But those who E-file and have their refunds electronically deposited in their accounts will continue to get their money, since this involves the same processing functions that the government uses to debit money due on E-filed returns.

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That will save us some money, but the core functions of the program are sustained.

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It needed to outsource more customer service functions to save money and figured other companies did too.

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With fewer councils there should be fewer back-office functions and therefore more money for the frontline, so the argument goes.

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The company says it can save customers money and reduce complexity by integrating functions that until now required 4 or 5 separate pieces of software.

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Prosper, Zopa and Lending Club all have mechanisms to transfer money between strangers and employ social networking functions that allow borrowers to tell the story of their need for capital.

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Following a successful trial earlier this year in Beijing, GPT recently won the right to supply the systems needed to install in the provincial capital Guangzhou an initial 2, 000 payphones that accept money from smart cards used for other functions as well.

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Much of the money made by the state firms is being soaked up by payments for welfare functions, including the wages of laid-off workers.

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If he obeys the debt ceiling, he cannot spend the money that Congress has told him to spend, which is why most government functions will be shut down.

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