Archive for January, 2008

Jan
31

A blue chip stock is the stock of a well-established company having stable earnings and no extensive liabilities. The term derives from casino, where blue chips stand for counters of the highest value. Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividends, even when business is faring worse than usual. They are valued by investors seeking […]

Jan
31

CLP Group

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The CLP Group (Chinese: 中電集團 Pinyin: Zhòngdiàn Jítuán, CLP), which started out in 1901 as China Light and Power Company, Limited, is headquartered in Hong Kong, where it operates a vertically integrated electricity generation, transmission and distribution business. Its modern network supplies over 2.2 million customer accounts in Kowloon, the New Territories and most […]

Jan
30

Mechanical investing is the selection of stocks for investment using predetermined, numerical criteria. The technique is “mechanical” in that it typically uses a computer to a screen a database of numerical stock data for stocks that currently satisfy the desired criteria, purportedly eliminating subjective criteria and value judgments from the investment decision. Stocks […]

Jan
30

MSCI EAFE

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The MSCI EAFE () is a stock market index of foreign stocks, from the perspective of a North American investor. The index is market capitalization weighted (meaning that the weight of securities is determined based on their respective market capitalizations.) The index targets coverage of 85% of the market capitalization of the equity market of […]

Jan
30

HMS Zebra

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zebra, after the Zebra.

The first Zebra was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1777. She was abandoned and blown up after going aground on October 22, 1778 at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War.

The second Zebra, launched in 1780, was […]

Jan
28

Carcan

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René Carcan (May 25, 1925—1993) is a noted Belgian engraver and sculptor, who thrived in the late 20th century. He and Graciela Rodo Boulanger studied etching under Johnny Friedlaender

Carcan is a French word for an iron ring used for a form of public humiliation by exposition at a pole, see pillory or stocks. Carcan is […]

Jan
27

An undervalued stock is defined as a stock that is selling at a price significantly below its intrinsic value (finance). For example, if a stock is selling for $50, but can be determined to be worth $100 based on future cash flows, then it is an undervalued stock.

Numerous popular books discuss undervalued stocks. […]

Jan
27

Tinda

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The tinda, also called Indian round gourd or apple gourd or Indian Baby Pumpkin, is an annual vine grown for its immature fruit, a vegetable especially popular in South Asia.

The fruit is approximately spherical, and 5–8 cm in diameter. The seeds may also be roasted and eaten.

This unique squash is native to India, very […]

Jan
27

Synaptogenesis is the formation of synapses. Although it occurs throughout a healthy person’s lifespan, an explosion of synapse formation occurs during early brain development. Cholesterol, a chemical we often think is harmful, is essential for synapse formation. Synaptogenesis is particularly important during an individual’s “critical period” of life, during which there is a certain degree […]

Jan
27

Non-voting stock is stock that provides the shareholder very little or no vote on corporate matters, such as election of the board of directors or mergers. This type of share is usually implemented for individuals who want to invest in the company’s profitability and success at the expense of voting rights in the direction of […]

Jan
27

A penny arcade can be any type of venue for coin-operated devices, usually for entertainment. This included early forms of pinball and fortune telling machinery of the 1930s. Vending machines may also be considered in this category. The name derives from the penny, once a staple coin for such machines.

The earliest penny arcades from […]

Jan
26

In an equity offering, primary shares, in contrast to secondary shares, refer to newly issued shares of common stock that are sold to investors. The cash generated from the sale of the primary shares, net of the gross spread, are transferred to the company.

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Jan
26

The OTC Bulletin Board or OTCBB is an electronic quotation system in the United States that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and volume information for many over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities that are not listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or a national securities exchange. Broker-dealers who subscribe to the system can use the OTCBB […]

Jan
25

Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation started operations in 1986 as the holding company for The Southern New England Telephone Company. Prior to 1986, The Southern New England Telephone Company had been a minority holding of AT&T until February 1986, when AT&T withdrew its 23% holding. SNET then became its own company, operating a telecommunications sales […]

Jan
24

A sexual health clinic is a clinic that specializes in treatment of sex-related problems. Sexual health clinics have been known as VD clinics, STD clinics and GUM clinics (GUM for genitourinary medicine).

Almost every sexual health clinic will, at the very least, employ a public health nurse who can discuss sexual issues with visitors and patients […]

Jan
24

The Government Telephone Preference Scheme (GTPS) is a British system for limiting outgoing calls from landlines if the network is overloaded during an emergency. Numbers registered under the GTPS will still be able to make outgoing calls if the service is limited. All telephones will still be able to receive calls.

There are 3 categories of […]

Jan
23

World clock

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A world clock is a clock which displays time from around the world. The clock face can be multiple round analog clocks with moving hands or digital clocks with numeric readouts. Each clock is labeled with the name of a major city or time zone in the world. It could also be a […]

Jan
23

Safety stock is a term used to describe a level of stock that is maintained below the cycle stock to buffer against stock-outs.

Safety stock is defined as extra units of inventory carried as protection against possible stockouts. It is held when an organization cannot accurately predit demand and/or lead time for the product.

Reducing safety […]

Jan
23

Penny Warner is the author of over fifty books, including an Agatha award-winning mystery series featuring Connor Westphal, a deaf reporter in the California Gold Country, Dead Body Language as well as a number of party, parenting and child activity books.

Random House

Official website

List of Agatha Award winners

References

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Jan
22

A Market value-weighted index is an index whose components are weighted according to the total market value of their outstanding shares. Also called a capitalization-weighted index. The impact of a component’s price change is proportional to the issue’s overall market value, which is the share price times the number of shares outstanding. For example, the […]

Jan
22

Penny Downie is an Australian actress, noted for her appearances on British television.

She began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. She trained at NIDA - National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney. After graduation she appeared in TV series such as Bellbird, The Box, The Sullivans, Prisoner […]

Jan
21

Constant Vanden Stock (June 13, 1914) is the honorary president and former president and player of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. Constant Vanden Stock also served as coach of the Belgium national football team from 1958 to 1968. The stadium of this club is named after him. He is the father of current president […]

Jan
21

Sexual frustration describes the condition in which a person is in a state of agitation, stress or anxiety due to prolonged sexual inactivity and/or sexual dissatisfaction that leads them to want more sex or better sex, or a state in which he/she is sexually aroused (accusatory sense), although more often it implies simply an uncomfortably […]

Jan
21

Penny Blue

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The Penny Blue is an unissued type of postage stamp of Britain. It is from a series of proof impressions which were made at the time Rowland Hill was looking at the new colours which were to be used for the stamps which were to replace the Penny Black and the original 1840 issue of […]

Jan
20

Saint Katherine’s Abbey, Monisternagalliaghduff (Manisternagalliaghduff) is a former Augustinian nunnery founded in 1298 and dissolved in 1541.

One of the earliest recorded nunneries in Ireland, it is located in a valley about 2 miles east of the village of Shanagolden, County Limerick.

Remains include abbey church to the east of the cloister and refectory to the south. […]

Jan
20

“Matte Kudasai” is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album Discipline (1981).

The latest versions of Discipline contain two versions of “Matte Kudasai”. On the original releases, just one version was included. That version omitted a guitar part by Robert Fripp. “Matte Kudasai (alternative version)” has the […]

Jan
20

Mike Krahulik (born September 25 1977) is the artist who draws the popular webcomic Penny Arcade. He goes by the online moniker “John(athan) Gabriel” or “Gabe”. He does not physically resemble his comic strip counterpart, as the character was not originally meant to represent him.

Contents

1 Work
2 Publicity
3 References
4 External links

Work
Krahulik credits cartoonist […]

Jan
20

The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), located in Chicago, Illinois, is the third most active stock exchange in the United States by volume, and the largest outside of New York City. In North America, it is fourth largest behind the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and the Toronto Stock Exchange. It is the most […]

Jan
20

Listing

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Listing may refer to:

the mathematician Johann Benedict Listing

a computer code listing, see listing (computer)

in corporate finance, the company’s shares being on the list (or board) of stocks that are officially traded on a stock exchange, see listing (finance)

the gerund of the verb “to list” as used in nautical matters.

References

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Jan
20

The Five Mile Act or Oxford Act, is an Act of the Parliament of England (17 Charles II c. 2), passed in 1665 with the long title “An Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations”. It was one of the English penal laws that sought to enforce conformity to the established Church of England. […]

Jan
20

In economics, the distinction is often made between stock magnitudes and flow magnitudes. A “stock” is something one and has on hand at a point of time (say December 31), which may have been accumulated in the past. It would be measured in units (such as dollars or tons). On the other hand, a […]

Jan
19

The Santiago Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, SSE), founded in November 27, 1893, is Chile’s dominant stock exchange.

Contents

1 Operations and Indices

1.1 Indices

2 Notes
3 See also
4 External links

Operations and Indices
The exchange trades in stocks, bonds, investment funds, stock options, futures, gold and silver coins minted by the Banco Central de Chile, and US dollars […]

Jan
19

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Jan
18

A sexual partner is a person with whom one engages in sex acts. Note that it is possible to have a sexual partner without having an intimate relationship, or even an acquaintanceship with that person; viz., casual sex, or sex with a prostitute.

A person may have one, none, or more than one sexual partners at […]

Jan
18

RTS Index

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The RTS Index (RTSI) is an index of 50 Russian stocks (as of March 15th, 2007) that trade on the RTS Stock Exchange in Moscow. The list of stocks is being reviewed every 3 months by the RTS Information Committee.

The index value is calculated in a real-time mode.

RTS also computes and publishes the RTS-2 Index […]

Jan
18

S&P Asia 50

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The S&P Asia 50 index is a stock index of Asian stocks.

It is a part of the S&P Global 1200.

The index includes companies from Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.

External links

S&P page

References

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Jan
18

Ringshall

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Ringshall is the name of more than one place.

In the United Kingdom:

Ringshall, Berkhamsted, a hamlet on the border between Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Ringshall, Suffolk

Ringshall Stocks, Suffolk

References

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Jan
18

Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. A list follows of common software categories.

Categories of software

Applications

Accounting

Enterprise Resource Planning

Automation

CD copying software

Data

Data recovery

Database Management System (DBMS)

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Document Management System (DMS)

Backup software

File archiver

Emulation

Disk image emulator

Input method editor (IME)

Game Engine

Internet software

Email client

File sharing (P2P)

FTP client

HTML editor

Instant messaging […]

Jan
18

Ducados

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The word Ducados has several different meanings.

A form of government or region of land referred to as a duchy reign by a Duke ( Duque in Spanish )

A form of currency used in old Spain, a local version of the ducat.

Ducados - A brand of cigarettes from Spain.

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Jan
18

Patrimony

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Patrimony may refer to:

Property or other legal entitlements inherited from (or through) one’s father, especially if it has been handed down through generations in the same family, birthright.

The sum total of all personal and real entitlements, including movable and immovable property, belonging to a real person or a moral person.

Patrimony of […]

Jan
18

An investor profile or style defines an individual’s preferences in investment decisions, for example:

Short term trading (active management) or long term holding (buy and hold)

Risk averse or risk tolerant / seeker

All classes of assets or just one (stocks for example)

Value stock or growth stocks, defensive or cyclical stocks…

Big cap or […]

Jan
17

John Penny

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John Penny (died 1520) was an English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor, 1504–1508, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1508–1520.

He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and then received his LLD from the University of Cambridge.

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Jan
17

The “Fourteenth Amendment” may refer to the:

Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland - guaranteed the right to distribute information about abortion services available in foreign countries.

Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan - introduced constitutionally enforced “party discipline”.

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - contains the “due process” and “equal protection” clauses.

References

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Jan
17

Baraja

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This could refer to:

Baraja (playing cards), a Spanish set of playing cards.

Rubén Baraja, a Spanish football (soccer) player.

References

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Jan
16

Inter-connected Stock Exchange (ISE) started its operation in 1998 in Vashi, Mumbai. It was envisaged by its founders as an alternative to the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) for brokers/members from the regional stock exchanges. Those were the days when NSE was the only national exchange in India and the […]

Jan
15

The NAPA drag bike was a motorcycle built by Orange County Choppers on the American reality television show American Chopper. The frame is a basic 7up rigid custom, which was heavily modified. One crucial modification which put the whole project in jeopardy involved the backbone, which was too small for the motor picked for this […]

Jan
15

Ethernet v2 framing, also known as DIX Ethernet (named after the major participants in the framing of the protocol: Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel, Xerox) interprets the 2-octet field following the destination and source addresses as an EtherType that immediately identifies an upper-layer protocol. The original version of IEEE 802.3 changed that field to a […]

Jan
15

The term French Assembly may refer to any of several French legislative bodies throughout the history of France, including:

The National Assembly formed during the French Revolution on June 17, 1789.

The National Constituent Assembly, which succeeded the National Assembly on July 9, 1789.

The Legislative Assembly, which succeeded the National Constituent Assembly on October 1, 1791.

The modern […]

Jan
15

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days ISBN 1-406-79647-6) was a history book published in 1896; it was written by Alice Morse Earle and printed by Herbert S. Stone & Company. Earle was a historian of Colonial America, and she writes in her introduction:

“In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of […]

Jan
14

Balders Hage was a ballcourt and public square in the centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. The ballcourt was inaugurated on 1 January 1898 but was abandoned in 1909 when Walhalla IP was built. The club Örgryte IS was founded on Balders Hage, and played some of their matches there. Balders Hage is now part of the […]

Jan
13

Nookie

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Nookie may refer to:

a British slang term for sexual intercourse

“Nookie” (song), a 1999 song by Limp Bizkit

Nookie Bear, a puppet handled by British ventriloquist Roger De Courcey

References

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Jan
13

A low-cost brokerage can be considered to be a special case of
a discount brokerage which functions in a similar way to a
dividend reinvestment program.

Low-cost brokers are generally less expensive for an investor who invests
in small amounts (say, fixed dollar amounts) and who is not particular that
the stock trade must happen in real time.

One way that […]

Jan
12

Phil Stocks

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Phil Stocks (b. 15th April 1974) is a radio presenter/producer. He was born in the London Borough of Bromley. Educated at Kettering Boys School and King Alfred’s College, Winchester.

He got his first break in the radio business when he reached the top three of the ‘Search for a Star’ competition on Power FM in 1996. […]

Jan
12

Consignment stock is stock legally owned by one party, but held by another.

Contents

1 Ownership
2 Accounting
3 See also
4 External links

Ownership
Ownership of consignment stock is passed only when the stock is used (issued). Unused stock in a warehouse may be returned to the manufacturer.

Accounting
As ownership of consignment stock is not transferred until […]

Jan
12

In finance, an equity derivative is a class of financial instruments whose value is at least partly derived from one or more underlying equity securities. Market participants trade equity derivatives in order to transfer or transform certain risks associated with the underlying security. Options are by far the most common equity derivative, however there are […]

Jan
12

Patricia Idlette is best known for her role as Kiffany, a waitress, in Showtime’s Dead Like Me. She also played a small role in Ginger Snaps 2, as one of the counsellors working at Brigitte’s rehab centre and a nurse taking a mammogram for Dana in the Showtime series The L Word.

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Jan
11

Short shackling is a technique that American interrogators use in the War on Terror. According to a military report the suspect’s hands are shackled to an eyebolt in the floor, so that the suspect is forced to lie in a fetal position or squat. It is believed that the suspect’s feet are also bound […]

Jan
11

A Burgers material is a viscoelastic material which consists of a Maxwell material and a Kelvin material in series.

It is named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Martinus Burgers.

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Jan
10

In mathematics, a frame of a vector space can mean any ordered basis for that vector space. It can also refer to a somewhat different concept discussed below.

A frame of a vector space V with a scalar product can be seen as a generalization of the idea of a basis to sets which may be […]

Jan
10

Postilion

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A postilion rider was the driver of a horse-drawn cart or carriage mounted on one of the the drawing horses. In France, the norm was for carts to be controlled by a postilion rider rather than being controlled from the cart.

Postilion riders would normally mount the left hand horse of two horses because of […]

Jan
09

MoDaCo

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MoDaCo is one of the world’s largest independent Windows Mobile communities.

MoDaCo, originally short for “Mobile Data Consultancy” (but now expanded as “Mobile Data Community”), was started in November 2002 by Paul O’Brien in the UK, and primarily focuses on Microsoft powered Smartphone and Pocket PC devices and software.

Since it was started in 2002, MoDaCo has […]

Jan
08

In Australian rules football, the forward line refers to a set of attacking positions on the field.

The forward line consists of three players, a left and right forward pocket, and a full-forward. Up until approximately 20 years ago, the forward pockets were often the resting rover or ruckman. The advent of unlimited interchanges, […]

Jan
08

Pin (chess)

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In chess, a pin is a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece. “To pin” refers to the action of the attacking piece inducing the pin, and the defending piece […]

Jan
07

In finance, equity trading is the buying and selling of company stock shares. Shares in large publicly-traded companies are bought and sold through one of the major stock exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange or Tokyo Stock Exchange, which serve as managed auctions for stock trades . Stock shares in […]

Jan
06

A blue chip stock is the stock of a well-established company having stable earnings and no extensive liabilities. The term derives from casino, where blue chips stand for counters of the highest value. Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividends, even when business is faring worse than usual. They are valued by investors seeking […]

Jan
06

Computer years refers to the assumption that computers age around ten to fifteen years (depending on breed or vendor) for every calendar year. It is said a computer of five years old is still useful but approaching retirement. Like Moore’s law there is no mathematical foundation; it is simply a rule of thumb.

Unlike light […]

Jan
06

House stock

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The term house stock usually refers to a stock that the management of a brokerage firm has
instructed all brokers working for him to promote. The brokerage firm or its owners might
be receiving an undisclosed profit from the sale of the house stock.

Generally, if you could look at the stock holdings of
all the clients of […]

Jan
06

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days ISBN 1-406-79647-6) was a history book published in 1896; it was written by Alice Morse Earle and printed by Herbert S. Stone & Company. Earle was a historian of Colonial America, and she writes in her introduction:

“In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of […]

Jan
05

Speedway is a popular type of motorsport which takes place on oval tracks in New Zealand. There are a number of tracks on both islands that provide regular racing programs and sanctioned racing series. The seasons tend to be from November to April.

Contents

1 Types of event
2 Classes
3 Venues

3.1 North Island
3.2 South Island

4 See also
5 Racing […]

Jan
05

Final Lap 3

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Final Lap 3, as the name suggests, is the third title in the Final Lap series, released by Namco in 1992.

Gameplay
This is a racing game featuring courses set in England, France, San Marino and Spain. Players can compete head-to-head up to a maximum of eight when four cabinets are linked together.

External links

References

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Jan
05

Most U.S. public lands fall into the categories of national park, national forest, wilderness area, United States National Monument, or are managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This list is for certain other areas that don’t fall into these categories.

Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area - in Kentucky and Indiana

Flatrock-Roaring Plains […]

Jan
04

KSE

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KSE may mean:

Karachi Stock Exchange

Kuwait Stock Exchange

Korea Stock Exchange

Kernel Scheduled Entities, found in FreeBSD

Killswitch Engage, a metalcore band

Kuat Systems Engineering from the Star Wars Expanded Universe

Catholic School Etten-Leur

Kyiv School of Economics

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Jan
04

Cursed Empire is a fantasy role-playing game set in the world of Thargos, created by Chris Loizou. It is now in its second edition, having changed its name from Crimson Empire due to a trademark dispute with Lucasfilm.

The game’s setting is distinctly dark and is influenced not only by fantasy in the Tolkien/Dungeons and Dragons […]

Jan
03

FDI stock

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