81.   The companies had to be paid in their own currencies, at a much less favourable exchange rate than last year.

82.   Oji workers were among the highest paid in Japan.

83.   But, wisely, he had insisted on being paid in gold, daily.

84.   And that is despite being named among those who are the lowest paid in the country.

85.   So we actually wrote down erm th the equipment that we were buying was ours until paid for in full.

86.   I paid him in the end, yeah.

87.   Although it appears now that the creditors will not be paid in full, all have accepted the settlement, officials said.

88.   Although it is unclear how doctors will be paid in the new company, the rules will be much more like the rules of the marketplace.

89.   Also cutting into the premiums paid in these takeovers may be the realization among bank managements that they will be forced to make enormous investments in technology.