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  • 81repositioning repurchase agreement — A funding technique often used by dealers who encourage speculation through the use of gains trading, pair off, when issued, and extended settlement ploys. When an investor agrees to purchase a security with the intent of quickly selling it for a …

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  • 82ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …

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  • 83Instant messaging — Pidgin 2.0 running under GNOME Instant Messaging (IM) is a form of real time direct text based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user s text is …

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  • 84Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender …

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  • 85Majestic 12 — This article is about the purported secret committee called Majestic 12 . For other uses, see Majestic 12 (disambiguation). The 1947 letter, purported to be signed by Harry Truman, authorizing Operation Majestic Twelve . Majestic 12 (also known… …

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  • 86United States federal budget — The Budget of the United States Government is a federal document that the President submits to the U.S. Congress. The President s budget submission outlines funding recommendations for the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1st.… …

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  • 87Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 88Mexico — /mek si koh /, n. 1. a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Cap.: Mexico City. 2. a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Cap.: Toluca. 3. Gulf of, Mexican, Golfo de México /gawl …

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  • 89Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

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  • 90Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — Full title An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end too big to fail , to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers… …

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