The far more contentious socioeconomic controversy simmering in Brazil at the moment concerns the distribution of oil revenues to the states.
Like its rivals, it made no commitment to ideology or policies on important issues such as devolving power, changing the distribution of oil revenues, ending the much-criticised dual-exchange rate or speedier privatisation.
Also on 15 November, Russian President Boris Yeltsin took control of the production and distribution of -- and the hard currency revenues associated with -- oil, diamonds, gold and other precious metals on Russian territory .
In the long run, re-distribution of revenues to help the less well supported clubs should produce a more competitive and watchable league.
The report points out that the vast majority (85%) of tax revenues already come from people in the top half of the distribution, but if the government wants to raise more from them, raising the basic rate of income tax for the first time in 40 years would be a decent place to start.
The distribution segment of the business is expected to grow this year and could increase revenues.
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Distribution, surprisingly, remains the largest source of revenues for the company, with 37% of total sales.
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The distribution segment, which produced 93% of first-quarter revenues, is a wholesaler of IT products across several categories, including IT systems, peripherals, system components, software and networking equipment.
However, multi-platform distribution deals could act as a growth catalyst for these margins provided that the size of the revenues from such deals becomes substantial.
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Apart from distribution, pharmaceutical and consumer health, about 21% of revenues now come from the nutrition division.
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Relations between the central government and Barcelona have long been strained over issues such as devolution, distribution of revenues and local identity, and Montilla did not wish to serve up another pretext for raising tension between Catalonia and the rest of Spain.
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But 30% of the deal is in equity, which entitles investors to a cut of any additional revenues after distribution and marketing fees are backed out.
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