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61Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — Fannie Mae headquarters at 3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refers to the placing into conservatorship of government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the U.S.… …
62Open outcry — Until 2009[1], trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange always involved a face to face interaction. There is one podium/desk on the trading floor for each of the exchange s three thousand or so stocks …
63Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… …
64Mark Twain effect — In some stock markets, the Mark Twain effect is the phenomenon of stock returns in October being lower than in other months. The name comes from the following quotation in Mark Twain s Pudd nhead Wilson: October. This is one of the peculiarly… …
65History of Google — This article covers the history of Google, the popular web based search engine.Early historyGoogle began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page, a Ph.D. student at Stanford. [http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/history.html… …
66Emerging Equity Markets — ▪ 1995 Introduction by John Mullin By the beginning of 1994, stock markets in less developed countries (LDCs) known as emerging equity markets had taken root in all corners of the globe. The most mature and prominent of these markets were… …
67Monopoly (game) — Monopoly The Monopoly Logo Designer(s) Elizabeth Magie Louis Fred Thun[1] Charles Darrow Publisher(s) …
68Gold as an investment — Reserves of SDR, forex and gold in 2006 …
69Kroger — For other uses, see Kroger (disambiguation). The Kroger Co. Type Public Traded as NYSE:  …
70arbitrage — /ahr bi trahzh / for 1, 3; /ahr bi trij/ for 2, n., v., arbitraged, arbitraging. n. 1. Finance. the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities, commodities, or foreign exchange in different markets to profit from unequal prices. 2.… …
