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S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats — Companies that have had an increase in dividends for 25 consecutive years. The S P Dividend Aristocrats index tracks the performance of these companies. A dividend aristocrat tends to be a large blue chip company. The recession of 2008/2009… … Investment dictionary
Dividend Aristocrat — A company that has continuously increased the amount of dividends it pays to its shareholders. To be considered a dividend aristocrat, a company must typically have raised dividends for at least 25 years. More specifically, the company needs to… … Investment dictionary
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Leggett & Platt — (L P) (NYSE|LEG) is a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer that conceives, designs and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products that can be found in virtually every home, office, retail store, and automobile. The company… … Wikipedia
Financial history of the Dutch Republic — describes the history of the interrelated development of financial institutions in the Dutch Republic. The rapid economic development of the country after the Dutch Revolt in the years 1585 1620, described in Economic History of the Netherlands… … Wikipedia
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Jezreel Valley railway — The Jezreel Valley railway, or simply the Valley railway ( he. רכבת העמק, Rakevet HaEmek ) refers to a historical railroad in Ottoman and British Palestine, which was part of the larger Hejaz railway and ran along the Jezreel Valley.It was built… … Wikipedia
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
Without Doubt — by Andy Clausen (1991) This lively book of poetry was published just a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and amid the rapid changes that were taking place within the former Soviet Union. As a poet who had been deeply influenced by… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
