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  • 91First Interstate Bancorp — was a bank holding company based in the United States that was taken over in 1996 by Wells Fargo. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation s eighth largest banking company. [cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940… …

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  • 92Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …

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  • 93business finance — Raising and managing of funds by business organizations. Such activities are usually the concern of senior managers, who must use financial forecasting to develop a long term plan for the firm. Shorter term budgets are then devised to meet the… …

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  • 94Louisiana Purchase — For other uses, see Louisiana Purchase (disambiguation). Louisiana Purchase Vente de la Louisiane expansion of the United States …

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  • 95Allied Irish Banks — Not to be confused with Anglo Irish Bank. Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. Type Partially State owned Founded 1966 Headquarters …

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  • 96David Murray (Scottish businessman) — Sir David Edward Murray Born 14 October 1951 (1951 10 14) (age 60) Ayr, Scotland Net worth £110 million (2010) …

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  • 97ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …

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  • 98NationsBank — Logo of the former NationsBank Corp., which is similar to the current logo of Bank of America NationsBank was one of the largest banking corporations in the United States, based in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] In 1998, it acquired BankAmerica to …

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  • 99History of Wells Fargo — This article outlines the History of Wells Fargo Company from its origins to its merger with Norwest and beyond. The new company chose to retain the name of Wells Fargo and so this article also includes the history after the merger. : For a… …

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  • 100United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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