Internet advertising that has affiliated sites show eachothers banners. Refer to affiliate marketing and affiliate model.

In France, a MERCHANT BANK that invests its own CAPITAL in support of CORPORATE FINANCE transactions and engages in securities UNDERWRITING and TRADING.

A big hotel room that the public can use and serve food in. AKA banqueting room and function room.

An event that means success or failure for a company or party. This is common for new companies.

An investment PORTFOLIO comprised of NOTES and BONDS with short and longterm maturities but few, or no, securities with mediumterm maturities. A barbell may be constructed to take advantage of a particular

When a portfolio puts a major amount into short and long maturity bonds. The remaining funds are placed on bonds that mature immediately. The graph of this looks like a barbell. Refer

A device that scans barcodes with a laser. They work on short distances and don’t give out of line of sight reading. AKA barcode scanner or scanner.

The strips printed next to eachother on a barcode. Each bar is a number that is ready by a scanner. A computer matches the number with an item in its records. There

When a trustee gives assets to the beneficiary and has no other duty. AKA naked trust and simple trust. Refer to active trust.

A charter when the charterer leases a vessel with no crew. A crew is chosen by the party leasing. AKA dry lease.

When a leasee can buy the asset leased at the end of the term. The price is lowver than fair market value. If noncancelable lease has this clause it is a capital

A boat that is flat. It travels canals and rivers. It is uncovered and can be pushed or towed.

A bank started in 1762. It was most stable in the world for a long time. In 1995 it collapsed because Nick Leeson did unauthorised trading. It was bought by ING.

A tool that measures atmospheric pressure with mercury. The two types are mercury and aneroid barometers.

The price a company sets for goods and services. Other companies use this to set their prices.

A mathematical formula used to decide american options value for equity. The black scholes option pricing model is used to help this. AKA quadratic approximation method.

A unit of caro whose volume is 5 Ft3 or 0.141 M3. Eight of these barrels are a freight ton. Twenty of them is a registered ton.

Material used to make barrels. It is meant to stop leaking of gas, liquid, and radiation.

A COMPLEX DERIVATIVE contract that creates or extinguishes an underlying EUROPEAN OPTION as the price of the market reference moves through a specified BARRIER. Four versions of the barrier option are commonly

The issues that prevent communication in an office. Some of these barriers are status, gendre, cultural, prejucdices, and environment.