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It’s hard, in other words, to make money when you have to do things by the book.  
It’s hard, in other words, to make money when you have to do things by the book.  


Hat tip to Marc Rubinstein’s [https://netinterest.substack.com/p/citi-never-sleeps ''Net Interest''] blog for fishing this one out of the morass — no-one else seems to have spotted it — but the [[JC]] got on the Google and discovered that, in time honoured tradition, this is simply cribbed from an existing disclosure from a 2019 disclosure document by PayPal:  
Hat tip to Marc Rubinstein’s {{pl|https://netinterest.substack.com/p/citi-never-sleeps|''Net Interest''}} blog for fishing this one out of the morass — no-one else seems to have spotted it — but the [[JC]] got on the Google and discovered that, in time-honoured tradition, this is simply cribbed from an existing disclosure from a 2019 disclosure document by PayPal:  
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“As we expand and localize our international activities, we have become increasingly obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in which
“As we expand and localize our international activities, we have become increasingly obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in which
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eBay, on the other hand, appears to regard compliance with local rules as discretionary, which makes their statement a whole lot ''more'' fruity:
eBay, on the other hand, appears to regard compliance with local rules as discretionary, which makes their statement a whole lot ''more'' fruity:


{{Quote|As we expand and localize our international activities, we ''may'' become obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in  
{{Quote|As we expand and localize our international activities, we ''may'' become obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in which we operate.}}
which we operate.}}