Wells Fargo and Wachovia have no meaningful branch overlaps, dominate separate areas of the U.S. in branch banking and have similar sales-oriented branch cultures.

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If a sale is flagged, the person in charge of sales at the branch has to defend the sale.

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Fraser Harrower worked as a sales adviser at the Dunfermline branch of JJB, which was closed down this morning.

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The venue and promoter Goldenvoice will also donate a portion of the ticket sales to the UK-branch of charity Peta.

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In other words, UK companies do not pay corporation tax to another country on the profits from sales in that country, unless they trade through a branch based there.

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Stuart Wetherell, sales director at Wicksteed Leisure, said its construction firm wanted to branch out into new markets to maintain relevance.

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On a constant-exchange-rate basis, total sales increased 2 percent, and same store sales declined 2 percent in the New York flagship store and in branch stores.

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The month at Yamaichi typically began with a sales list from head office, says Toshiyuki Suzuki, now Merrill's Nagano branch manager.

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