Mr. Carrey's salaries have been closely watched since his record $20 million payday for "The Cable Guy," a box-office disappointment, and there was much schadenfreude-tinged industry chatter surrounding the deal he signed with Warner Brothers for "Yes Man," forgoing an upfront check for a percentage of the profits.
Usher will likely get an upfront check of $20 million to $30 million as part of the long-term deal.
Much of that came from her share of the profits on Wanted, but she also scored a fat upfront check for Salt, an action film originally slated to star Tom Cruise, in which Jolie plays a CIA agent who is accused of being a Russian spy.
So, both parties argue that it's better for Yahoo! to get this, because they're getting more — a bigger chunk of the share of ad revenue on an ongoing basis, but there is no big upfront check, and that seems to disappoint people.
"We are keen to look at the automatic rollover of loans, the use of continuous payment authorities, and the upfront credit checks," he said.
The regulator is particularly keen to look at the automatic "rollover" of overdue loans, which are supposedly designed to be short-term products; the use of so-called continuous payment authorities, which allow lenders to keep trying to collect missed repayments from a borrower's debit card; and problems with upfront credit checks.
One of the advantages of using a massively parallel quantitative PCR platform for target capture is the upfront quality check that can be performed on the amplification curves.
Meanwhile, wealthy families that can afford to simply write a check upfront each month avoid both credit card fees and interest payments.
"The states don't have to write a big check upfront to develop these systems," he says.
Patients eligible for the study will be seen in clinics following upfront chemotherapy to check the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
