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Low premium-rate increases in state Medicaid programs also weighed on the operating margin.
UnitedHealth Raises Outlook but Expresses Caution Jon Kamp 2011
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Symantec says the goal of the malicious app is to build a botnet, but it's also costing users money—and earning the hackers commissions—by texting to premium-rate numbers, according to Computerworld.
Malware growing on Android devices: Look before you install 2011
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"I need a [premium-rate] advantage with [AIG unit] American General just because of the PR," Peter Katt, a fee-only life-insurance adviser in Mattawan, Mich.
Policyholders Safe, Say States Leslie Scism 2010
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Wilde described hisdrama as "byzantine", and it can beoverdone: Zawe Ashton's Salome is prone to fondling herself in the fashion of young ladies who would like to get to know you better after you have called their premium-rate phone line.
Salome 2010
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Rig operators have come to rely on premium-rate deepwater contracts to boost earnings as producers have cut spending on other exploration work since oil prices peaked in 2008.
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With an A+ rating from A.M. Best, we believe W.R. Berkley is one of the better-positioned insurers to benefit from premium-rate increases in the marketplace.
Research Reports 2009
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Oh look! the phone-in number starts '090' - a premium-rate line.
Archive 2008-02-01 Bystander 2008
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Oh look! the phone-in number starts '090' - a premium-rate line.
Sun Awry Bystander 2008
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There are also free daily audio horoscopes – normally only available from premium-rate phone lines.
Archive 2008-05-01 Thatsnews 2008
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THE DVLA is among 30 organisations named and shamed by a leading consumer watchdog for making money from customers through premium-rate helplines.
DVLA makes money from us Valleys Mam 2008
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