Unless doing so would be patently absurd, courts should hold to commonly understood meanings of the words of a document .

A line divided into two unequal parts that have ratios stated as: the ratio of the smaller part (‘a’) to the larger part (‘b’) is the same ration as the larger part

Developed by Goldman Sachs. A system used by investment managers and advisors to research, order buys and sells, and calculate outcomes. A computerized investment portfolio management system.

US-based investment bank. Deals in a wide ranges of financial services. Investment banking, prime brokerage, commercial banking, and asset management are its main focus areas . Goldman Sachs was first bank to

Heavy, bulk commodities are shipped in this type of container. Aggregates, structural steel, scrap metal, steel beams, or poles are examples of such bulk. They are sized to the customer’s loading requirements.

Entity defunct or soon to be defunct. Goodwill value is gone. Worth of any tangible assets is now tied to auction or liquidation. Debt is now due, full and immediate. Also refer

A reason for doing something based on natural affection, generosity, love, or moral duty. This reason is insufficient to judge a commercial contract or promise enforceable as it lacks valid, valuable, and

Sometimes legally binding due diligence around the effort made, information given, or transaction done, honestly, objectively, with no deliberate intent to defraud the other party. Yet, this does not cover a sin

Does not necessarily include due diligence. Focused efforts to produce desired or required results by deliberate action.

Entity status in terms of being up-to-date for anything due, like dues, reports, other criteria, as a member of an organization.

Professor Charles Goodhart introduced this theory. Originally applied to the stability of economic spending, it now points out the problem of assigning value to a specific variable to be used as an

Warm fuzzy; level of confidence. Degree of comfort that a sample survey’s or test result are reliable for making dependable projections. Described formally as the degree of linear correlation of variables, it

Record at the point of receipt of goods received. Often compared to a purchase order before issuing payment, this record confirms receipt of all goods.

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

Measuring goodwill value over total asset value. Quantifies an intangible for monitoring. As in the saying of too much of a good thing can be bad, too much goodwill can financially impair

Google, Inc. advertising program. A popular method with low start-up costs and high potential profits for the site owners. A company displays its ads on a Google website. Uses the pay-per-click basis

Google-owned payment processing service. Makes online purchase paying very easy for buyers. Checking order and in-transit status from multiple websites happens on one page via one’s Google Checkout account. Stores credit and

Obsoleted by Google-like advanced search engine. Early online method of simple text storage and retrieval.

Exercise executive power, fairly and systematically.

A DEBT instrument issued by a governmental authority as a funding mechanism. Government bonds are generally issued on a fixed or floating rate, COUPON BEARING, basis, with maturities extending from 1 to