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41Monetary policy of the United States — Banking in the United States Monetary policy The Federal Reserve System Regulation Lending Credit card Deposit accounts Savings account Checking account Money market account Certificate of deposit …
42Timeline of the United States housing bubble — The United States housing bubble is over. Housing prices peaked in early 2005, began declining in 2006 and may not yet have hit bottom.Timeline 1985–2008*1985–1991: Savings and Loan crisis **January 1989: One month drop in sales of previously… …
43Industrial Review — ▪ 1994 Introduction The period since 1990 was proving a difficult time for the older industrialized economies, which had suffered from prolonged recession at home, and also for the previously centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe… …
44Channel coordination — (or supply chain coordination) aims at improving supply chain performance by aligning the plans and the objectives of individual enterprises. It usually focuses on inventory management and ordering decisions in distributed inter company settings …
45Customer communications management — is a term highlighted by research companies such as Gartner Group, Forrester Research and Madison Advisors to define a convergent set of Information Technology solutions that together provide marketing communication professionals the ability to… …
46Scientific method — …
47Kiddie rides — are coin operated rides for small children. Kiddies rides commonly appear in amusement parks, arcades, malls, hotel game rooms and outside supermarkets and discount department stores. Less commonly, they may also appear in other venues such as… …
48Carnivorous plant — Insectivorous Plants redirects here. For the book by Charles Darwin, see Insectivorous Plants (book). Nepenthes mirabilis in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not …
49Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
50United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
