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    Introduction The nature of the banker-customer relationship is one of agency. Amongst the duties that stem from this relationship, the bank’s duty of confidentiality is clearly an issue of great importance. The focus of this essay is on the scope and limitations of the bank’s duty, both to its customers as to the public. In order to analyse this it is necessary to firstly consider the idea of duty of confidentiality, Secondly, it is necessary to study the Court of Appeal’s judgement in the case of

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    a separate entity from England. From the basic necessities, like currency, the conflict between Scotland and England can be seen; as the sterling pound in England is different from the sterling pound in Scotland. From the banknotes, it portrays the friction between Scotland and England and amplifies the regional identities of the two areas. The sterling pound is currency circulated around the UK.

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    Toward the Metrication of the United States The United States was founded on the ideologies of originality and independence from extraneous authority. To many, America is more than just a country, it is the land of the free and is a light in the darkness from the rest of the world. This inspiration has served Americans well throughout the past, but provides a reason to be reluctant to try successful ideas from foreign countries. The reluctance of accepting the metric system is the prominent example

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    United Kingdom. While working in these countries you may find difficulty in units. In Metric System we use gram as a unit of measurement of mass and if you are told the mass in Pounds used by the Imperial system, you will probably get confused. In this article, we will explain the conversion of different units in pounds one by one. Before starting the conversion there are few terms which are essential

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    The organization NASA made this mistake due to using Pounds instead of Kilograms. Another fact that PBS states is the ease in trading in internationally; nevertheless it eliminates “duplication in manufacturing and labeling.” Even when it comes to international relations, if America switches to the metric

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    When the United States separated from Britain they kept the original Imperial measurement system despite disregarding the previous government. Ever since America has used inches, feet, and yards as standard measurement. However, while the U.S. continued to use the imperial system other countries progressed. In 1799, after the french revolution, France converted to the metric system. Invented by Gabriel Monton in France 1670, the metric system uses common powers of ten to measure weight and lengths

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    Cyberpunk Definitional Paper In the late 1970's and early '80's and new type of writing style came about that relied on many of the traditional criteria to be called science fiction, but had a certain something else that had many people agreeing that it was not just science fiction. This new style of writing was so different and so many people started writing in this style that the general public decided that it was time this genre of writing deserved a label: cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is not an

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    relationship, other couples will purchase matching rings or ones that are interconnected to show their bond. We've included a few types of rings on this list, so you can decide what kind of ring you'd like to have within the relationship. CharmsStory Sterling Silver Promise Ring There's tons of symbolism in this ring. There are actually two rings that are entwined. The middle ring is a textured design with a small flower while the outer ring with split shaft encompass the flower ring in the middle in

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    context that accelerates Kodak’s downfall is the lack of knowledge. A very good example is that Kodak had invested $5.1 billion dollar to acquire Sterling Drug Inc. in its pursuance for business diversification (Feder, 1988) but only to realise later that hormonal agents and cardiovascular drugs is different from chemically treated photo and had sold Sterling Drug Inc. in pieces for half the original price Kodak had paid (Mui, 2012). Scheyder (2012) mentioned that another reason that stopped Kodak from

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    website a leaked tape of Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend he does not want her to bring black people to his games, including Magic Johnson. The incident began when his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, posted an unassuming picture of she and Magic Johnson on Instagram. After posting the picture, Sterling began to receive messages from other individuals about V. posting a picture with Magic Johnson and Sterling became upset that V. posted the picture on social media for

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