commodity
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commodity 1. A
good regarded in economics as the basis of production and exchange.
2. Any raw material or primary product.
3. A raw material traded on a
commodity market, such as grain, coffee, cocoa, wool, cotton, jute, rubber, pork bellies, or orange juice (sometimes known as
soft commodities) or base metals and other solid raw materials (known as
hard commodities). In some contexts soft commodities are referred to as
produce.
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divine completes acquisition of Delano Technology; Acquisition rounds out divine's family of customer interaction management solutions with online campaign management and campaign analytics.
M2 Presswire; 8/2/2002; 700+ words
; ...08012002 CHICAGO and TORONTO -- divine, inc., (Nasdaq: DVIN...Delano will be converted into the right to receive 0.04748 shares of divine's Class A common stock. The...for certificates representing divine Class A common stock. The common...
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divine Closes Acquisition of Data Return Corporation.
PR Newswire; 1/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...Return will be converted into the right to receive 1.9876 shares of divine's Class A Common Stock. The...for certificates representing divine stock. Data Return provides...capabilities of Data Return, divine Managed Services provides award...
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divine Releases New Portlets for IBM WebSphere(R) Portal Server Enabling The Deployment of Content-Rich Portals; New Portlets Provide Easy Access to divine Content Server(TM) and divine Enterprise Content Center(TM), Maximizing the Value of Enterprise Portal Initiatives.
PR Newswire; 1/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...portal content contributors. divine currently offers eight portlets...to the full functionality of divine Content Server Enterprise Edition right from the Content Management...For more information about the divine portlets for the IBM WebSphere...
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divine Announces Its Relationship With Movielink, The New Online Movie Rental Service.
PR Newswire; 12/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...experience for consumers." "We at divine are thrilled to be able to participate...wide range of films," said divine Chairman and CEO Andrew "Flip...has worked closely with the divine team on numerous pivotal activities...piracy, as well as digital rights management. Filipowski added...
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DIVINE SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE DATA RETURN.
PR Newswire; 11/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...applications, today announced that divine has signed a definitive agreement...Directors of each company, divine will acquire all of the outstanding...Return will be converted into the right to receive 1.9876 shares of divine's Class A Common Stock based...
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Divine files Ch. 11, has suitor for units Chicago company offering about $50 million for its major businesses
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...offering about $50 million for Divine, a company into which investors...the noise and clutter around Divine, they have three really nice businesses if we can get the right revenue streams and cost structure...with GTCR. In a statement, Divine said an auction would have to...
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divine interVentures, inc. Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan.
PR Newswire; 2/13/2001; 700+ words
; ...13 /PRNewswire/ -- divine interVentures, inc...adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan and declared a dividend of one Right on each outstanding...acquire, 15% or more of divine's outstanding common...distributed and each Right will entitle its holder...Stock at $15.00 per Right. The ...
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Divine slicing $60 mil. from its Microsoft bill; New terms for 2000 investment pact.(News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business; 12/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Microsoft promises to endorse Divine's products and services to its customers. But if Divine falls short of the sales goals, Microsoft has the right to terminate or renegotiate...we can do that,'' says a Divine spokeswoman. She notes that...
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divine inc. Selects NetScreen Products to Securely Connect its Offices, Clients and Trading Partners Via Integrated Firewall/VPN Solutions.
Business Wire; 5/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...for its enterprise customers. divine has recommended NetScreen...competing solutions. As the divine enterprise has grown though...product line will enable the right-sized security device to be...size or location of the next divine office. "NetScreen has been...
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divine Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Data Return.
PR Newswire; 11/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...applications, today announced that divine has signed a definitive agreement...Directors of each company, divine will acquire all of the outstanding...Return will be converted into the right to receive 1.9876 shares of divine's Class A Common Stock based...
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Divine, Father Major Jealous (ca. 1889-1965)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...writers had little sympathy for Divine and his interracial ideals...American leader, and as a human rights activist. The Peace Mission...Lam-beth Press, 1979. Divine, Mother. The Peace Mission...Weisbrot, Robert. Father Divine and the Struggle for Racial...
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Divine, Father 1877(?)–1965
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...a Cult Peace Mission Flourished Divine’s Retirement Sources Father Divine is one of the more perplexing figures...members regarded him as God, Father Divine was also an untiring champion of equal rights for all Americans regardless of...
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Father Divine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...from 1915 to 1965. Father Divine is one of the more perplexing...regarded him as God, Father Divine was also an untiring champion of equal rights for all Americans regardless...imposter or even a lunatic, Divine was praised by other observers...
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Divine Right
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Divine Right The belief that a community ’...authority-conferring relationship with the divine has existed in virtually all forms of one...history. The concept of the “ divine right of kings ” was developed...
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Divine Right Kingship
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
DIVINE RIGHT KINGSHIP DIVINE RIGHT KINGSHIP. The belief that kings are related to gods, if not...became Christianized. Christian doctrine identified Christ as the divine king, Son of God the Father, who was incarnated once for all in...
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