Category: Finance Dictionary

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States G8 summit representatives in the annual meeting.

Money gained by wagering. Legal gambling operations such as slot machines, horse races or lottery allows a person to submit a tax filing declaration of gambling income.

Legal action requiring a company to record an involved employee’s wages even if the employee received no wages.

A company with sales revenue growth of 20 percent or higher annually. Usually known for many new job opportunities. Typically, a small publicly traded companies sustaining this growth four years running, with

A variable of potential lessening in overall administrative costs when analyzing outcome as companies combine following an acquisition. Typically, less cost is expected once the companies combine. Contrasts to costs of independently

Generally impacting everyone in an industry or market in a similar way, these legal, political, and social circumstances are factors and conditions.

Another name for generalized system of preferences.

Financial notes or loans issued as one-year investments.

Born on August 12, 1930, this Hungarian American businessman and financier claimed fame earning a reported $1 billion. He anticipated the pound sterling devaluation out of the 1992 UK currency crises. Chairman

The number of floating point operations per second a computer can do equals one billion (10^9).

Commercial glass insurance, for example, plate glass covered by a form specifically.

Securities made available in markets across the globe at the same time. A global offering include Europe’s, North American and the Far East. Simultaneous offering in multiple markets of these securities.

Local market products or services made to benefit worldwide markets, being developed and distributed in all markets. Globalization and localization are considered in the marketing strategy for such products.

Building a portfolio of bonds, commodities, or stock and shares for long-term, capital gains viewed retention. Known commonly as long positions. Also refer to going short.

Incentive to another firm’s employee to join the offering firm.

The primary INTANGIBLE ASSET of a company, generally comprised of reputation, contact networks, intellectual property, and branding. Although the assets have value, they cannot be physically inspected and are extremely ILLIQUID. Goodwill

A rating level scheme for rating a given city’s fire safety. Many factors figure into this rating. The National Board of Fire Underwriters make this schedule.