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Director of Investor Relations

Danette R.M. Meyer, Ph.D. Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am responsible for disseminating material information about a specialty pharmaceutical company…

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…

The Congress of Women: Woman as an Investor

by Mrs. Louise A. Starkweather The Progress of Fifty YearsThe Feast of Columbia, 1493-1893.Woman as an Investor Mrs. Louise A. Starkweather is a native of West Virginia. She was born March…

Slim Helú, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Slim Helú, CarlosSlim Helú, Carloscärˈlōs slēm hēl&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1940–, Mexican business executive. The son of a Lebanese Maronite immigrant who became a successful merchant and…

exchange-traded fund

(Encyclopedia) exchange-traded fund (ETF), in finance, an investment company that in exchange for the deposit of a portfolio of stocks, bonds, commodities, or other assets issues securities that…

Commonwealth Fund

(Encyclopedia) Commonwealth Fund, foundation established (1918) by Anna M. Harkness, wife of Stephen V. Harkness, an early Standard Oil investor, “for the welfare of mankind.” Its headquarters are in…

Vescovo, Victor Lance

(Encyclopedia) Vescovo, Victor Lance, 1966–, American private equity investor and adventurer, b. Dallas, Tex., M.B.A. Harvard, 1994. He was a principal at Lehman Brothers (1991–92), a senior manager…

Haughey, Charles James

(Encyclopedia) Haughey, Charles JamesHaughey, Charles Jameshôˈkhē, –hē [key], 1925–2006, Irish politician. A successful accountant and real estate investor, he entered Parliament as a Fianna Fáil…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropic institution founded in 1994 by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to improve the lives of the poor throughout the…

Musk, Elon

(Encyclopedia) Musk, Elon Musk, Elon ēˈlŏn [key], 1971–, American business executive and entrepreneur, b…