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March (month)
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ides
ides in the ancient Roman calendar, a day falling roughly in the middle of each month (the 15th day of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th of other months) from which other dates were calculated.beware the Ides of March according to Plutarch, a warning given by a soothsayer to Julius Caesar... Read more |
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Walsh-Healey Act
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (1936) Hether C. Macfarlane On May 27, 1935 the U.S. Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) unconstitutional. The Court's decision ended the first effort of the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt to address the... Read more |
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Calendar reform
calendar reform, 1751. To remedy the imperfections introduced by Julius Caesar, most of Europe adopted after 1582 the reform proposed by Pope Gregory XIII. Reluctant to follow popish examples, some protestant countries stayed with the old calendar, which became increasingly out of line. The Act... Read more |
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commodity market
commodity market organized traders' exchange in which standardized, graded products are bought and sold. Worldwide, there are 48 major commodity exchanges that trade over 96 commodities, ranging from wheat and cotton to silver and oil. Most trading is done in futures contracts, that is, agreements... Read more |
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Confederate Navy
Confederate Navy. Confederate navy secretary Stephen R. Mallory of Florida, who had chaired the U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee, assessed his navy's ten ships and fifteen guns in 1861: “The Union have a navy; we have a navy to construct.” That construction would take place in a... Read more |
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Calais
Calais , city (1990 pop. 78,836), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Straits of Dover. An industrial center with a great variety of manufactures, it has been a major commercial seaport and a communications center with England since the Middle Ages. A major cross-channel ferry and... Read more |
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Vicksburg
Vicksburg city (1990 pop. 20,908), seat of Warren co., W Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Yazoo; inc. 1825. An important port, it is the commercial, processing, and shipping center for a cotton, timber, and livestock area. There is petroleum refining and food... Read more |
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Donn Clendenon
Donn Clendenon1935–2005 Professional baseball player, businessman, lawyer, writer On March 1, 1969, Donn Clendenon retired from professional baseball. Seven months later, he was playing again and was named Most Valuable Player of the 1969 World Series as a member of the world champion New York... Read more |
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Manufacturing sector contracts again in Feb.
...nation's manufacturing sector contracted for the 13th straight month in February...Monday its manufacturing index actually...second straight month, to 36...to show the manufacturing sector to...the last two months suggest the... |
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US manufacturing index contracts for 13th straight month, but at slower pace...
...the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the 13th straight month in February...Monday its manufacturing index actually...second straight month, to 36...to show the manufacturing sector to...the last two months suggest the... |
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Oil rebounds to $41 after US news spurs big drop
...the Nymex contract lost $4...Futures contracts were pointing...said private sector wages and...for a fifth straight month, reflecting...during recent months. The Institute...nation's manufacturing sector contracted for the 13th straight month in ... |
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After big sell off, oil prices rebound
...the Nymex contract lost $4...Futures contracts were pointing...said private sector wages and...for a fifth straight month, reflecting...during recent months. The Institute...nation's manufacturing sector contracted for the 13th straight month in ... |
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Oil hovers near $41 after US news spurs big drop
...the Nymex contract lost $4...said private sector wages and salaries...for a fifth straight month, reflecting...during recent months. The Institute...nation's manufacturing sector contracted for the 13th straight month in February... |
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World stocks recover on China stimulus hopes
...Management's monthly services sector survey. Earlier this week...said its index tracking the manufacturing sector shrank for the 13th straight month in February. Later Wednesday...Mercantile Exchange. The contract added $1.50 to settle... |
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Data show jobless claims drop, retail sales rise
...a second straight week after...people signed contracts to buy homes...in recent months," said...after two months of declines...drop in 16 months.Still, concerns that manufacturing could be...industrial sector grew for the 13th straight month in August... |
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Daily News, New York, Wall Street column.
...the service sector -- which...services. Manufacturing also showed...after seven months of growth...during the month, though...previous three months. Corporate...brought the 13th straight month of employment...Force jet contract, and Merck... |
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Office demand shows activity.(Business)
...the past 18 months have contributed...from the manufacturing sector continued to contract in the second...distribution sector waned. But...fell for the 13th straight month in July...cent from a month ago after...the last 12 months, the most... |
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NAPM index heats up with August gains.(National Association of Purchasing...
...indicates that manufacturing activity...the past 13 months. Still...January. "The manufacturing sector is in its 13th month of decline...NAPM's manufacturing business...manufacturing sector continues to contract, its rate...after eight straight ... |
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