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  2. Nationwide Building Society - Wikipedia

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    Nationwide Building Society is the largest retail bank in the United Kingdom, [2] and the world's largest building society, serving over 16 million members. [3] It operates as a British mutual financial institution, meaning it is owned by and run for the benefit of its members.

  3. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company - Wikipedia

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    Nationwide was also a national sponsor of the 2009 State of the Black Union event. [28] Nationwide hired Vernon Blatz, one of the country's first blind computer programmers, in 1964. He attended the University of Cincinnati Medical Center's trial run of the nation's first training program to educate the blind about careers involving computers. [29]

  4. List of nationalizations by country - Wikipedia

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    2010 On May 1, 2010, the government nationalized the country's main hydroelectric plant, thereby assuming control over most of Bolivia's electrical generation and end-user sales. [13] 2012 On May 1, 2012, the Morales government nationalized power grid operator Transportadora de Electricidad (TDE), until then 99.94% owned by Red Eléctrica de ...

  5. History of the territorial organization of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Since then, Spain has been explicitly used to refer to the current country of that name, while Iberia is preferred to encompass Iberia and Portugal. This article will discuss the territorial organization of Spain throughout history, although the organization of other peninsular or bordering areas will be included when imposing the current ...

  6. History of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Military units were also mobilised elsewhere to take over government institutions. Franco intended to seize power immediately, but successful resistance by Republicans in the key centers of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, the Basque country, and other points meant that Spain faced a prolonged civil war.

  7. Derbyshire Building Society - Wikipedia

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    Derbyshire Building Society (previously trading as The Derbyshire) was a UK building society based in Duffield, Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England.It was the 9th largest building society in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £7.1 billion at 31 December 2007, [3] until it was acquired by Nationwide Building Society on 1 December 2008.

  8. Four convicted in Spain over homophobic murder that sparked ...

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    (Reuters) -Four men were convicted in Spain on Sunday in connection with the homophobic murder of a 24-year-old nursing assistant that sparked protests in cities across Spain and abroad.

  9. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    The treaty ceded Spain's claims to Oregon Country to the United States and American claims to Texas to Spain; moved portions of present-day Colorado, Oklahoma, and Wyoming, and all of New Mexico and Texas, to New Spain; and all of Spanish Florida as well as a small portion of modern-day Colorado to the United States. [30]