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51Bear Stearns — Industry Investment services Fate Bought by JP Morgan Chase in September 2008 Founded 1923 Defunct …
52social security — 1. (usually caps.) a program of old age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. 2. the theory or practice of… …
53tax law — Introduction body of rules under which a public authority has a claim on taxpayers, requiring them to transfer to the authority part of their income or property. The power to impose taxes is generally recognized as a right of governments.… …
54Gross domestic product — GDP redirects here. For other uses, see GDP (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Gross national product or Gross domestic income. CIA World Factbook 2005 figures of total nominal GDP (top) compared to PPP adjusted GDP (bottom) …
55Opium — For other uses, see Opium (disambiguation). Opium Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut Botanical Opium Source plant(s) Papaver somnifer …
56Fourth International — For other uses, see Fourth International (disambiguation). This article focusses on the Fourth International prior to 1963. See Fourth International (Post Reunification) for later developments …
57Countrywide Financial — Infobox Company company name = Countrywide Financial Corp. company type = Subsidiary of Bank of America foundation = 1969 location = Calabasas, CA, USA revenue = profit$6,061,437,000 USD (2007) operating income = loss$1,310,274,000 USD (2007) net …
58History of Landsbanki — In establishing Landsbanki, the Icelandic parliament hoped to boost monetary transactions and encourage the country’s nascent industries. Following its opening on 1 July 1886, the bank s first decades of operation were restricted by its limited… …
59LJM — LJM, which stands for Lea, Jeffrey, Michael, the names of Andrew Fastow s wife and children, was a company created in 1998 by Enron s CFO, Andrew Fastow, to buy Enron s poorly performing stocks and stakes and bolster Enron s financial statements …
60History of Air New Zealand — The history of Air New Zealand, the national carrier of New Zealand, began when the amalgamated East Coast Airways and Cook Strait Airways began operations in January 1936 as Union Airways of N.Z. Ltd, the country s first major airline. Union was …
