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61Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
62International status and usage of the euro — Worldwide use of the euro and US$:   Eurozone …
63European Union — 1. an association of European nations formed in 1993 for the purpose of achieving political and economic integration. Formerly known as the European Economic Community, the European Union s member states are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,… …
64Italy — /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… …
65History of banking — The first banks were the merchants of the ancient world that made loans to farmers and traders that carried goods between cities. The first records of such activity dates back to around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia. Later, in ancient Greece… …
66Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton — Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waving to the crowd at the Mall sh …
67Zimbabwean dollar — Infobox Currency image 1 = 1 Zimbabwe Dollar 2008.jpg image title 1 = The new (third) $1, equivalent to 10,000,000,000 second dollars. iso code = ZWD using countries = Zimbabwe inflation rate = 231,000,000% ( official, July 08 ) 2,000,000,000,000 …
68Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
69Gustav Landauer — (7 April 1870 in Karlsruhe, Germany mdash; 2 May 1919 in Munich, Germany) was one of the leading theorists on anarchism in Germany in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He was an advocate of communist anarchism and an… …
70Stockholms Banco — (also known as the Bank of Palmstruch or Palmstruch Bank) in Sweden was the first European bank to print banknotes. The bank was founded in 1657 by Johan Palmstruch and began printing banknotes in 1661. It was to be the precursor to the Sveriges… …
