That said, it paid to be in some sectors in the measurement period and not to be in others.
It paid to have some earlier "Cut the Rope" animation episodes shown in movie theaters in the U.S. late last year.
It also reports its tax provision: all the taxes it has paid around the world, including that bit it paid to the UK from Asda.
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When investing, during the past decade it paid to be particular.
But this often made things worse, because the depreciation took the value of small coins below the point at which it paid to melt them down.
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At the peak of the housing bubble in 2007, the average interest rates it charged on mortgages were only about three-quarters of a percentage point higher than the price it paid to borrow.
Both sides expect an agreement would include a monetary settlement of some kind, based on the alleged violations in the U.K. The government has also investigated potential misconduct in the company's former Russian outdoor billboard subsidiary, according to people familiar with the case, specifically whether it paid bribes to local officials to approve sign placements in that country.
The raids also shut down a fake PR operation that threatened to post bad reviews of products and services unless it was paid to keep quiet.
It is paid to the parent directly responsible for care of the youngster - in practice, it is most often claimed by the mother.
It paid up to five shillings a week to the over-70s, but only to the poor.
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In the end, the state gets an economy-boosting business that it paid little to help build.
It put paid to any hope that he could act as a bridge into a new bipartisan politics.
So, it paid businesses to produce these products, and then all of the sudden you had full employment.
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It is taxed first when the company declares a profit, and again when it is paid to shareholders as dividends or capital gains.
It is paid to schools for each pupil who is eligible for free school meals or who has been eligible at any point during the previous six years, or for pupils who have been in care for more than six months continuously.
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"This lawsuit is designed to help the Postal Service recoup the tens of millions of dollars it paid out (to) the Tailwind cycling team based on years of broken promises, " Machen said.
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"I felt I was a significant contributing factor to paying Ayrton more money than this company could afford and the way we paid it was to the detriment of our engineering resource, " Dennis said.
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Yet while it was the free Skype-to-Skype calls that attracted the enormous numbers, it was Skype's paid options which allowed it to edge ahead of pre-existing rivals such as MSN and Yahoo.
The authority said it had paid a local IT company to test the security of its internal systems in May 2012.
The BRDC says it would have to run the race at a loss if it paid Ecclestone's fees, and it is not prepared to risk its future just for the prestige of having the Grand Prix.
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Unless it modified its position, the Reagan administration faced the prospect of reaching agreement on a treaty to which it and its predecessors had paid lip service but that it knew to be dangerously unverifiableable.
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The service will only allow users to call other EarthLink customers, but the company says it expects to offer a paid service similar to SkypeOut within the next year.
Second, it has never paid to bet against a state with as many inventive people as California.
As per your article - we paid it to avoid any further hassle.
But normally an employer can't deduct deferred pay until it's paid to the employee and reported on his tax return.
The interns are, in one way of looking at it, being paid to come along for an extended job interview.
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The tax code generally taxes you when you are relieved of paying back a debt, treating it like cash paid to you.
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The practice gained some notoriety this week as the Associated Press announced, and began posting, a series of tweets Samsung paid it to publish.
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Might, for example, Washington policymakers decide that America could have avoided being quite so isolated diplomatically had it paid more attention to its allies' sensitivities?
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