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Deregulation
DEREGULATION DEREGULATION refers to efforts to reduce government involvement in the day-to-day activities of the private sector. The regulation of business began in the early twentieth century when progressive reformers passed legislation to monitor corporate behavior. Franklin Roosevelt's New... Read more |
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American Airlines Inc
American Airlines P.O. Box 619616Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261U.S.A.(817) 355-1234 Wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation Incorporated: 1934Employees: 97,752Sales: $12.89 billionStock Exchanges: New York Given the difficult conditions created for the airline industry by... Read more |
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Global economy
GLOBAL ECONOMY Global Economy was a concept associated with the twentieth-century evolution of financial markets and institutions, where traditional geographic boundaries did not restrict economic transactions and consumer activities. The global economy applied to the increasingly international... Read more |
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John Winston Howard
John Winston Howard 1939-, Australian political leader and prime minister (1996-2007), b. Sydney. A graduate of Sydney Univ., a conservative lawyer, and a member of the Liberal party, he was elected to parliament in 1974 and served as minister for business and consumer affairs (1975-77) and... Read more |
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savings bank
savings bank financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest return to its depositors in the form of interest. A common form of savings bank, the mutual savings bank, was... Read more |
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Contract with America
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA In the historic 1994 midterm elections, Republicans won a majority in Congress for the first time in forty years, partly on the appeal of a platform called the Contract with America. Put forward by House Republicans, this sweeping ten-point plan promised to reshape government.... Read more |
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Paul Keating
Paul Keating 1944-, Australian politician. A trade-union official and member of the Labor party, he was first elected to parliament in 1969. As federal treasurer (treasury minister) from 1983 to 1991 and deputy prime minister under Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1990 to 1991, he advocated... Read more |
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Donald Thomas Regan
Donald Thomas Regan , 1918-2003, U.S. government official and financier, b. Cambridge, Mass. A graduate of Harvard (B.A. 1940), he went to work (1946) at a brokerage house that became Merrill Lynch after serving as a Marine officer in World War II. Regan rose through the company to become its... Read more |
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Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif , 1949-, Pakistani politician; grad. Government College, Lahore; Punjab Univ. Law College. Born into a prominent Lahore business family, he was by 1980 director of one of Pakistan's largest industrial conglomerates. In 1981 Sharif was appointed finance minister of the Punjab by the Zia... Read more |
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cable television
cable television the transmission of televised images to viewers by means of coaxial cables. Cable systems receive the television signal, which is sent out over cables to individual subscribers, by a common antenna (CATV) or satellite dish. Early cable systems developed in the late 1940s to improve... Read more |
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Regrouping, rebooking: the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, rocked by months of...
...dollars off its market value and forced...Exploration & Production (E&P...debate about the future of the group...In terms of production we are expecting...through our gas and power business...development and production ... |
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Innovation, distribution key to market gain.(News)(Plastics industry)
...state of the market at Principia...people. The market leaders are...though the markets are profitable...think the real key about the shifting is that the market, even though...shows you the power of a [Home...looking to ... |
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The private sector holds the key to prosperity: a well-regulated and open...
...theme is how to make market economies work more...in turn, raises future growth capacity...labour) into the production process. While...develop and improve production techniques. This...in a restrictive market dominated by giant...near ... |
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Research and Markets: Bulk GaN Market 09 Report: Market Analysis for...
...Research and Markets (http...bulk_gan_market_09) has...LED and Power Electronics...decline will open new doors...laser diode production only and...with 4" and future 6" SiC offer...applications, the key ... |
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The Chinese Mining Industry - Market Opportunities and Entry Strategies,...
...period. Key user markets such as construction...steel and power will continue...category, coal production improved...hold an 80% market share. The...along with market forecasts...analyses the market size ... |
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Research and Markets: View These Detailed Country Profiles of Supply, Demand,...
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Bulk GaN Market 09 Report: Market analysis for free-standing bulk GaN...
...Bulk GaN Market 09 Report: Market analysis for...HB-LED and Power Electronics...Research and Markets (http...bulk_gan_market_09) has...decline will open new doors in...laser diode production only and ... |
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Research and Markets : View these detailed country profiles of supply,...
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Research and Markets: European Smart Grid Market: Automation Opportunities -...
...Smart Grid Market: Automation...Smart Grid Market(C)1994...Research and Markets (http...Smart Grid Market: Automation...offering. The key objective of...networks of the future in a way that...total energy ... |
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The Western European Gas Market Outlook 2008 - Country profiles of supply,...
...sufficiency, and future growth of demand...examination of key governmental...European gas market expansion and...anticipate future market risks. Benchmark...European gas markets, predict future ... |