According to Faneuil, the broker spoke of his relationship with Stewart, emphasizing their intense loyalty to each other.

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The broker, who has a personal relationship with the investor, is most capable of explaining the inevitable disappointment.

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Mr Prescott's role as a power-broker and counsellor smoothed the often strained relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and also helped ensure a trouble-free transition from one leader to the other.

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When I became aware of his intentions, I terminated the relationship with him and continued building my broker dealer business.

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Ian Puddick, used Twitter and other social networking groups as well as setting up a string of dedicated websites to shame Timothy Haynes, a City insurance broker, after finding out about the long-running relationship.

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There would however be limited exceptions, as specified in the rule, to permit a broker or dealer to reasonably allocate certain controls and procedures to another registered broker or dealer that, based on its position in the transaction and its relationship with the ultimate customer, can more effectively implement them.

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Some vendor experience in delivering multiple services with stringent SLA requirements, strong enterprise presence, and long lasting relationship with existing government IT departments is a primary requirement when looking for a potential broker for CMS cloud services.

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In what is seen as an attempt to broker a compromise, Tory MP George Eustice has tabled an amendment urging the government to reconfigure its relationship with the EU - returning certain powers to Westminster - before putting the issue to the public.

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