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Sand dollars
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Dollar Sign
DOLLAR SIGN DOLLAR SIGN. Popular belief often ascribes the origin of the dollar sign ($) to a mark on government mail-bags standing for U.S., or Uncle Sam. Another common story claims that the symbol represents the pillars of Hercules on the Spanish dollar. A third explanation for its origin... Read more |
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Special Drawing Rights
Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), type of international monetary reserve currency established (1968) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Created in response to worries concerning the limitations of gold and dollars as the sole means of settling international accounts, SDRs are designed to... Read more |
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Competitive intelligence
Economic Espionage ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT Economic espionage, sometimes known as industrial espionage, is spying conducted for the benefit of a commercial or industrial enterprise, typically to gain information not available through open channels. (By contrast, economic... Read more |
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Exchange Rate
EXCHANGE RATE The price of one country's currency described in terms of another country's currency is known as the foreign exchange rate. The rate is a mechanism used to convert the value of one country's currency into the currency of another. The rate is expressed in terms of the currencies of... Read more |
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machine gun
machine gun an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed. v. machine-gun shoot with a machine gun. machine-gunner n.... Read more |
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Battle of Dollar
Dollar, battle of, c.875. The battle, east of Alloa, Scotland, was a crushing defeat for Constantine I of Alba by the Norsemen, led by Halfdan of York. The whole northern part of Scotland was conceded to the invaders. Though the chronology is very doubtful, the reality of serious warfare is clear.... Read more |
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Pieces of Eight
PIECES OF EIGHT PIECES OF EIGHT, Spanish silver coins of eight reals (eight bits), first authorized in 1497. Also known as pesos and Spanish dollars, they were minted in enormous quantities and soon became recognized as a reliable medium of exchange in the European colonies of North America.... Read more |
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Dollar Tree Stores Inc
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. 500 Volvo ParkwayChesapeake, Virginia 23320U.S.A.(757) 321-5000Fax: (757) 321-5292 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1986 as Only One Dollar, Inc.Employees: 11,000Sales: $635.5 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 5331 Variety Stores Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. is the... Read more |
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Kase Lukman Lawal
Kase L. Lawal 19 (?)(?)– Oil industry executive Left Africa to Launch Life in America Tapped into African Agricultural Trade with Camac Rocketed to Top U.S. Black Business Donated Millions to Make a Difference Sources While other major oil companies have dominated the news for everything... Read more |
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