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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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The Atom's Place in Europe's FutureNuclear Power Is Called Key to Meeting...
...use of nuclear power, the European...thinking about future energy supplies...integrate our markets,'' she said...concerning the energy market of one country...what must be an open debate. But...subsidize electricity production from such renewable...Europe's single market, as ... |
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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 sharing agreement...into the wide open spaces of ... |
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Opinion: Five weeks to greener future, but commitment is key.
...System (ETS). This market-based trading mechanism...establishment of new market-based mechanisms that...industries, such as power, cement, steel and...carbon activities and production. But back to Durban...COP17 talks. They were open to a second commitment... |
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Six key questions for the future of Iraq - and its oil.(FEATURES)(PLANET)
...vital role in production as it used to...its pre-war production levels. Now...the long-term future of Iraq's oil...for repairs of power grids, schools...nations by the Open Society Institute...values crucial to open, market-based economies... |
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New Power Contracts Create a Platform for the Future.
...and Loy Yang Power announced new...landmark for the future of both companies...current and future investment in...load and, with future expansion options...support two of our key business objectives...per tonne of production since 1990...to respond to market conditions...s ... |
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Better Place and Guangzhou power firm to open battery-switch station and...
...and Guangzhou power firm to open battery-switch...will lead to future development...Grid Co. to open a battery switch...the mass-market development...and export markets. "We are...around our open network solution...encouraging production of electric...government is also ... |
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Nuclear power: a hedge against uncertain gas and carbon prices?
...in nuclear power. This paper...of keeping open the choice...electricity markets. 1. INTRODUCTION...liberalized wholesale markets. There has...electricity markets, with the...liberalized gas market), which have...with stable production costs. Besides...industry. One key ... |
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Open Low-Power Methodology Ushers in New Era of Low Power Interoperability.
...contribution of key methodologies...to as the Open Low-Power Methodology...established open power intent...requisite for any future power format...1801 with production proven methodologies...contribution. As an open power format...speed time to ... |
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Industriepark Oberbruch: an ideal location for future technology:...
...to locate a production site in the...forecast was a key driver for the...available for future fiber composites...production to an open industrial park...s biggest power companies. Nuon's home market is the Netherlands...is the only power company in Europe...as a ... |
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NW's electric plan: New power plants, higher rates, probably.
...a company power-buying plan...more in the future. The plan...company said. "Future electricity...take higher future costs into account...because the market has such volatility...the cost of production. That means...customers on the open market, from...months. But two ... |