Meanwhile, ahead of the new season a major transfer switch was completed Wednesday with AC Milan and Inter agreeing to swap strikers Giampaolo Pazzini and Antonio Cassano.

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The striker has become a huge favourite with supporters after a free-transfer switch from Turkish club Fenerbahce in June 2007, making 67 league appearances and scoring 15 goals.

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Most of us do it every day as we launch or switch systems or transfer interfaces on our PCs or tablet computers.

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It had a four-speed transmission and fully working transfer case, so you could switch from two- to four-wheel drive.

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By using dubious transfer prices, baseball-owners can switch profits from the teams to cable companies.

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Tevez's switch had stalled over who will be paid the transfer fee.

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Many of the recent customer withdrawals were fueled by a grassroots effort called Bank Transfer Day, in which organizers urged big-bank customers to switch financial institutions on Nov. 5.

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