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Cash held for the purpose of overtaking another company. Or funds held to prevent hostile takeover.
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Cash held for the purpose of overtaking another company. Or funds held to prevent hostile takeover.
The promise to perform agreed to financial obligations. If the party feels mistreated they may choose not to. Refer to ability to perform.
An event that suspends coupon interest and principal when losses meet an agreed upon amount. Also called an indemnity or parametric trigger.
Where private information is used to create more profit. Sometimes this is considered a crime and punished. Refer to gun jumping.
A bank started in 1946 to help the post war efforts. Also called a world bank or international finance corporation.
Electronic cash register (ECR) or point of sale (POS) systems remote printer. Records cash transactions on a narrow (20column) paper tape at retail locations. An example is a supermarket checkout counter.
Subordinate investment vehicle, like a bond, debenture, stock share, whose claims and rights are subordinate or secondary to senior, primary investment vehicles. These claims and rights involve the assets and earnings of
Theory that bad things happen to people due to their previous bad acts. human tendency to rationalize injustice thinking that people will eventually want get what they want because the world is
Computer operating system nucleus. Manages core operations and hardware resources allocation. Also refer to shell.
Computer-system external input device for data entry. It could be to a mobile device, a personal computer, or any other electronic machine. This device has keys with alphabetic, numerical, and common symbols
Electrical power measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts. Equivalent to 1.34 horsepower, or 1000 joules per second as a measured consumption rate.
Artificial intelligence / expert system based software techniques. Used to solve process problems. Intended use is to respond to unique queries and expertise transfers, relating one domain of knowledge to another. Exists
Labor laws first arrived as standards in the Industrial Revolution. Labor laws have two categories: collective and individual. Collective labor law covers union, employer and employee relationships. Individual labor law covers employees’
Tally of purchase price, freight, insurance, and miscellaneous costs up to the port of destination. It typically includes shipment customs duties and tax levies. The total cost of a landed shipment.
Transfering to the insurer high risk low loss securites.
Defect in an item found after the delivery of the item, discovered through the normal use of the item. This defect type is typically not found through normal inspection/investigation techniques. The defect
Behavioral observation: behavior, regardless how varied, is chosen for the expected outcome, be it satisfying, painful, rewarding, or losing. Pleasant outcomes brings repeated behavior. Unpleasant outcomes are less likely to bring repeated
Draft or final format, master plan, or blueprint of different graphic elements arrangement of a printed or published work. The element lay out include body copy, colors, headlines, illustrations, and scale). The
Introducing a new brand or stimulating consumer interest in a product or family of products by selling selected products in a product family or assortment at less than their normal profit margins.
In a rapidly changing environment, an organization that gains knowledge and applies it quickly to survive and thrive. Such entities (1) build a culture encouraging and supporting continuous employee training, use of
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