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How to Buy Life Insurance

Source: The American Council of Life Insurers. Web: www.acli.com/public/media/mainframe_med.htm .Types of Life InsuranceFinding an AgentChoosing a PolicyConsider Other ProvisionsResearch the Company…

Marlins Buy The Big One

Florida Marlins' shortstop Edgar Renteria gets a lift from teammate Gary Sheffield (r) and World Series and NLCS MVP Livan Hernandez (l) after singling in the winning run in the bottom of the…

puts and calls

(Encyclopedia) puts and calls, in securities trading. A call is a contract that gives the holder the right to purchase a given stock at a specific price within a designated period of time. It is the…

July 2016: Verizon Buys Yahoo!

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of July 2016. 1. No Charges Filed for Hillary Clinton 2. Police…

Carey Land Act

(Encyclopedia) Carey Land Act, sponsored by Sen. Joseph M. Carey and passed by the U.S. Congress in 1894. The act provided for the transfer to Western states of U.S.-owned desert lands on the…

Simon Magus

(Encyclopedia) Simon MagusSimon Magusmāˈgəs [key], Samaritan sorcerer who attempted to buy spiritual power from the apostles. From this comes the term simony. He is mentioned in the Acts of the…

Grady, Henry Woodfin

(Encyclopedia) Grady, Henry Woodfin, 1850–89, American journalist and orator, b. Athens, Ga. In 1879 a gift from Cyrus W. Field enabled him to buy into the Atlanta Constitution. He gained fame with…

corner

(Encyclopedia) corner, securing of all or nearly all the supply of any commodity or stock so that its buyers are forced to pay exorbitant prices. Corners may be planned deliberately or may be brought…

boycott

(Encyclopedia) boycott, concerted economic or social ostracism of an individual, group, or nation to express disapproval or coerce change. The practice was named (1880) after Capt. Charles Cunningham…

Danegeld

(Encyclopedia) DanegeldDanegelddānˈgĕldˌ [key], medieval land tax originally raised to buy off raiding Danes and later used for military expenditures. In England the tribute was first levied in 868,…