All funds were received by an arm's length entity, the Toronto Community Foundation.

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In a unique economic experiment, 16 countries with a combined population of 329m have handed over monetary sovereignty to an entity at arm's length from national politics: the European Central Bank (ECB).

ECONOMIST: Holding together

It says Volvo will be run as an autonomous entity, headquartered in Sweden, at arm's length from Geely's manufacturing operations in China.

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