The company has encouraged the growth of "direct" (junk) mail, which now accounts for almost a quarter of its revenues, and launched its own online bill-payment service.

该公司一直在刺激“直达”(junk)寄送的增长，其营业额的差不多四分之一都来自于此。另外，它还推出了自己的在线账单支付服务。

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The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but they require Apple to make a one-time payment and ongoing royalties large enough to materially improve Nokia's earnings for the quarter.

和解条款未予披露，但诺基亚要求苹果除了支付一次性赔偿金外，还须支付专利使用费，数额之大足以显著改善诺基亚的季度盈利。

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A record 9.1% of borrowers had missed at least one payment by the first quarter of this year.

一季度9.1%的借款者至少拖欠了一次贷款的偿还，这创下了新的记录。

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That would be like a quarter of 1% to postpone your payment by another year; so time was really cheap.

也就是说只需要付1%的1/4就能,延迟一年还款,时间的价值很低

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This includes the fourth quarter individual estimated tax payment, normally due Jan. 15, 2013.

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Ford only resumed paying a dividend in March - of 5 cents a quarter - after halting the payment to shareholders for more than five years because of financial problems.

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