His transfer price back then was just 25 million, lower than that of RVP price.

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Data from the Transfer Price Index (TPI) helps illustrate this point.

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This all translates into Manchester United being the odds on favorite to win a thirteenth title in the Transfer Price Index, Euro Club Index, and ESPN Soccer Power Index models.

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While Williams claimed it was providing an 18% premium over the original bidding price, Energy Transfer returned the punch, highlighting the advantages of its MLP (master limited partnership) structure. (Read Energy Transfer Buys Southern Union: The Beauty Of Nat Gas MLPs).

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And if that is all there was to it then the Danish could rightly argue that the royalty payments are excessive (or that the original transfer price was too low, much the same thing in reality) and thus try to claim more tax.

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There may be a hidden cost of what has arguably been this country's central industrial policy of the past 30 years, which is that all businesses are for sale to foreigners at the right price: the systematic transfer into overseas hands of so many UK companies may have contributed to long-term erosion of corporation tax revenues.

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The committee generally also studies another monthly indicator of economy-wide activity, personal income less transfer payments, in real terms, adjusted for price changes.

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Since then, members have voted on a number of major decisions affecting the club, including the price of season-tickets, but this is the first time a transfer will be decided by the team's fans.

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