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  • Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list...
    106 KB (14,600 words) - 15:54, 1 May 2024
  • A director general or director-general (plural: directors general, directors-general, director generals or director-generals ) is a senior executive officer...
    15 KB (1,642 words) - 05:56, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Motorcycle testing and measurement
    Motorcycle testing and measurement includes a range of more than two dozen statistics giving the specifications of the motorcycle, and the actual performance...
    21 KB (2,725 words) - 10:37, 29 August 2022
  • Thumbnail for Colleges of the University of Cambridge
    The University of Cambridge is composed of 31 colleges in addition to the academic departments and administration of the central university. Until the...
    58 KB (2,586 words) - 16:12, 24 April 2024
  • Numeris (formerly the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement, or BBM Canada) is a Canadian audience measurement organization. Established on May 11, 1944 as a...
    5 KB (550 words) - 03:22, 24 March 2023
  • Roy Furr (1907 — June 13, 1975) was the president of the Furr's chain of supermarkets and restaurants after his older brother Key Furr. Furr was born in...
    7 KB (875 words) - 01:51, 27 September 2022
  • The Colima Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Colima) was a Mexican drug trafficking and methamphetamine producing cartel operating in Guadalajara, Jalisco. It...
    8 KB (803 words) - 13:59, 10 May 2023
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    The Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 (GT-S7270/GT-S7272/GT-S7275R) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the Android operating system. Announced and released...
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  • Thumbnail for Traffic enforcement camera
    A traffic enforcement camera (also a red light camera, speed camera, road safety camera, road rule camera, photo radar, photo enforcement, Gatso, safety...
    89 KB (9,611 words) - 17:33, 6 April 2024
  • A high-yield investment program (HYIP) is a type of Ponzi scheme, an investment scam that promises unsustainably high return on investment by paying previous...
    11 KB (1,140 words) - 19:23, 2 February 2024
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    Millicom International Cellular SA (NASDAQ U.S.: TIGO, NASDAQ Stockholm: TIGO_SDB) is a Luxembourgish fixed line and mobile telecommunications services...
    32 KB (3,415 words) - 08:42, 28 April 2024
  • Pay-to-play, sometimes pay-for-play or P2P, is a phrase used for a variety of situations in which money is exchanged for services or the privilege to engage...
    27 KB (3,400 words) - 05:59, 16 April 2024
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    House numbering is the system of giving a unique number to each building in a street or area, with the intention of making it easier to locate a particular...
    49 KB (6,873 words) - 09:57, 5 April 2024
  • A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student...
    4 KB (536 words) - 06:32, 7 March 2023
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    Paris Club (French: Club de Paris) is a group of major creditor countries aiming to provide a sustainable way to tackle debt problems in debtor countries...
    34 KB (4,159 words) - 18:21, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fragile States Index
    The Fragile States Index (FSI; formerly the Failed States Index) is an annual report mainly published and supported by the United States think tank the...
    16 KB (1,567 words) - 09:45, 30 April 2024
  • Penfold Golf Ltd. is a British sporting goods manufacturer of golf equipment founded in 1929 by Albert Ernest Penfold (1884–1941). Golf equipment include...
    5 KB (548 words) - 02:48, 23 June 2023
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    Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking. Founded...
    7 KB (719 words) - 05:24, 14 March 2022
  • Information and communication technology (ICT) in Kosovo has experienced a remarkable development since 1999. From being almost non-existent 10 years ago...
    53 KB (4,616 words) - 13:11, 17 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
    The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times...
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