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According to UKFI, which manages the government's stakes in the banks, the price actually paid by the Treasury for its 82% stake was 502p per share.
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It is probably encouraging that there is growing talk among European regulators and ministers that the eurozone's bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, should be able to buy Greek bonds in the market and then only demand repayment from Greece of the price actually paid for those bonds, the amount actually invested in the bonds.
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And while Virgin is often cited as the most expensive operator in the country Smith says that the average price paid for a ticket on the West Coast line has actually fallen in the last decade due to the range of discounts available.
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There is a loss, of course there is, but it is actually, how many of those stolen copies would have paid full price if they had to?
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Actually, it comes from the price-controlled, artificially low reimbursement rates paid by Medicare and Medicaid, the government-run health insurance programs that senators like Tom Harkin think should be a model for the country.
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While this may seem limiting, it could potentially be a game-changer in this advertising space as the social component could validate, for example, whether a restaruant that paid the highest auction price for results is a place you would actually want to visit.
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But in the same period, the share of instruction costs paid for by actual tuition not the sticker price, but the amount students actually pay after financial aid has nearly doubled, to 40 percent from 23 percent.
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