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DOUBLE TAXATION: The payment of income taxes on corporate profits twice, once when it is received by a corporation as profit and second when it is received by shareholders as dividends. Double taxation has been thorn in the side of those who own a lot of corporate stock and thus receive a lot of stock dividends. It is also problem in standard corporations (C corporations) which as given rise to a newer legal type of firm, S corporation, which is not subject to double taxation.
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PRIVATIZATION The process of converting or "selling off" government-owned assets, properties, or production activities to private ownership. Privatization is usually undertaken either to generate revenue for the government or as part of an overall laissez faire approach to the economy.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages looking to buy either a rechargeable flashlight or storage boxes for your computer software CDs. Be on the lookout for infected paper cuts.
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Junk bonds are so called because they have a better than 50% chance of default, carrying a Standard & Poor's rating of CC or lower.
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"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Sir Winston Churchill
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CHIPS
Clearing House Interbank Payments Systems (US)
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