PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
A practice by companies to make products in such a way that these products become outdated or useless for a known period of time. The goal is to make sure that consumers will have to buy the product many times, not just once.
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Equalization Payments
Payment the federal government made to an individual, province, or state to offset monetary imbalances between several parts of the country or indi ...
Seller
In the financial industry, a seller may be one of two things. First, it is an entity that may be an individual or a group that exchanges a product ...
SLL
SLL is the abbreviation for the currency in the Republic of Sierra Leone which is the Sierra Leone leone.
Error Term
Margin of error in a statistical and/or mathematical model created when the model fails to fully depict the actual connection between the independe ...
Treasury Bill - T-Bill
Short-term debt obligation with a maturity of less than one year. Backed by the US government, these debts are sold in denominations from $1,000 up ...
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Ethical Investing: Environmentally-Conscious Investing
Environmentalist or not, as an investor, you care so much about your surroundings. Hence, you invest in companies that can reduce their negative im ...
Buying a Home: Obtaining a Homeowners Insurance
You are one step closer to acquiring your dream house, and you want to make sure it has substantial protection against any disaster or occurrence t ...
A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Basics
For many filing your personal income tax is one of the most frustrating things to do. However, by planning ahead and pacing yourself, doing your ta ...
Ethical Investing: Knowing Human Rights and Workers` Rights
Ethical investors want to know how corporations treat people, specifically their workers. They depend on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Righ ...
Defining Inflation
Inflation is the sustained increase in the overall level of products and services in an economy over a particular time period. Expressed as percent ...
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