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BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS: The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organization which fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability. Established in 1930, the BIS is the world's oldest international financial organization. The head office is in Basel, Switzerland and there are two representative offices: in the Hong Kong, China and in Mexico City. As its customers are central banks, the BIS cannot accept deposits from, or provide financial services to, private individuals or corporate entities.
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LABOR The mental and physical human efforts used in the production of goods and services. This is one of four basic categories of resources, or factors of production. The other three are capital, land, and entrepreneurship.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a flea market trying to buy either a how-to book on the art of negotiation or a flower arrangement for your aunt. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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Helping spur the U.S. industrial revolution, Thomas Edison patented nearly 1300 inventions, 300 of which came out of his Menlo Park "invention factory" during a four-year period.
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"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. " -- Babe Ruth, baseball player
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Vancouver Stock Exchange (Canada)
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