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The discipline, art, skill and profession of applying scientific knowledge and principles to the design and manufacturing of machines, structures, devices, systems, materials and processes.
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Financial services; General Finance
A nickname for the Washington Public Power Supply System, which in the 1970s raised billions of dollars through municipal bond offerings, the projects that never materialized. ...
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Financial services; General Finance
Come from when issued. Treasury bills trade on a WI basis between the day they are auctioned and the day settlement is made. Bills traded before they are auctioned are said to be ...
wide opening
Financial services; General Finance
Abnormally wide spread between the bid and asked prices of a security at the opening of a trading session.
widow-and-orphan stock
Financial services; General Finance
A stock paying high dividends with a low beta and noncyclical business, that is an extremely safe investment.
Wiener B? (Austrian Stock Exchange)
Financial services; General Finance
Established in 1771, the major securities market of Austria.
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Financial services; General Finance
The right of the seller of a Treasury bond futures contract to give notice of intent to deliver at or before 8:00 p.m. Chicago time after the closing of the exchange (3:15 p.m. ...
Williams Act
Financial services; General Finance
Federal legislation enacted in 1968 (and now constituting Rules 13d and 14d of the Security Exchange Act of 1934) that imposes requirements with respect to public tender offers.
