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Business expansion
Business Expansion The economy is notoriously cyclical. It expanded forcefully in the 1990s reaching a peak growth of 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 1999. Growth then dipped to 1 percent in the Q1 of 2000 and hit a negative growth rate of −0.5 percent by Q3 of that year. Growth... Read more |
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World Acceptance Corp
World Acceptance Corporation 108 Frederick StreetGreenville, South Carolina 29607U.S.A.Telephone: (864) 298-9800Fax: (864) 298-9810 Public CompanyFounded: 1962 as World FinanceEmployees: 1,640Sales: $155.7 million (2003)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: WRLDNAIC: 522291 Consumer... Read more |
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Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands East Indies (NEI), colony in South-East Asia covering a huge area some 3,660 km. (2,275 mi.) wide by 1,825 km. (1,135 mi.) long, including Java, Sumatra, Dutch Borneo, Dutch New Guinea, Celebes, western Timor, and Moluccas. It was vital to the economy of the... Read more |
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Equifax Inc
Equifax Inc. 1550 Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, Georgia 30309 U.S.A. Telephone: (404) 885-8000 Fax: (404) 885-8988 Web site: http://www.equifax.com Public Company Incorporated: 1913 as Retail Credit Company, Inc. Employees: 4,600 Sales: $1.54 billion (2006) Stock Exchanges: New... Read more |
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Hercules X-1
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Vitamin B1
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James Y C Yen
James Y. C. Yen , Mandarin Yen Yang-chu, 1893-1990, Chinese educator, b. Sichuan prov., China, educated at Yale (B.A., 1918) and Princeton (M.A., 1920) universities. Yen devised a simplified form of Chinese writing consisting of 1,000 characters and suitable for instructing adult illiterates. He... Read more |
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Bhamo
Bhamo , town (1981 est. pop. 14,000), NE Myanmar, on the upper Ayeyarwady River. Located c.900 mi (1,450 km) from the sea, it is the head of navigation on the Ayeyarwady. Bhamo is the market town for the surrounding hill region and is also important for its ruby mines. Formerly significant as a... Read more |
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Montgomery (Wales)
Montgomery town (1981 pop. 1,036), Powys, E Wales. Montgomery is locally important as a sheep and cattle market. Nearby Offa's Dyke is very well preserved.... Read more |
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Commodity Credit Corp
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is a federal agency that was established to stabilize and protect farm income and prices; to assist in the maintenance of balanced and sufficient supplies of useful or serviceable agricultural goods, especially articles of... Read more |
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Asia crosses fingers on soft China landing.(Business)
...slowdown in an economy that has become...Kong, said Chinas gross domestic...Asia hard. Chinas economy expanded 9.1 percent in...are gripping markets after China...of growth in credit and investment...rest of Asia. Chinas minimum one...Asia has a vital stake in ... |
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China's shopping spree
...the global economy to pick up...ads against Chinas proposed...commodities markets is already...proposal for Chinas Minmetals to...2.6bn (1.2bn). Neither...struggle, Chinas investments...height of the market in 2007. But the credit crunch left...what it deems ... |
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Angola's new friends
...s escalating economy is altering...oil-backed credit to fund the...low-interest credit and then increased...at a rate of 1.7%, over...availability of credit expanding since...construction market in the world...Infrastructure is vital to any country...he adds. Chinas ... |