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1933 ACT
|
Securities
Act of 1933
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1934 ACT
|
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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ADRs
|
American
Depositary Receipts
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ADTV
|
average
daily trading volume
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AMEX OR AMSE
|
American
Stock Exchange
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ASCII
|
American
Standard Code for Information Interchange
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AZX
|
Arizona
Stock Exchange (formerly known as the Wunsch Auction System)
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CBOE
|
Chicago
Board Options Exchange
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CCC
|
CIK
Confirmation Code
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CCH
|
Commerce
Clearing House
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CDN
|
Canadian
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CEO
|
Chief
Executive Officer
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CFO
|
Chief
Financial Officer
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C.F.R.
|
Code of
Federal Regulations
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CFTC
|
Commodity
Futures Trading Commission
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CHX
|
Chicago
Stock Exchange
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CIK
|
Central
Index Key
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CIS
|
Congressional
Information Services
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CRD
|
Central
Registration Depository
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CUSIP NO.
|
Committee
on Uniform Security Identification Procedures number
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DCIA
|
Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996
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DOJ
|
Department
of Justice
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DIRPs
|
dividend or
interest reinvestment plans
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DRPs
|
Disclosure
Reporting Pages
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DRSPPs
|
dividend
reinvestment and share purchase plans
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EBCDIC
|
Extended
Binary Code Decimal Interchange Code
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ECNs
|
electronic
communication networks
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EDGAR
|
Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
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EPS
|
earnings
per share
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ERISA
|
Employee
Retirement Income Security Act
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ESOP
|
Employees
Stock Ownership Plan
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E.T.
|
Eastern
time
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FASB
|
Financial
Accounting Standards Board
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FBI
|
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
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FCPA
|
Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
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FDIC
|
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
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FILER MANUAL
|
EDGAR Filer
Manual
|
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FINS
|
Financial
Industry Numbering System
|
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FOIA
|
Freedom of
Information Act
|
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F.R.
|
Federal
Register
|
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FTP
|
file
transfer protocol
|
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GAAP
|
generally
accepted accounting principles
|
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GAAS
|
generally
accepted auditing standards
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HTML
|
hypertext
markup language
|
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IOSCO
|
International
Organization of Securities Commissions
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IPO
|
initial
public offering
|
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IRS
|
Internal
Revenue Service
|
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LIBOR
|
London
Interbank Offered Rate
|
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LLC
|
limited
liability company
|
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MAS
|
Monetary
Authority of Singapore
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MD&A
|
Management's
Discussion and Analysis
|
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MJDS
|
Multi-jurisdictional
Disclosure System
|
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MOU
|
Memorandum
of Understanding
|
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MSRB
|
Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board
|
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NASD
|
National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
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NASDAQ
|
National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
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NASDR
|
National
Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, Inc.
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NMS
|
National
Market System
|
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NOBOS
|
Non-Objecting
Beneficial Owners
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NYSE
|
New York
Stock Exchange
|
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OTC
|
over-the-counter
(market)
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PCX
|
Pacific
Stock Exchange
|
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PFN
|
Private
Financial Network
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PHLX
|
Philadelphia
Stock Exchange
|
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PMAC
|
Password
Modification Authorization Code
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PORTAL
|
Private
Offering, Resale, and Trading through Automated Linkages
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PSLRA
|
Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (see also reform act)
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PW
|
Password
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QIBs
|
qualified
institutional buyers
|
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REFORM ACT
|
Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (see also PSLRA)
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REITs
|
real estate
investment trusts
|
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SARs
|
stock
appreciation rights
|
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SBA
|
Small
Business Administration
|
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SEC
|
Securities
and Exchange Commission
|
|
SIPC
|
Securities
Investor Protection Corporation
|
|
SLUSA
|
Securities
Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
|
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SROs
|
Self-Regulatory
Organizations
|
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STAT.
|
Statutes at
Large
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SUSMI
|
substantial
U.S. market interest
|
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U.S.
|
United
States
|
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U.S.C.
|
United
States Code
|
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U.S.C.C.A.N.
|
United
States Code Congressional and Administrative News
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WWW
|
World Wide
Web
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