SEGMENT
Segment is revenue-generating and cost-operating part or component of a business. The activities within a segment must be documented with attention to financial information. The performance of the segment is also to be scrutinized and reviewed periodically by the management prior to any decisions that involve the budget of a segment for its operating period.
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Collusion
Non-competitive secret agreement taking place between two or more entities. They seek to disrupt the market’s equilibrium by changing the pri ...
Trade Credit
Agreement in which a client can defer the payment for products and/or services acquired from a supplier. Upon the delivery of the goods, the trade ...
Secondary Stock
Secondary Stocks are those stocks which are perceived as those that carry higher risks compared to blue chips due to the small market capitalizatio ...
Maturity Date
Date on which the principal amount of a acceptance bond, draft, note, or other debt instrument is due for settlement and to be repaid to the invest ...
Group of 30 - G30
Consultative group comprised of academics and financiers that aims to facilitate understanding of financial and economic matters in private and pub ...
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08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | Mar | |
11:00 | Industrial Production | Feb | |
14:30 | Manufacturing Shipments | Feb | |
14:30 | Wholesale Sales | Feb | |
14:30 | Retail Sales | Mar | |
14:30 | NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index | Apr | |
16:00 | Business Inventories | Feb | |
16:00 | NAHB Housing Market Index | Apr | |
04:00 | Real GDP | 1 quarter |