That only reinforces the banks' unhealthy ties to the government and hampers their ability to make independent commercial decisions on lending.
Group travel is preferred in a country where a bewildering variety of cuisines, dialects and cultures can make independent travel daunting.
"Right now, if you want to make an independent English-language film, this is the cheapest country you can make it in, " says Rick McCallum, the American producer of the next two Star Wars episodes, which are being shot in Sydney.
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His new commitment to make it independent is designed to dispel doubts that he was just grandstanding.
It's ultimately really up to ourselves and our communities to police our own communities and prove our communities and make them independent and clean up this stuff.
He has also lobbied Mr Obama to help bring American energy companies to Ukraine, and America is keen to help make Ukraine independent of Russian energy imports.
The shifting distribution patterns for books mean publishers now need strategies to make local independent bookstores sustainable and to help restore local booksellers where they no longer exist.
Nokia is a big chance and good bargain at over 4 dollars, because Nokia Siemens Networks has grown so strongly and profitable that Nokia and Siemens have decided to make it independent in these couple of years.
Nokia is a big chance and good bargain at about 3 dollars, because Nokia Siemens Networks has grown so strongly and profitable that Nokia and Siemens have decided to make it independent in these couple of years.
Nokia is a big chance and good bargain at about 3.5 dollars, because Nokia Siemens Networks has grown so strongly and profitable that Nokia and Siemens have decided to make it independent in these couple of years.
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The Liberal Democrats must be a permanent, independent force in British politics - not afraid to work with others in the best interests of Britain, but confident to do so because we are confident about our unique identity and approach, and want to make that independent vision count.
In future all staff appointed by MPs without exception should become direct employees of the House of Commons, which would become centrally responsible for their employment terms and conditions, their contracts, and the payment of their salaries within the limit allowed - and will have the right to make an independent assessment of such contracts.
Fracking will also make the UK independent of foreign gas supplies from this one field alone.
These are jobs building more fuel-efficient cars and trucks to make us energy independent.
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It would also make the fiercely independent Akzo much more expensive to take over.
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Mr Salmond, whose party's aim is to make Scotland fully independent, claims to be especially worried about this.
The Federal Banking Commission is in the middle of a reorganisation that will make it more independent of government.
The decision could make or break independent research as a viable business.
He wants to clean up Parliament, make it more independent of the executive and promote the virtues of the House of Commons to a cynical public.
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He praised the recent move to make committees more independent by allowing all MPs to elect committee chairs in a secret ballot and enabling MPs from each party to decide who among them should join committees.
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Their main aim is to make sure that independent financial advisers charge up-front fees for their work and advice, rather than taking an annual cut of their clients funds as regular commission, of which the client may be only dimly aware.
The investors and directors McKinsey surveyed want companies to move toward separating the roles of chief executive and chairman, to make directors more independent and accountable, and to scale back and restructure executive compensation so that it is aligned more closely with the creation of long-term value.
Lord Justice Leveson's call for a system of voluntary independent self-regulation of the press posed a problem for the politicians - how to make any new system independent enough to satisfy the victims whilst at the same time making it not so independent as to convince the press to walk away and refuse to take part.
What is most remarkable is the fact that the managers make many, many allegations of grand jury perjury that the independent counsel declined to make that were not included in the referral.
But that, remember, is what many governments once said of demands to make their central banks independent.
Thanks to the Electoral College, national pols must make genuine alliances with independent state and local political figures and organizations.
"Ecuador will make its own, independent decision, " President Rafael Correa said in an interview to a local television station earlier this month.
Independent voters make up about 40 percent of New Hampshire's electorate.
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