CORPORATE GOVERNANCE QUOTIENT - CGQ
Metric used to rate publicly traded companies relative to the quality of its corporate governance. Developed by the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Every public firm is assigned a rating based on numerous factors including corporate bylaws, structure and composition, quality of directors, and executive and director compensation charter.
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Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate - BBSY
The benchmark interest rate distributed and quoted by the Reuters Information Service. The BBSY is normally employed by corporations or financial i ...
Export Credit Agency - ECA
Financial institution or agency providing trade funding to domestic firms for international activities. They finance services including loans, guar ...
American Land Title Association - ALTA
It represents the title insurance industry. It focuses on a property's abstract of title. The organization also seeks to improve industry overs ...
Corporate Cannibalism
Self-infringement act on a company’s market share by issuing new products. Also called market cannibalization.
Alexander M. Cutler
The chairman and CEO of Eaton Corporation, a power-management company. The company is mainly producing hydraulics components, systems and services; ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 11:00 | Ifo Business Climate Index | Feb | |
| 11:00 | Ifo Current Assessment | Feb | |
| 11:00 | IFO - Expectations | Feb | |
| 13:00 | Bundesbank Monthly Report | ||
| 16:00 | NBB Business Climate | Feb | |
| 16:30 | ECB President Christine Lagarde to deliver a speech | ||
| 17:00 | Leading Index | Jan | |
| 22:30 | FOMC member Michelle Bowman to deliver a speech | ||
| 23:45 | Retail Sales | 4 quarter |
