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April 2010 Current Events: Business News

U.S. News | World News | Science/Disasters News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of April 2010. Sales of New Cars Rise in March, Due Partly to Toyota's Recalls (…

1998 Study of Housing Costs

According to the E &Y Kenneth Leventhal Eighth Annual Housing Costs Study, Oklahoma City remained the city where housing took the smallest bite from employee paychecks in 1998. New York…

Foster, Stephen Collins

(Encyclopedia) Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826–64, American songwriter and composer, b. Lawrenceville, Pa. His pioneer family was aware of his talent for music, but not understanding it they provided…

multinational corporation

(Encyclopedia) multinational corporation, business enterprise with manufacturing, sales, or service subsidiaries in one or more foreign countries, also known as a transnational or international…

Research Triangle Park

(Encyclopedia) Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3…

John Donne: Stay, O Sweet

Break of DayStay, O sweet, and do not rise; The light that shines comes from thine eyes; The day breaks not, it is my heart, Because that you and I must part. Stay, or else my joys will…

Le Moyne, François

(Encyclopedia) Le Moyne, Le Moine, or Lemoine, FrançoisLe Moyne, Le Moine, or Lemoine, Françoisall: fräNswäˈ lə mwänˈ [key], 1688–1737, French painter. After a stay in Venice in 1723, he developed a…

Tuskegee University

(Encyclopedia) Tuskegee University, at Tuskegee, Ala.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1881 by Booker T. Washington as Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. It became Tuskegee Institute in…

Terms To Know

Front-end Load: A front-end load is a sales charge you pay when you buy shares. This type of load, which by law cannot be higher than 8.5% of your investment, reduces the amount of your…

U.S. Avoids Default in 2011 and 2013

What would happen if the U.S. defaults? That's the $14 trillion question.     Related Links Economy 101 Business Basics Quiz Personal Finance Nobel Prize for Economics Labor…