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111Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …
112Europe, 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.… …
113Rio Tinto Group — Rio Tinto Limited plc Type Public company (ASX: RIO, LSE:  …
114Alston & Bird — Infobox Law Firm firm name = Alston Bird firm headquarters = foundation = 1893 | num offices = 9 num attorneys = about 900 practice areas = General practice revenue = $474 million date founded = 1893 Atlanta company type = LLP homepage =… …
115Wachovia — Infobox Company name = Wachovia Corporation company type = Public (nyse|WB) slogan = Are You With Wachovia? foundation = 1908 (but with heritage dating to 1781) location = Charlotte, North Carolina key people = Robert K. Steel, CEO revenue =… …
116Offset agreement — Defense offset agreements are legal trade practices in the aerospace and military industries. These commercial practices do not need state regulations but, since the purchasers are mostly military departments of sovereign nations comparable to… …
117Network effect — Diagram showing the network effect in a few simple phone networks. The lines represent potential calls between phones. In economics and business, a network effect (also called network externality or demand side economies of scale) is the effect… …
118Yield management — Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, perishable resource (such as airline seats or hotel room… …
119Iraq War — This article is about the war that began in 2003. For other uses, see Iraq War (disambiguation). Further information: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Post invasion Iraq …
120Industrial 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… …
