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Established in 1983 by the Confederation of British Industry as a measure of early retail sales in the United Kingdom for the month. Based on Distributive Trades Surveys, given to retailers, the

Management practice of accumulating all or most decision makers into one central office. These are the people who have the authority, control, and responsibility for the entire organization and are located at

When a designated authority confirms that the named contractor has fulfilled the requirements of receiving and performing a particular contract, that authority issues this document.

A report detailing the volume of sales from chain stores. This report is typically monthly. This report serves as an industry indicator of consumer spending, which translates into economic growth. Investors ultimately

A difference in how a premises used from the documented expectation. An example of this is changing use as a home to a business. It typically changes the potential risk to that

A bank can legally hold funds from a deposited check for this stated number of days , before having to credit the check to the depositor’s account. This number of days is

The process standardized for testing a sample of water by indirect measurement to determine the amount of pollution that cannot be oxidized biologically found in that water sample.

The futures and options exchange for the trading of contracts on securities, indexes, and financial products. The CBOE has a hybrid system to combine its open outcry auction with its electronic trading.

Chips grouped for working together as a single functional integrated circuit block in controlling a motherboard or computer by one or more specialized functions.

Document or Reference book containing a list in the order of recorded occurrence of events and happenings.

Sheet metal or other material used to enhance the durability or other properties of other metal or material (called substrate) . The cladding is bonded electrically, mechanically, or through other process.

NFPA classification for fire due to or engulfing energized electrical equipment such as motors, switches, wiring. For this type of fire only chemicals that do not conduct electric current are used. Water

Classified advertisement that is larger than one column and uses display typefaces and graphics. It is often typeset (refer to typesetting) by the advertiser.

Restoring a contaminated site after an accidental release. Actions are the containment, neutralization, removal, and/or stabilization of hazardous wastes. This results in the to a state safe for animals, plants, and people.

1. In Banking, it is a bank-operated affiliated agency or facility within a geographical area. It acts as a central site for collecting, exchanging, and settling of checks drawn on each other.

Option contract whose exercise price and market price of the underlying asset is essentially the same.

Place of employment tied to a union and its rules. Such rules are collective bargaining, agreement to hire only the members of a particular union. This is an illegal practice.

Firm that buys up all or most of another firm’s closeout stock and sells it to other vendors or the public.

the use of a managed, organized, protected network of servers, owned by a service company, but unknown to the public or user. Access is only by the internet or directed URL using

Heavy-duty, high speed data transmission cable used in computer networks, and cable TV. It is a copper core encased in plastic surrounded by a braided copper shield, covered entirely with plastic insulation.