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Corporate Integrity Project — The Corporate Integrity Project is a project of the National Legal and Policy Center which seeks to promote integrity in corporate governance, including honesty and fair play in relationships with shareholders, employees, business partners and… … Wikipedia
Friends and Family virus — n. A computer virus that infects a machine and then replicates by e mailing copies of itself to people in the user s address book. Example Citation: Trojan worms resort to all sorts of unusual and clever tactics to persuade users to activate them … New words
Marriage and Relationships — alpha earner batmobiling beanpole family bridezilla briet Brokeback marriage cougar cougar lif … New words
Money — 419 scam affluenza alpha boomer alpha earner appraisal mill bad debt art bid shielding BIY … New words
microcredit — (MY.croh.cred.it) n. A loan program that offers small, short term loans to help people become self employed. Also: micro credit, micro credit. Example Citation: Microcredit got its start in Bangladesh in 1976, when Muhammad Yunus, an economics… … New words
peer lending — n. A credit arrangement in which a small group of borrowers guarantee each other s loans in lieu of providing collateral. Example Citation: A large number of U.S. microenterprise programs...have adopted the Grameen Bank s peer lending group… … New words
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
Tymnet — was an international data communications network headquartered in San Jose, California that used virtual call packet switched technology and X.25, SNA/SDLC, ASCII and BSC interfaces to connect host computers (servers) at thousands of large… … Wikipedia
Concert Communications Services — was a $1 billion joint venture, originally launched June 1994 by BT Group and MCI Communications. Portugal Telecom became a partner in 1997.[1] Concert was the first multi service global end to end telecommunications provider [2][3], which broke… … Wikipedia
National Science Foundation Network — The National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) was a program of coordinated, evolving projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) beginning in 1985 to promote advanced research and education networking in the United States.[1]… … Wikipedia
