The contracts, normally signed on an annual basis, specify a formula tying the bank manager's monetary rewards to performance.

合同，通常签署了关于一年度的基础上，指定一个公式绑银行经理的货币奖励表现。

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Explicit deals were never the norm, though Spitzer showed evidence that some Merrill analysts had contracts tying their pay to their generation of fees.

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Aetna is famously heavy-handed with physicians, tying them up in restrictive contracts, and has been cited recently in a number of class-action suits by patients.

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