Category: Finance Dictionary

Volatile and highly flammable hydrocarbon liquid. Mixtures group member derived from coal tar or petroleum in specific distillation ranges. Contain large aromatic compounds’ proportions. Used mainly as solvents and paint thinners, naphthas

Designed to protect employee and employer rights, encourage collective bargaining, and prohibit particular management policies detrimental to the healthy of businesses, workers, and the US economy. Enacted by Congress in 1935.

In order to motivate their fellow employees, building warm and caring relationships is a necessity for managers in a business setting. different affiliation levels satisfy different employee types. Those who need a

Occurs when a product or decision exceeds the society’s private cost. It is generally viewed as a market failure because the consumption level or the product’s production exceeds society requires. A negative

A CD that is short-term, 2 to 52 weeks, and of a large denomination, $100,000 minimum. Negotiable CDs issued by large banks are freely traded in secondary markets. It is typically issued

An indication that a business might be worth more and would potentially be more profitable after a merger. This advantage is found by subtracting the business’s market value before the merger, subtracting

Payments accounting balance showing statistical discrepancies. Data collection inaccuracies, such as adding an extra zero in a column that tallies payments due against payments collected.

Calculated as: (Investment Returns minus Interest Expenses) divided by Average Earning Assets Liabilities.

Calculated as: recognized security revenue minus operating expenses.

Company’s recorded amount as money to be repaid minus outstanding debt costs.

Firm’s value to its owners, typically stockholders or shareholders. Value is usually shown on the firm’s balance sheet. Issued share capital plus retained earnings plus capital gains equals net worth. Also known

Entity as a high volume data capacity renter to limited internet service providers (ISP) who rent capacity to several internet users, known as subscribers.

Items in stock, still in their original packaging, never sold. Also known as new unused stock or surplus stock.

Founded by Rupert Murdoch, this media company is global, vertically-integrated. Day-to-day corporate operations primarily occur in the US, Continental Europe, Australia, Asia, Latin America, and the UK. Every media, film, cable, magazines,

Mail and email fraud based on false pretenses tempting people to send money or disclosed banking account information. The scam is someone inherited a large sum of money and needs assistance to

Overhead costs may occur but not affect a contract’s prices when a contract changes.

A continuous factors’ series suffering abrupt, disconnected interruptions. These changes affect value distribution all along the continuum, often skipping values in an upward or downward direction. Also refer to Joseph Effect, anti-persistence,

A dealer who does not expose his trading to the market and just gives it to his clients. This is illegal.

An agreement clause between an owner and a prospective buyer to suspend all other purchase negotiations for a stated time period. In other words, the seller agrees to stop seeking other acquisition