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  2. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    British Security Co-ordination ( BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill . Its purpose was to investigate enemy activities, prevent sabotage against British interests in the Americas, and mobilise pro ...

  3. Pre-nominal letters - Wikipedia

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    Pre-nominal letters are a title which is placed before the name of a person as distinct from a post-nominal title which is placed after the name. Examples of pre-nominal titles, for instance professional titles include: Doctor, Captain, EUR ING (European Engineer), Ir ( Ingenieur ), Mons. ( monsignore) CA (Indian Chartered Accountant) [1] and ...

  4. Academic grading in Italy - Wikipedia

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    For ordinary exams, universities in Italy use a 30-point scale that can be divided into failing (0 to 17) and passing (18 to 30 cum laude) grades. For final assessment of the entire degree, a 110-point scale is used, which is divided into two as well, with 66 being the minimum for a degree to be awarded. The 110-point scale incorporates scores ...

  5. List of trade unions in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Italian Footballers' Association; UILCA; Structure. Italian unions are built around local chambers of labor (camera del lavoro). These chambers largely do not collectively bargain but serve as the clearinghouse for Italian worker assistance, as opposed to other countries, where workers might first appeal to a national union.

  6. Master's degree in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Before the Bologna process, the traditional Austrian equivalent to the master's degree was the Diplomstudium, leading to the title Diplom-Ingenieur (female title: Diplom-Ingenieurin)(Abbreviation: "Dipl.-Ing." or "DI") in engineering or Magister (female: Magistra)(Abbreviation: "Mag.") in almost every discipline. The Diplomstudium took about 4 ...

  7. Bank of Italy - Wikipedia

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    1 The Bank of Italy still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB. The Bank of Italy ( Italian: Banca d'Italia, pronounced [ˈbaŋka diˈtaːlja], informally referred to as Bankitalia) is the Italian member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Italy from 1893 to 1998, issuing the Italian lira.

  8. List of companies of Italy - Wikipedia

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    39,050. 92,117. Multinational banking group formed from the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. Now the largest bank in Italy. 355. Poste Italiane. 35,071. 132,388. Primary Italian integrated postal and delivery services entity which also provides communication, logistics and financial services.

  9. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - Wikipedia

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    e. Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA). It has 240,952 members and 541,930 future members worldwide. ACCA's headquarters are in London with principal administrative office in Glasgow.

  10. ING Group - Wikipedia

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    The ING Group ( Dutch: ING Groep) is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, wholesale banking, private banking, asset management, and insurance services.

  11. Italian Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Swiss-Italian Sign Language. Italian Sign Language ( Italian: Lingua dei segni italiana, LIS) is the visual language used by deaf people in Italy. Deep analysis of it began in the 1980s, along the lines of William Stokoe 's research on American Sign Language in the 1960s. Until the beginning of the 21st century, most studies of Italian Sign ...