One of the major benefits that many employers offer to their workers is the ability to buy company stock with some sort of tax advantage or built-in discount.

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Some 276 new shops opened last year, with discount stores, loan companies and betting shops the most common new premises.

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Making matters worse, some of the firms had chosen implausible discount rates (with the effect of reducing their estimated liabilities).

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Some others offer discount at gyms or fruit Fridays replacing voluptuous cherry scones with platters of fresh fruit instead.

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Why should we discount or discourage this type of learning simply because some of us are not familiar enough with the technology to fully appreciate it?

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