HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - HIPAA
The U.S Congress created this act in 1996 that amends both the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to protect those people covered by health insurance and to set standards for the storage and privacy of personal medical data.
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VPP
Volumetric Production Payment (VPP) is a structured investment in which the owner of an oil and gas interest is selling a specific volume productio ...
Value Line Index
Value Line Index refers to a stock index that consists of about 1,675 companies from the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, ...
eXtensible Business Reporting Language - XBRL
Standard developed to improve the method financial data is conveyed, making exchanging of business information easier. It is a type of XML, a speci ...
Perfect Competition
A market structure where the following five standards are met:
All firms sell an same product;
All firms are price tak ...
Cardboard Box Index
Index measuring industrial production by using the number of cardboard boxes to evaluate purchases of consumer goods. Acts as an industrial indicat ...
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Retirement Planning: Last-Minute Preparation
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An Introduction to Ethical Investing
Ethical investing is, simply put, investing while taking into consideration your personal beliefs or your ethics. Because it is personal, it means ...
How Much Does a Home Remodeling Cost?
If your house can handle a renovation, the next thing you need to find out is the cost of a home remodeling.
You may nee ...
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