Monthly Archives: October 2008
Stock Market Investing for Beginners
Guide to investing terms, definitions, financial ratios, stock market explanations and concepts. Investing acronym guide with definitions.
Posted in Business, Economics, Tutorials Tagged balance sheet, cash flow, current ratio, debt to equity ratio, earnings per share, equity, finance, financial analysis, financial leverage, financial ratios, financial statements, fixed assets, growth rate, income statement, investing, peg ratio, price to earnings ratio, profit margin, quick ratio, return on assets, return on capital employed, return on equity, sales, share, shareholders, stock, stock market, working capital 5 Comments
Word Power: Liberal
Today’s lesson in Word Power is to understand the etymology and history behind the word liberal.
Liberal: [lib-er-al]
(Adj.)
Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behaviors of others; broad-minded.
(Noun)
A person with liberal [...]
Posted in Etymology Tagged alis, alius, american revolution, enlightenment, grammar, jean-jacques rousseau, john adams, john locke, latin, liber, liberal, liberalis, liberation, liberty, thomas jefferson, thomas paine, word power, words 7 Comments
Smart Spanish VI
A Spanish translation of a selected quote from gangster Al Capone.
Posted in Economics, International Tagged al capone, america, americanism, capitalism, gangster, oppoprtunist, opportunity, optimism, smart spanish, spanish, spanish lessons, the american dream 1 Comment
Market Mondays Stock Pick of the Week: Datascope Corp (DSCP)
Datascope Corporation was the focus of this weekly series stock pick of the week, however it has since been acquired by Getinge AB.
Posted in Business, Current Events, Economics Tagged cardiovascular, datascope, datascope corp, datascope financial analysis, datascope stock valuation, fiber optic iabp, healthcare, intra-aorta balloon pump, market advice, medical devices, medical devices and diagnostics, nasdaq, stock market, stock pick, stocks, vascular 16 Comments
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
In her book Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome [PTSS]: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary, Ph. D., proposes that the current generation of inner city African Americans are suffering a collective case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
What?
Before discussing the details of Dr. Leary’s theory, it will be helpful to review the basics [...]
AREVA to Build Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing Facility in Virginia
Northrop Grumman announced last week that it has teamed up with AREVA, the largest Nuclear Energy producer in the world and backbone of the French Nuclear Industry. The joint venture will be known as AREVA Newport News LLC.
This company will combine the depth of French nuclear expertise provided by AREVA with the manufacturing technology and large skilled labor [...]
Posted in Current Events, Economics, Energy, Science, Technology Tagged areva, japan steel works, manufacturing, newport news, northrop grumman, nuclear energy 6 Comments
McMaverick
The global economic situation, according to a senior analyst from Haaretz, will initiate a political change upon the international stage. Many countries, which are now desperate for money to offset the financial crisis and support their own financial institutions, will cease putting added pressure on Tehran to withhold its nuclear enrichment process.
Nations like China, Germany [...]
Posted in Economics, Energy, International Tagged china, europe, financial crisis, germany, iran, john mccain, mcdonalds, middle east, north korea, oil, pakistan, russia, tehran 1 Comment
Word Power: Conservative
Today’s lesson in Word Power is to understand the etymology and history behind the word conservative.
Conservative: [con-ser-va-tive]
(Adj.)
Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
Moderate; cautious
(Noun)
One favoring traditional views and values
A supporter of political conservatism (American Heritage Dictionary)
Etymology
In order to understand the etymology of the word conservative, we must first, get to the root of [...]
Posted in Etymology Tagged adjective, con, congregate, conservation, conservative, conserve, converge, cum, grammar, ive, latin, noun, observe, prefix, preserve, quantitative, representative, root, servatus, suffix, words 18 Comments
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