On new insurance exchanges, people who buy their own insurance could benefit from group purchasing power and could choose from an array of policies.
WestLB executives in June offered £18 billion for British Telecommunications' entire fixed-line network, including the equipment stations that service local exchanges, people involved in the discussions said.
But there is a new kind of irony in Sterne's novel too: the consciousness of what it means to live the "strange absurdity" of a world that exchanges people for things.
December is tipping season, that period when in countless awkward exchanges, people offer their annual gratuities to those they've come helplessly to rely on, and in so doing, silently declare their allegiance to either Santa or Scrooge.
As the subject of regional exchanges, people will inevitably stimulate, by means of movement and migration, the diffusion of cultural practices and social networks.
As he explained to VICE, "Before there were needle exchanges, people were sharing syringes.
