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Jewish
Jewish Jewish calendar a complex ancient calendar in use among Jewish people. It is a lunar calendar adapted to the solar year, normally consisting of twelve months but having thirteen months in leap years, which occur seven times in every cycle of nineteen years. The years are reckoned from the... Read more |
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Fiscal
FISCAL Relating to finance or financial matters, such as money, taxes, or public or private revenues. A fiscal agent is a bank engaged in the business of collecting and disbursing money. Such a bank also serves as a place for the deposit of private and public funds on behalf of others. A fiscal... Read more |
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year
year time required for the earth to complete one orbit about the sun. The solar or tropical year is measured relative to the sun and is equal to 365 days, 5 hr, 48 min, 46 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). The sidereal year , measured relative to the stars, is longer than the tropical... Read more |
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Measurement of Time
Time, Measurement of The history of time measurement is the story of the search for more consistent and accurate ways to measure time. Early human groups recorded the phases of the Moon some 30,000 years ago, but the first minutes were counted accurately only 400 years ago.... Read more |
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi
Adebayo Ogunlesi 1953– Financial manager Clerked at Supreme Court Promoted to Key Post Wall Street Belt-Tightening Sources Adebayo Ogunlesi is a leading executive at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (CSFB), an arm of the Zurich-based global investment bank with offices on six... Read more |
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A Journal of the Plague Year
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Infant Mortality Rate
INFANT MORTALITY RATE The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the ratio of the number of deaths among children less than one year old during a given year to the number of live births during the same year. An infant must adapt to a rapidly changing environment, and death may occur if this adaptation is... Read more |
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Intrapreneurship
Intrapreneurship Intrapreneurs are employees who work within a business in an entrepreneurial capacity, creating innovative new products and processes for the organization. Intrapreneurship is often associated with larger companies that have taken notice of the rise in entrepreneurial activity in... Read more |
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Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Twenty-Sixth Amendment The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen years of age. Section One of the Amendment states "the right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote,... Read more |
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anomalistic year
anomalistic year , time required for the earth to go from the perihelion point once around the sun and back to the perihelion point. It is 365 days, 6 hr, 13 min, 53.0 sec of mean solar time (see solar time ). The anomalistic year is longer than the sidereal year and the tropical year because... Read more |
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income tax
...for a time to be limited...farming profits; C, funds...annuities from public revenues; D, profits and interest...continued to rise and after 1906...for the first time, income...During the ... |
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First profit rise in five years for Midland firms.(Business)
...record their first consecutive increase in profits for five years. Firms in the region...cent in the year to December...represented the first time profits had...growth in ... |
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Website company shrugs off 'crunch' Firm delivers soaring profits in first...
...statement in its first full year's figures as a public company...Flintshire, posted profit before tax...9m - a huge rise from pounds...successful year." The firm operates under...during last ... |
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Forecast: Local tech firms' profit to rise 30% in 1Q; Moto, Tellabs to lead...
...the 20 public tech companies...gain in profits in the current first quarter...the 10.6% profit improvement...mobile phone. First-quarter...demand on the rise for the broadband...Tellabs, profits are set to ... |
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90% OF LISTED FIRMS ESTIMATE Q1 PROFIT RISE
...of Listed Firms Estimate Q1 Profit RiseSHANGHAI...results of the first quarter by...decline or loss year on year...profit for the first three months...an over 10 times hike in net...same ... |
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Charlotte, N.C.-Based Power Firm Sees Profits Rise in Second Quarter.
...Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek...second-quarter profits, boosted by strong...Thomson Financial/First Call. A year ago, Duke posted...Oakland that runs at times of peak demand...regulators and public officials of ... |
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Oil Firms Limit Rise In Profits; Price Restraints Curb Earnings
...But this time, things are...just a few years ago, forcing...of what the public perception...earnings." This year's results...profits set off public and political...controls after the first crisis and a ... |
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TOW CHINESE ONLINE GAMES FIRMS POST SHARP PROFIT RISES.
...increases in profits in last quarter...reported its net profits in the fourth...cents. It is the first time Shanghai-based...since its initial public offering on the...million as net profits stood at US...million. "The ... |
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CORR - TWO CHINESE ONLINE GAMES FIRMS POST SHARP PROFIT RISES.
...increases in profits in last quarter...reported its net profits in the fourth...cents. It is the first time Shanghai-based...since its initial public offering on the...million as net profits stood at US...million. "The ... |
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Abazias Diamonds Receives Strong Upgrade by Respected Research Firm and Blue...
...Respected Research Firm and Blue Nile 2nd-Quarter Profit Rises(C)1994...respected firm, TRI-STATE...comes at a time when the company...the prior year. Tiffany...and is the first Tiffany ... |
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PKF lags rivals in bullish market Accountancy firm reveals marginal rise in...
...published the first comprehensive...status last year. They show...grow at a time when many...digit income rises amid a bullish...The pay of profit-sharing...mainly because profits were divided...In its first ... |
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