| Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA).The original Atari Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari
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| Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field (formerly Jacobs Field). The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona. Since their establishment in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920 and 1948. Cleveland_Indians
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| Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation was an American personal computer company founded in 1982, and is now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard.The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto Texas Instruments senior managers. The name "COMPAQ" was derived from "Compatibility and Quality", as at its formation Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers. Compaq
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| General Motors General_Motors
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| General Electric General_Electric
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| Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923), , is a German-born American political scientist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the Nixon Administration.A proponent of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a dominant role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. Henry_Kissinger
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| Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson
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| Hearst Corporation Hearst Communications, Inc. is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. The Hearst family is involved in the ownership and management of the company.Hearst is one of the largest diversified communications companies in the world. Hearst_Corporation
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| Hedge fund A hedge fund is an investment fund open to a limited range of investors that is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of investment and trading activities than other investment funds and pays a performance fee to its investment manager. Each fund has its own strategy which determines the type of investments and the methods of investment it undertakes. Hedge funds, as a class, invest in a broad range of investments including shares, debt and commodities. Hedge_fund
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| Intel Corporation Intel_Corporation
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| Internalization Internalization has different definitions depending on the field that the term is used in. Internalization is the opposite of externalization. Internalization
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| Insider trading Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities (e.g. bonds or stock options) by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company. In most countries, trading by corporate insiders such as officers, key employees, directors, and large shareholders may be legal, if this trading is done in a way that does not take advantage of non-public information. Insider_trading
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| James L. Jones James Logan Jones Jr. (born 19 December 1943) is the current United States National Security Advisor and a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general. During his military career, he served as Commander, United States European Command (COMUSEUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) from 2003 to 2006 and as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service. James_L._Jones
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| Microsoft Talk:Microsoft
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| Nortel Nortel Networks Corporation ( and ), formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, is a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On January 14, 2009, Nortel filed for protection from creditors in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, in order to restructure its debt and financial obligations. Nortel
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| Siberia [[ Siberian Federal District Siberia
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| Wal-Mart Wal-Mart
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| Xerox Xerox Corporation (; name ) is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (moved from Stamford, Connecticut in October 2007), though its largest population of employees is based in and around Rochester, New York, the area in which the company was founded. Xerox
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| 3Com 3Com
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| Enron Talk:Enron
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| The Walt Disney Company The_Walt_Disney_Company
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| Dividend Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholders. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two usesretained earnings), or it can be paid to the shareholders as a dividend. Dividend
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| Ponzi scheme Talk:Ponzi_scheme
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| Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (, ) is a multinational corporation with more than 66,000 employees and annual revenue of US$39 billion as of 2008. Headquartered in San Jose, California, it designs and sells networking and communications technology and services.Cisco's stock was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 8, 2009. It replaced General Motors which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Cisco_Systems
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| Altria Group Altria Group, Inc. () (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.), based in Henrico County, Virginia, is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc., Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and Ste Michelle Wine Estates, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations. Altria_Group
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| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets. U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission
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| MCI Inc. MCI, Inc. is an American telecommunications subsidiary of Verizon Communications that is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia. The corporation was originally formed as a result of the merger of WorldCom (formerly known as LDDS followed by LDDS WorldCom) and MCI Communications, and used the name MCI WorldCom followed by WorldCom before taking its final name on April 14, 2003 as part of the corporation's emergence from bankruptcy. MCI_Inc.
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| Sergey Brin Sergey_Brin
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| Unisys Unisys Corporation (), based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware, is a provider of information technology services and programs. Unisys
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| Initial public offering Initial public offering (IPO), also referred to simply as a "public offering" or "flotation," is when a company issues common stock or shares to the public for the first time. They are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately-owned companies looking to become publicly traded.In an IPO the issuer may obtain the assistance of an underwriting firm, which helps it determine what type of security to issue (common or preferred), best offering price and time to bring it to market. Initial_public_offering
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| Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (), also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002, as a reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron, Tyco International, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems and WorldCom. Sarbanes-Oxley_Act
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| Standard Industrial Classification Standard Industrial Classification (abbreviated SIC) is a United States government system for classifying industries by a four-digit code. Established in 1937, it is being supplanted by the six-digit North American Industry Classification System, which was released in 1997; however certain government departments and agencies, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), still use the SIC codes. Standard_Industrial_Classification
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| Zero-coupon bond A zero-coupon bond (also called a discount bond or deep discount bond) is a bond bought at a price lower than its face value, with the face value repaid at the time of maturity. It does not make periodic interest payments, or have so-called "coupons," hence the term zero-coupon bond. Zero-coupon_bond
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| KPMG KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. KPMG employs over 136,500 people in a global network of professional services firms spanning over 140 countries. Composite revenues of KPMG member firms in 2008 were $22.7 billion USD (14.5% growth from 2007). KPMG
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| Pixar Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements. Pixar
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| International Financial Reporting Standards International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are Standards, Interpretations and the Framework (in the absence of a Standard or an Interpretation) adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). In the absence of a Standard or an Interpretation that specifically applies to a transaction, management must use its judgement in developing and applying an accounting policy that results in information that is relevant and reliable. International_Financial_Reporting_Standards
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| Frito-Lay For the chips synonymous with the company, see Fritos and Lay's.Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) is a division of PepsiCo, Inc. which manufactures, markets and sells a variety of corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods. FLNA is headquartered in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Frito-Lay
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| Financial statements Financial statements (or financial reports) are formal records of the financial activities of a business, person, or other entity. In British English, including United Kingdom company law, financial statements are often referred to as accounts, although the term financial statements is also used, particularly by accountants.Financial statements provide an overview of a business or person's financial condition in both short and long term. Financial_statements
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| James H. Clark Dr. James H. Clark (born 1944) is a prolific entrepreneur and former computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation, myCFO and Healtheon. His research work in computer graphics led to the development of systems for fast rendering of computer images. He is also a devoted sailor and the owner of several high-tech sailboats that he has helped to design. James_H._Clark
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| Dell Dell
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| Harken Energy scandal The Harken Energy scandal (more appropriately known as the "Harken Energy kerfuffle") refers to a series of transactions entered into during 1990 involving Harken Energy. These transactions are alleged to involve either issues relating to insider trading, or influence peddling. No wrongdoings were found by any investigating authorities although the matter generated political controversy. Harken_Energy_scandal
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| Short (finance) In finance, short selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling assets, usually securities, that have been borrowed from a third party with the intention of buying identical assets back at a later date to return to the lender. The short seller hopes to profit from a decline in the value of the assets, when he will pay less to repurchase the assets than he received on selling them. Short_(finance)
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| Dallas, Oregon The city of Dallas is the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. Originally named either Cynthia Ann or Cynthian (evidence supports either form), Dallas was later named after George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States (1845 - 1849) under James Knox Polk, the same person for whom Dallas, Texas is thought to be named. The population was 12,459 at the 2000 census, with an unofficial estimated population of 15,065 in 2007. Dallas,_Oregon
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| Duke Nukem Forever Duke_Nukem_Forever
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| Penthouse (magazine) Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by Penthouse Media Group, Inc. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International Inc. Penthouse_(magazine)
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| Federalist Society Federalist_Society
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| Closed-end fund A closed-end fund, or closed-ended fund is a collective investment scheme with a limited number of shares. New shares are rarely issued after the fund is launched; shares are not normally redeemable for cash or securities until the fund liquidates. Typically an investor can acquire shares in a closed-end fund by buying shares on a secondary market from a broker, market maker, or other investor as opposed to an Open-end fund where all transactions eventually involve the fund company creating new shares on the fly (in exchange for either cash or securities) or redeeming shares (for cash or securities). Closed-end_fund
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| Investment banking An investment bank is a financial institution that raises capital, trades in securities and manages corporate mergers and acquisitions. Investment banks profit from companies and governments by raising money through issuing and selling securities in the capital markets (both equity, bond) and insuring bonds (selling credit default swaps), as well as providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Investment_banking
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| XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio (XM) is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional traffic and weather channels and 23 play-by-play sports channels. XM channels are identified by Arbitron with the label "XM" (e.g. "XM32"). XM_Satellite_Radio
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| Fallout (series) Fallout is a series of role-playing games (RPGs) published by Interplay and, later, Bethesda Softworks. Although set in and after the 22nd and 23rd century, its story and artwork are influenced by the post-war culture of 1950s America, and its striking combination of hope for the promises of technology and lurking fear of nuclear annihilation. Fallout_(series)
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