If you are not comfortable with these terms, this attractive form of aid may not make sense to you.

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Content providers share the earnings with the mobile network operator, making these services an attractive--and booming--new revenue stream for both industries.

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The return is even more attractive compared with low yields on debt investments these days, which can be below 2%.

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Compared with these paltry returns, foreign assets, particularly dollar ones, look much more attractive to Japanese investors.

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But investors may want to stay with the stock, as it could be an attractive take-over candidate at these valuations.

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But given how the recent downturn has slashed valuations, and given that stocks of strong companies tend to fare far better than bonds during inflationary climates, I think these big dividend-payers are a more attractive option right now for those with long-term time horizons.

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There are challenges for South Africa in lining up with the founding Bric nations, and analysts say these include how successfully South Africa can make itself more attractive for investment.

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Women who rated their mates as more sexually attractive, meanwhile, did not exhibit these changes and instead reported being more satisfied with their relationship at high fertility than at low fertility.

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Can it compete with the far fatter Verizon, which is able to peel off the cash from its wallet to take these attractive targets for itself?

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