In other words, it has expenses such as wages, office supplies, rent, and the like.

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In April, janitors won widespread support for their demands for higher wages for cleaning office buildings.

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Mr. Andrews at once got the pay office to issue Joe's wages daily instead of every two weeks.

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None of Argyle's players or office staff have received their full wages since the club went into administration.

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Drivers had complained to BBC Radio Nottingham that they had not been paid but accountancy firm RSM Tenon said wages would be met by the Redundancy Payments Office.

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The securities industry, according the city's Independent Budget Office (IBO), accounts for 25% of the wages paid in the city.

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With Guangzhou's office rents forecast to be flat at best, landlords will see incomes fall as inflation and rising wages boost costs, says John Affleck, an international economist with PPR.

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EIU's index measures the relative costs of doing business in 27 economies by compiling statistics relating to wages, costs for expatriate staff, air travel and subsistence, corporation taxes, perceived corruption levels, office and industrial rents, and road transport.

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