Category: D

How well a detergent cleans and adheres to stains to remove it.

1. using scientific knowledge to meet goals. 2. to extend a theory or invention. 3. changes in economics and social trends in the culuture and environment. 4. adding improvements to land.

Evaluation that is narrow and focused on a specific area.

Taking one thing and making it two. These parts are often opposing.

A cost that changes with every alternative. It helps in decision making. Refer to marginal cost.

A continuous, STOCHASTIC PROCESS where the market variable (e.g., a COMMON STOCK price or FOREIGN EXCHANGE rate) exists in continuous time and its probability density function is continuous; the variable changes on

1. the coded binary digits that identify a file. It detects tampering and acts as a digital fingerprint. It also blocks employees from getting to illicit materials online on the firm’s computer.

In GOVERNANCE, the parties most immediately and directly impacted by a company

A spreading or dispersion of RISK, achievable by combining ASSETS or exposures that are not CORRELATED with one another; the process of diversification helps minimize concentrations of exposure and creates a more

A public BOND issued simultaneously in various Asian centers by a nonAsian company, denominated in a local Asian currency or US dollars. The dragon is effectively a regional form of the GLOBAL

A term for goods that can pose a risk to people, health, property, or environment when it is in transport. Perfume, aerosol cans, and paint are goods with this issue. Internation agreements

Coverage that protects data processing systems from failure. It also covers system restoration cost.

The date when insurance policy is issued. It is different than the effective date.

Buying and selling the same position the same day. AKA daylight trade.

The date a bank must honor a draft against a letter of credit.

Any violence that is done to cause harm or death.

1. when a buyer gets a service or good promising to pay in the future. 2. when a security is given by a government agency to get more funds.

Changing a countries foreign liabilities when almost none of its revenue is left for basic needs.

The way pressure is measured in a metric subunit. One decibar=.10 bar=10kpascals=1.45psi. It increases one decibar to one meter of sea depth.

The rate strucure for energy supply that the per unit price goes down when energy needs go up. It is offered by large energy consumers.