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41Art and Art Exhibitions — ▪ 2009 Introduction Art The art market enjoyed an astonishing run of record breaking sales through the first nine months of a volatile 2008. In May Lucian Freud s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995), a candid portrayal of a corpulent female …
42literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
43Futures — A term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * futures fu‧tures [ˈfjuːtʆəz ǁ ərz] noun [plural]… …
44futures — Contracts for the sale/purchase of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, currency, or commodity at an agreed upon price on a given future date. First developed for agricultural commodities, actively traded futures are available for… …
451990s — 90s redirects here. For decades comprising years 81–90 of other centuries, see List of decades. This article is about the decade. For the band, see 1990s (band) …
46Business cycle — Economics …
47Mark-to-market accounting — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …
48Kondratiev wave — Also widely written as Kondratieff . In heterodox economics, Kondratiev waves also called grand supercycles, surges, long waves, or K waves are described as regular, sinusoidal cycles in the modern (capitalist) world economy. Fifty to sixty years …
49Renminbi — CNY and RMB redirect here. For other uses, see CNY (disambiguation) and RMB (disambiguation). Renminbi 人民币 (Chinese) …
50Edward Maria Wingfield — Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward Maria Wingfield , (born 1550 in Stonely, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England; died in 1631) [Date of Birth Burial. Birth: 1550: E150/102, p.3 Exchequer Copy (English), Lists …
