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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">The eighth one listed is 'Failing to consider internal costs -- </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">and benefits'. Otherwise known as pennywise and pound foolish.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Courier New',monospace; font-size:12pt">What's KZYX's biggest internal cost, Ms. Courtney? </span><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="3">It's payroll. </font></p>
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<font face="Courier New, monospace" size="3">And the </font><font face="Courier New, monospace" style="font-size: 12pt;">highest paid employee? A fellow by the name </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">of John Coate. </span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, monospace">them listed as a 'Manager'. Huh. There's a one listed as 'Executive</font></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, monospace">cutting corners. Or $414,946 over the seven-year period that Mr. </font></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Courier New, monospace">Coate held that position. What'd KZYX get in return? Time will tell.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, monospace">Either </font><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12pt;">follow CPB's non-compliance policy -- or lose that money. You're</span></p>
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