Sometimes it is also standard practice for the consulting company to collect an up-front payment upon contract signing just to assure positive cash flow.

咨询公司有时会在签订合同的同时收取预付款，以保持正向的现金流，并将这种做法作为标准措施。

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Three of the trades, including two front-running quarterly earnings releases, were in shares of contract research organization Pharmaceutical Product Developmen.

其中3项交易，包括两份事先泄露的季度财报，均与合同研究机构药用物品开发公司（Pharmaceutical Product Development）相关。

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"As I've said many times before, there is a contract on the table in front of Silverstone," said Ecclestone tonight.

“正如我多次讲到的，现在已经有一份合同摆在银石面前，”埃克莱斯通今天晚上(周二晚)表示。

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Another suspect on the contract-awarding front is Peter Ellef, Mr Rowland's former chief of staff.

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The 31-year-old put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half year contract in front of 5, 000 fans at the Ataturk Stadium.

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