The first clue of credibility is whether or not a reputable wireless carrier is distributing the business app.
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Using standard technology, Net 1 takes 1.5% of a paycheck from a business distributing a payroll, 3.5% of the value of social welfare benefits from a government agency and 0.5% to 0.75% of a sale from merchants.
One potential problem brought up on the call: Many other players in the pharmaceutical benefits field are also in the higher-margin business of distributing injectable drugs as well as pills.
For example, most people think generic drugs are a good deal, and they are surprised to learn that the business of distributing generic drugs in the U.S. is a huge profit source for pharmacies.
The business of distributing Herbalife products is all too often a losing proposition, and only those able to perpetuate recruitment chains have a shot at the rich rewards the company dangles before the gullible.
Investment companies are in the business of managing and distributing investment portfolios.
Distributing insurance is only a marginal business for most banks, he says.
Many of the fundamental forces driving the business of gathering and distributing security price data and financial news and analysis have remained the same for decades.
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But if we look beyond emergency preparedness to the everyday business of creating and distributing food, we find an interesting solution in Oregon, a Portland-based company called Food Hub.
Since utilities are in the business of generating and distributing energy and not saving it, most of the energy efficiency work in California has been outsourced to companies that specialize in that type of work.
The current system relies on business owners buying BlingTags and distributing them to customers, who then affix the stickers to their phones.
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The company's international strategy is to operate as a local business in every market, with selling, distributing and manufacturing taking place locally, Coca-Cola stated in a release.
The mutual fund business has two components: managing fund assets and distributing (or selling) funds.
By distributing the program, Google could also cash in on its core business of helping Internet users find information, selling advertising space on those search results.
On the back of this experience, he started importing and distributing sea food and frozen meat from India and Europe, branding his business Emke.
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To squeeze even droplet-size margins from this business, you need to put in 14-hour days minding every aspect of bottling, packaging and distributing, as well as customer hand-holding.
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