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CONTENT ANALYSIS

1. Seeing how a firm can get more promotion from news or brand name mention. 2. Using the answers to open questions with numbers to see the different possible answers.

CONTINGENT SURPLUS NOTE (CSN)

US insurance for a loss of cash should a sudden event cause a loss of business. A trust is started selling the note. When needed securities are converted into cash. It increases

CONTRA DEAL

When two entities trade merchandise or favors without using any money.

CONTRACT CLOSEOUT COSTS

Site diffusing cost, junk and waste clearing cost, and other costs related to timely closure of a deal.

CONTRACT MARKET

A trade which is recorded with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or CFTC for trading in particular item or options deals. Check Commodity Futures Exchange; Derivatives.

CONTRACT PURCHASE

Kind of instrument sale in which, the seller keeps the instrument for a given period and after that, he buys it back, at an agreed upon price, from the original buyer.

CONTRACTOR’S ALL RISKS INSURANCE

Policy which includes all kinds of risks related to a building project. Usually issued under the combined names of a builder and a client, normally it also contains insurance of public liability.

CONVERGENCE

(1) In the EXCHANGETRADED DERIVATIVE market, the gradual drawing together of SPOT PRICES and FUTURES PRICES as contract maturity approaches; the convergence means that the BASIS, or price difference, gradually narrows. (2)

CORPORATE ETHICS

The broad area dealing with the way in which a company behaves towards, and conducts business with, its internal and external STAKEHOLDERS, including employees, investors, creditors, customers, and regulators. In certain national

COVARIANCE

A statistical measure of the relationship between two variables (e.g., financial ASSET prices), often used to determine the magnitude of CORRELATION. The covariance between two assets can be computed via: where xAj

CROSS-DEFAULT CLAUSE

A clause in a LOAN, BOND, or DERIVATIVE agreement indicating that a technical DEFAULT on one obligation triggers a technical default in all other obligations. Cross default clauses are commonly used in

CUTOFF DATE

The date past a discount or offer is available. The terms are no longer applicable at this date.

CYCLICAL STOCKS

An industries shares that is subject to economic changes. They profit when the economy is good but fall when it is bad.

BROUTER

A Bridge Router or brouter is a network device that works as a bridge and as a router. The brouter routes packets for known protocols and simply forwards all other packets as

BUDGET HEARING

A meeting that is usually open to the general public to discuss a business or government budget. Individuals from the community can openly ask questions and they will be answered by the

BULKHEAD SEATING

The first row of seats beyond a wall or divider. And, in most cases, they do provide extra legroom.

BUNDLE OF RIGHTS

The bundle of rights is a common way to explain the complexities of property ownership. Teachers often use this concept as a way to organize confusing and sometimes contradictory data about real

BURGERNOMICS

The Big Mac Index is published by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which

BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE

A part of the an enterprise architecture related to architectural organization of business, and the documents and diagrams that describe that architectural organization. People who help build business architecture are known as

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