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September 29, 2011

Roger Ward Babson (1875–1967) statistician and stock market analyst

September 29, 2011

Babson, Roger Ward (1875–1967) statistician and stock market analyst Babson was born into a well-established New England family.

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September 22, 2011

Bank bailouts

September 22, 2011

A “bank bailout” occurs when a regulatory or government authority provides assistance to a bank that is failing and on the path to insolvency.

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July 9, 2011

Balance of Trade

July 9, 2011
Difference between the value of total imports and exports of a country over a specific period of time.
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June 8, 2011

Balance of Payments

June 8, 2011
Financial summary of all international transactions.
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June 8, 2011

Bakke v. Board of Regents of California (June 28, 1978)

June 8, 2011
Controversial 5 to 4 decision handed down June 28, 1978, in which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional rigid racial quotas...
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June 8, 2011

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

June 8, 2011
Uprising in the Virginia Colony over the government’s refusal to retaliate against an Indian attack—the rebellion ultimately opened up Western lands for the settlers.
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June 8, 2011

Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676)

June 8, 2011
Colonist responsible for the outbreak of Bacon’s rebellion in the Virginia Colony in the 1670s.
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June 8, 2011

Baby Boom

June 8, 2011
Explosive population increase that occurred between 1946 and 1964.
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December 27, 2010

Business schools

December 27, 2010
The establishment of business schools changed the way many businesspeople were educated.
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December 27, 2010

Business cycles

December 27, 2010
The term “business cycle” is slightly misleading, because fluctuations in overall output and related economic indicators do not occur at precisely regular intervals.
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December 27, 2010

Business crimes

December 27, 2010
Although business crimes can be perpetrated by business owners, most white-collar crimes are committed by individuals who work for or manage businesses.
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December 26, 2010

Bush tax cuts of 2001

December 26, 2010
The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act was designed to give tax breaks to business owners and the upper class in an effort to stimulate the market.
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December 26, 2010

Warren Buffett

December 26, 2010
Buffett turned a talent for business and a head for numbers into a very successful investment career. His investment strategies and business plans have been both copied and criticized.
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December 26, 2010

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

December 26, 2010
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was the first national union of any profession to be organized by African Americans.
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December 26, 2010

Bridges

December 26, 2010
Bridges are important to commerce in that they permit travel by roadway over otherwise impassable bodies of water, thus making trading easier and faster.
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December 26, 2010

Bretton Woods Agreement

December 26, 2010
The International Monetary Fund maintains a system of fixed exchange rates centered on gold and the U.S. dollar, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development provides economic assistance to developing countries.
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December 26, 2010

Bracero program

December 26, 2010
Instituted during World War II, the bracero program brought a much-needed influx of Mexican laborers to the fields of the American West, making California the breadbasket of the United States and of much of the world.
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December 26, 2010

Consumer Boycotts

December 26, 2010
Consumer boycotts are used by various political and social-awareness groups and individual consumers in an effort to effect change or simply to punish a company for a perceived injustice.
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December 26, 2010

Boston Tea Party

December 26, 2010
Before 1767, most residents of the British American colonies drank smuggled Dutch tea rather than pay the high British tax on tea.
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December 26, 2010

Book publishing

December 26, 2010
Book publishing has been a significant presence in America since colonial times, with almanacs, primers, and law books originally forming the foundation of the industry.
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December 26, 2010

Bond industry

December 26, 2010
Bonds are financial instruments by which buyers lend money to sellers under the terms outlined for each particular bond.
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December 26, 2010

Bloomberg’s Business News Services

December 26, 2010
Bloomberg’s offered its clients upto-the-minute and breaking news about financial markets, allowing them to respond immediately to events that could influence the value of investments.
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December 26, 2010

Black Monday

December 26, 2010
The Black Monday crash, one of the worst in U.S. history, had an enormous impact on American and world business.
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December 26, 2010

Black Hills gold rush

December 26, 2010
The gold rush led to the development of the Homestake mine, which operated for 125 years and produced 10 percent of the world’s supply of gold.
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