Before 1820, books were published without covers; customers took their purchases to bookbinders to have them put in leather covers.
When he opened Red Rooster, his team didn't expect 600 daily covers — customers, in restaurant-speak — and had to buy more refrigerated coolers to accommodate the necessary extra food.
When a bank fails, the insurance fund covers customers' deposits, and the F.D.I.C. takes the firm into receivership, divesting it of its bad assets and returning its healthy assets to the private sector as quickly as possible.
This refund settlement only covers customers who have made purchases through Apple's US app store but the BBC's technology editor Rory Cellan-Jones says Apple has previously almost always refunded parents in the UK who have complained about big bills from their children's in-app purchases.
As part of the revision, Groupon disclosed a "material weakness" in its internal controls, saying it failed to set aside enough money to cover customer refunds.
Goodrich, based in Charlotte, N.C., said the settlement covered customer warranty issues and other contract claims for products made by Northrop's TRW Aeronautical Systems unit.
The company spends another $4.50 a month on customer service and $4 to cover customer acquisition costs, bringing its expenses to around $15 per user, said Huw Rees, vice president of sales and marketing for 8x8.
To date, the trustee has gathered about $1 billion in assets to cover customer claims, but Mr. Picard said he expected that number to "move up significantly" in the next few weeks, as settlement negotiations with various investors bore fruit.
Buffer is best known as a scheduling tool to help marketing teams schedule content on social media, but with the acquisition of Respondly, it signaled a plan to expand its repertoire to also cover customer service users.
The banks kept a small portion of the deposits to cover customer withdrawals.
