But what made her "fascinating" life accessible to millions of readers and viewers was in part the break-up of the old Hollywood studio system in the 1950s.

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The balance of payments and exchange rates were making news, and the slow break-up of the Bretton Woods fixed-exchange rate system was under way.

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Fears that a true federal system might lead to the break-up of Nigeria, a fear with substance after the Biafran war of secession of 1967-70, are now misplaced.

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On top of which, a state-mandated break-up could trigger a wave of lawsuits, further eroding trust in the system.

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What also matters is whether so-called resolution procedures - emergency action when a bank gets into difficulties to break the relevant bank up, in order to protect depositors and the money transmission system - are perceived to be so robust as to minimise the potential for financial crisis.

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So the company has teamed up with a small venture-backed company that has developed a system that can break down some of that trash fast and turn it into natural gas, electricity, compost or all of the above, making some of that trash even more valuable.

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