Indeed, various holdings have created exceptions to the separate entity rule that take into account these technological advances.

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She gave Mr Salmond the chance to rule out a separate Scottish currency.

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As markets and regulators begin to digest the massive failure of MF Global, many have come out to call for stricter enforcement of the Volcker Rule, which aims to separate proprietary trading from commercial banking in order to minimize systemic risk.

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Lerach says that rule doesn't apply to separate pension funds within the same union.

FORBES: Bedfellows

The first rule of financial analysis is to separate the two decisions.

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Even in the West Bank, run by a more liberal Western-backed self-rule government, most public schools separate boys and girls by fourth grade.

NPR: Women's Group Slams Gaza Law On Gender Segregation

The commission said its decision was "fully justified" and passengers and airlines "would still benefit from greater competition with the airports under separate ownership, despite the current government's decision to rule out new runways at any of the London airports".

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When British rule began in 1874, ethnic Fijians were kept in their villages under a separate Fijian administration dominated by traditional provincial chiefs.

ECONOMIST: Fiji