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81European Commission — The rules of competition of the European Union are enforced by the European Commission, the executive arm of the Community. Commissioners are appointed by Governments of member states and the Commission is based in Brussels. Directorate General… …
82capital adequacy — The principle upheld by banking regulators that banks should have, and be seen to have, a certain amount of capital relative to the amount of business which the banks undertake and the commercial risk associated with that business. UK banks… …
83Tier 2 capital — See Tier 1 capital. Tier 2 is a bank s supplementary capital and includes revaluation reserves, general provisions and some classes of subordinated debt. It is divided into lower and upper tiers: • Lower Tier 2 capital is relatively standard in… …
84cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …
85Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …
86Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
87Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
88Tibet (1912-1951) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Tibet (homonymie). Tibet བོད་ bod Tibétain 1912 – 1951 …
89Calendar of 1993 — ▪ 1994 January January 1 Czechoslovakia now two nations. What had been the single nation of Czechoslovakia officially became two independent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Vaclav Havel, the former president of Czechoslovakia, and… …
90United 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… …
