Secondly, Halifax has extended its reach in the long-term savings market by acquiring the sales force and unit-linked business of Equitable Life, the troubled mutual life insurer.
It also acquired Insight Direct USA's PC Wholesale unit, which distributes end-of-life and refurbished IT products.
During my two tours flying helicopters in Iraq, my unit experienced many dangerous and potentially life-threatening scenarios.
Adam Tansey's young son Albert had life-saving surgery at the unit.
"The midwives from the unit are still operating in the community - for the life of me I can't understand why they can't deliver in the fantastic unit, " she said.
They were also digging its capable audio player -- with support for MP3, WMA and AAC files -- along with the unit's decent battery life, which clocked in at just around four hours.
Unit-trust assets now represent only one-eighth of the life industry's total assets, says Arnold Basserabie, head of Fedsure, which owns a big life insurer.
Our review unit is an unlocked T28z which enjoyed a happy life on VoiceStream and eventually T-Mobile.
His unit will now work across Standard Life's retail, corporate, wealth and direct-to-customer division.
Describing the "very male-dominated" atmosphere at her unit, Ms Casburn likened it to the TV series Life On Mars.
The battery pack provides up to 16 hours of life on a single charge and will re-charge itself within the unit when external power is detected.
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The unit has had to be content instead with putting measures in place to make life as difficult as possible for would-be fixers.
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