owned lender by assets, set up a fund for customers to invest in high-end pu'er tea, marketing it as a low-risk investment.
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By applying machine intelligence to data sourced and sorted in this manner, marketers can create micro-segments of customers automatically, allowing them to give early discounts to people who are at a high risk of attrition.
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