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July 2009 Current Events: Business/Science News
U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of July 2009. Unemployment Rate Reaches 9.5%; 467,000 Jobs Lost in June (July 2): The Labor Department…Create Your Own Financial Plan
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Web: www.dallasfed.org/htm/wealth/intro.html .Determine Your Net Worth Add up the value of all your assets, including bank accounts, stocks and bonds,…American International Group
(Encyclopedia) American International Group (AIG), American multinational insurance corporation whose potential bankruptcy in 2008 led to the largest federal bailout of a private company. AIG was…nationality
(Encyclopedia) nationality, in political theory, the quality of belonging to a nation, in the sense of a group united by various strong ties. Among the usual ties are membership in the same general…Qaddafi, Muammar al-
(Encyclopedia) Qaddafi, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar al-m&oomacr;äm-märˈ äl-käd-däˈfē [key], 1942–2011, Libyan army officer and dictator. He graduated from the Univ. of Libya in 1963 and became an…Panama Canal.
In 1524, King Charles V of Spain ordered a survey of a waterway across the isthmus in consideration of building a canal. In 1878, the Colombian government gave a construction concession to…January 2016 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of January…The Devil's Dictionary: Owe
by Ambrose Bierce OVERWORKOYSTEROWE -v To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is…September 2001 News and Events
World U.S. Accepts China's Missile Program (Sept. 1): Plans to drop objections to China's arms buildup in compromise to overcome objections to American missile-defense program. Race Conference…Trending
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