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Finaghy Finaghy is an area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland. There has been a small commmunity in the area since the 1600s, and it has been involved in the production of linen, which was key to the Lagan Valley area at the time.
Final (band) Final is a project of Justin Broadrick, creator of the band Godflesh, which he started when he was just 13 years old. Unlike Godflesh, Final is primarily electronic in nature, taking on a space-like, dark ambient sound.
Final (music) In the church modes of Gregorian chant a final is the note or pitch in which most chants in a given mode end. The final of authentic modes is the bottom note of the mode, while in plagal modes it is a fourth above the bottom note.
Final cut privilege Final cut privilege is a film industry term usually used when a director has contractual authority over how a film is ultimately released for public viewing. On nearly all occasions, only established and bankable directors are given such a privilege (such as Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, and Ridley Scott).
Final Descent Final Descent is an album by Samhain, first released in 1990, more than three years after lead singer Glenn Danzig and bassist Eerie Von had recruited guitarist John Christ and drummer Chuck Biscuits to form Danzig.
Final Destination Final Destination is a 2000 horror film about a group of students who 'cheat death' by avoiding a plane crash but must eventually pay the price; the plot was based on an unused X-Files episode (director James Wong had been a writer, producer and director of that series) and has some interesting similarities with an episode of The Twilight Zone called Twenty-Two. The film is distributed by New Line Cinema.
Final Destination 3 Final Destination 3 is a 2006 horror film, the sequel to Final Destination 2 and the third film in the Final Destination series. It was distributed by New Line Cinema, written by Glen Morgan, and James Wong, produced by Craig Perry and directed by James Wong, who directed the first Final Destination movie.
Final Destination books Following the original 2000 film Final Destination and the resulting trilogy, a large series of books was produced, written by varied authors such as Natasha Rhodes and Andy McDermott. In total so far, there are nine books (three of which are novelizations of the first three films), with more on the way, all published by Black Flame.
Final Destination comics Following the original 2000 film Final Destination and the resulting trilogy as well as Black Flame's series of books, Zenescope Entertainment began producing a series of Final Destination comic books. Currently, only three have been published, and it seems to be the first three in a mini-series entitles Final Destination: Death Never Takes a Vacation.
Final Destination series Final Destination is a name of a horror film series by New Line Cinema created by Craig Perry and James Wong, comprised of Final Destination, Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 3 and is based on an unused X-Files script, catered by James Wong from his work with Chris Carter. It is also as a related series of books, published by Black Flame.
Final Doom Final Doom is a first-person shooter computer game that uses the game engine, items and characters from Doom II. It consists of two 32-level megawads (level files), The Plutonia Experiment by the Casali brothers, and TNT: Evilution by TeamTNT.
Final Draft Final Draft is a screenwriting software program designed for writing screenplays, teleplays and Stageplays. It supports both Mac OS X and Windows, and is considered one of two industry standards for screenwriting.
Final examination A final examination (or final exam) is a test given to students at the end of a course of study or training. Although the term can be used in the context of physical training, it most often occurs in the academic world.
Final Exit Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, is a controversial 1991 book by Derek Humphry, a newspaper reporter and author whose wife Jean ended her life with an intentional overdose of medication after a long and painful decline from terminal cancer. Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society in California and past president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, wrote the book as a how-to guide for terminally ill people who wish to end their lives.
Final Exit Network The Final Exit Network is an American association which promotes access to assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, formed in response to changes at the Hemlock Society which resulted in the Hemlock Society changing its name to End-of-Life Choices and a merger with another group, Compassion in Dying, to become Compassion & Choices.
Final four (disambiguation) Final four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. The term is most often used in the United States and in sports heavily influenced by that country; elsewhere the stage is simply called the "semi-finals" (which term is also used in the U.
Final Fantasy & Final Fantasy II Original Soundtrack Final Fantasy & Final Fantasy II Original Soundtrack is a soundtrack released for the PlayStation remakes of Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II. The music was arranged by Nobuo Uematsu, who also composed the scores for the games and Tsuyoshi Sekito.
Final Fantasy 1987-1994 Final Fantasy 1987-1994 is a Best Of, arranged, remixed and previously unreleased tracks soundtrack album of video game music from the Final Fantasy I to VI computer role-playing games, produced by Square Co., Ltd.. The album contains a selection of musical tracks from different albums of the games plus unreleased tracks and four vocals, arranged, remixed and performed by Nobuo Uematsu, Shiro Hamaguchi and others. Vocals were performed by various singers for "The Legend of The Great Forest" & "My Home, Sweet Home" and Svetla Krasteva for "Aria di Mezzo Carattere". "Dear Friends" is played on the piano by Toshiyuki Mori. It was first released on November 26, 1994, as a limited edition, and subsequently re-released on December 10, 1994, as the normal edition, and on October 1, 2004, as a re-release, by NTT Publishing Co., Ltd.. The limited edition release bears the catalog number PSCN-9101, the normal edition release bears the catalog number PSCN-5011, and the re-release bears the catalog number NTCP-5011.
Final Fantasy Agito XIII is a video game for mobile phones which, alongside Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, makes up the compilation Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII so far. Unveiled at EÂł '06, the game "[offers] players easy on-the-go access to the FINAL FANTASY XIII universe.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the first Final Fantasy game on a Nintendo console since Final Fantasy VI, as well as the first Square-produced game on a Nintendo platform since Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars in America (in Japan the last game was Treasure Hunter G).
Final Fantasy Finest Final Fantasy Finest is an upcoming release of a compilation of Final Fantasy games. Games in the compilation will include Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls, Final Fantasy III DS, Final Fantasy VI Advance, Final Fantasy V Advance, and Final Fantasy VI Advance, including the OSTs for the games.
Final Fantasy character classes The Final Fantasy series by Square Enix features a variety of classes (or jobs) that are assigned or assignable to each character in your active party. While many early games in the series have featured individual character classes, they did not appear, as such, in Final Fantasy VII through Final Fantasy X.
Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack is a soundtrack album of video game music from the Nintendo DS RPG remake of Final Fantasy III, produced by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS. The album contains the musical tracks from the game, originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu in 1990 and rearranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito and Keiji Kawamori, as well as two remixes, one from the Black Mages band and the other by muZik.
Final Fantasy IV Original Soundtrack Besides its various visual or plot-related revolutionary additions to the role-playing game genre, Final Fantasy IV also featured a rich score by Nobuo Uematsu. While not quite equalling the character theme-based score he would later complete for Final Fantasy VI, Oematsu pushed the medium past its status quo to complete a game whose sound would stay with its fans for years to come.
Final Fantasy IX |designer = Hironobu Sakaguchi (game producer, original concept)Shinji Hashimoto (game producer)Hiroyuki ItĹŤ (game director)Shukou Murase (main character designer)Kazuhiko Aoki (scenario writer)Yoshitaka Amano (original character designer, title logo designer)Nobuo Uematsu (composer)Hideo Minaba (art director)
Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack PLUS Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack PLUS is a video game soundtrack album for the computer role-playing game Final Fantasy IX. The album contains music from the majority of the game's full motion videos, several extra tracks, and one bonus track.
Final Fantasy Legend Final Fantasy Legend (魔界塔士Sa・Ga; Makai Tōshi Sa•Ga in Japan - roughly translated as "SaGa of the Demon Tower") is a Game Boy video game. As the first game in the SaGa series, it was released in 1989 by Square, and remade only in Japan for the Wonderswan Color.
Final Fantasy music Final Fantasy music refers to the soundtrack of the Final Fantasy series of console-based, usually plot-intensive Japanese role-playing games. The series' music ranges from very light background music to emotionally intense interweavings of character and situation leitmotifs.
Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy Tactics (often abbreviated as FFT) is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Squaresoft for the Sony PlayStation. It was distributed in Japan by Square, and in North America by Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a strategy video game for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. It is a spin-off of the popular Final Fantasy series, but not a sequel to 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics (although they share several traits), and was produced by Square Enix.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII is an action role-playing game video game developed and produced by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 video game console. Alongside Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the game makes up part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII compilation.
Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale is an arranged soundtrack album of video game music from the computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VI, produced by Squaresoft for the Super Famicom video game console (known internationally as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System). The album contains a selection of musical tracks from the game, arranged for orchestra and performed by the Milan Symphony Orchestra.
Final Fantasy VI: The Interactive CG Game Final Fantasy VI: The Interactive CG Game (also known as the Final Fantasy SGI demo, or Final Fantasy x (not related to the actual 10th game in the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy X)) was a short demonstration produced by video game developer Square Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy VII | designer = Hironobu Sakaguchi (game producer)Yoshinori Kitase (game director, scenario)Tetsuya Nomura (character designer)Kazushige Nojima (scenario)Yoshitaka Amano (image illustrator, title logo designer)Nobuo Uematsu (composer)
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - Original Soundtrack Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Original Soundtrack is a 2-disc soundtrack containing 26 tracks of music arrangements heard in the CGI-animated movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Many of these tracks were played to their entirety; however, a small few such as Those Who Fight (Piano Version) have a considerable amount of additional music not heard in the movie.
Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding is a snowboarding video game that is a spin-off of Final Fantasy VIIs popular snowboarding mini-game near the Icicle Inn, and its near-identical accompanying mini game in the Gold Saucer. It is not just a direct port, for things were added such as different courses and different models.
Final Fantasy VII technical demo The Final Fantasy VII technical demo is a short video clip created by Square Enix to illustrate the technical capabilities of Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3. The clip is a real-time recreation of the opening sequence of the 1997 role playing game Final Fantasy VII.
Final Fantasy X albums is a soundtrack album of video game music from the console role-playing game Final Fantasy X. It contains musical tracks from the game composed, arranged, produced and performed by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, and Junya Nakano.
Final Fantasy X-2 Final Fantasy X-2 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. Released in 2003 for the Sony PlayStation 2, it is the sequel to the best-selling Final Fantasy X, and the first direct sequel to an installment in the Final Fantasy series.
Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack is the video game music soundtrack album from the console role-playing game Final Fantasy X-2, developed and produced by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The album contains musical tracks from the game composed, arranged, performed and produced Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi.
Final Fantasy XI , also known as Final Fantasy XI: Online or simply Final Fantasy Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in Square Enix's Final Fantasy series. It debuted in Japan on the Sony PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002 and was released for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers on November 5 of the same year.
Final Fantasy XI character classes The Final Fantasy series by Square Enix features a variety of classes (or jobs) that are assigned or assignable to each character in your active party. The classes that appear in Final Fantasy XI, the first online-only title, have certain unique implementations that more closely follow MMORPG convention, while still evoking the traditions of their main-series roots.
Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia is the second expansion pack for the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI for the PlayStation 2 video game console and Windows PCs. It expands the world of Vana'diel by adding new locations, non-player characters (NPCs), and enemies.
Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the video game music from the role-playing game, Final Fantasy XII, produced and developed by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The album contains musical tracks from the game, composed and produced by Hitoshi Sakimoto.
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings is a video game for the Nintendo DS, and a sequel of the role-playing game Final Fantasy XII. The game features Final Fantasy XII characters Vaan, now an 18-year-old air pirate with his own airship, and Penelo, Vaan's 17-year-old navigator.
Final Fantasy XIII is an upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. It is the 13th installment in the main Final Fantasy series, and will be the first game of the series to be released on the Sony PlayStation 3.
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals was an anime original video animation (OVA) based on the Final Fantasy series of console role-playing games. It was released in Japan in 1994 and distributed by Urban Vision Entertainment in 1998 in North America.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited is an animated Japanese television series based on Square Enix's popular Final Fantasy role-playing game franchise. It was released in Japan in October 2001 and was originally scheduled for 52 weekly episodes, but was cut down to 25 episodes.
Final Flight of the Osiris Final Flight of the Osiris is one of nine short films in The Animatrix series, which reveals more about the world of The Matrix. It was written by the Wachowski Brothers and directed by Andy Jones, with CG-animation production and design by Square's North American division.
Final girl The final girl is a horror film trope that specifically refers to the last person (usually a woman) alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. The concept has been used in dozens of films, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Alien, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Final good In economics final goods are goods that are ultimately consumed rather than used in the production of another good. For example, a car sold to a consumer is a final good; the components such as tires sold to the car manufacturer are not; they are intermediate goods used to make the final good.
Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000 Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000, also known as Warhammer 40,000: Final Liberation is a turn-based strategy game released for the PC in 1997. The game is typically best known as the first of the Warhammer games to fully recreate the experience of the table-top game on a computer unlike other games which simply used the setting to create a RTS or FPS.
Final obstruent devoicing Final obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages such as German, Dutch, Polish, and Russian, among others. In these languages, voiced obstruents in the syllable coda or at the end of a word become voiceless.
Final Offer (film) Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and GM. Ultimately, it provided a historical record of the birth of the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) as Bob White, then head of the Canadian sector of the UAW, led his membership out of the International union and created the CAW.
Final protective fire Final protective fire refers to a tactical plan for a military unit, typically infantry, to protect itself in defense against attack. The plan generally includes machine gun, mortar, and artillery fire prearranged to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas.
Final statement When a criminal is convicted and sentenced to capital punishment, the criminal can make a final statement, or his "last words", before being executed. Much of the time, the last word is an apology to family, friends, or God.
Final Scratch Final Scratch is a DJ tool created by the Dutch company N2IT with input from Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) and John Acquaviva that allows manipulation and playback of digital audio sources using traditional vinyl and turntables. It seeks to cross the divide between the versatility of digital audio and the tactile control of vinyl turntablism.
Final Settlement A Final Settlement is an agreement reached by the parties to a lawsuit, usually in writing and/or read into the record in court, settling all issues. Usually there are elements of compromise, waiver of any right to re-open or appeal the matter even if there is information found later which would change matters (such as recurrence of a problem with an injury), mutual release of any further claim by each party, a statement that neither side is admitting fault, and some action or payment by one or both sides.
Final Solution The so-called "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" (German "Endlösung der Judenfrage") refers to the German Nazis' plan to engage in systematic genocide against the European Jewish population during World War II. The term was coined by Adolf Eichmann, a top Nazi official who supervised the genocidal campaign and was captured, tried and executed by Israeli authorities in 1961–62.
Final Solutions The Final Solutions is a punk band based out of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The band has played shows prolifically throughout the South since the early 2000s, and just released its debut album Disco Eraser off the Misprint record label, based in Nashville.
Final topology In topology and related areas of mathematics, the final topology (inductive topology or strong topology) on a set X, with respect to a family of functions into X, is the finest topology on X which makes those functions continuous.
Final Testament Final Testament is the first multimedia series developed by USRPG. It is slated for release in Winter 2005 through multiple venues, including but not limited to: pen and paper role-playing, portable video game, and manga publication.
FinalBuilder FinalBuilder is an integrated tool for carrying out software builds for the Windows platform. Unlike tools such as make or Apache Ant, which require separate tools for authoring, executing and carrying out individual steps, FinalBuilder provides a GUI to author and execute build projects, as well as a command line program to execute build projects.
Finale A finale is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. In a multi-movement instrumental composition such as a sonata or symphony, the last movement is labeled finale if it is in sonata form.
Finale Juvenile Hurdle The Finale Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old novices run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 metres) at Chepstow Racecourse during the Welsh National meeting in late December. There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.
Finalize (optical discs) Finalizing an optical disc (the term is most frequently applied to DVD recordable media) is the process of writing out support data such as DVD menus, directory data, and the like to an optical disc in order to make it playable on a system other than the one it was recorded on. As a general rule, finalization means that the disc cannot have any more data written to it.
Finally Found "Finally Found" was the debut single from the Honeyz. This was their most successful single in the UK and worldwide, securing a number 4 position in the UK singles chart and achieved platinum status in Australia AIRA Single accreditations 1998.
FinalRender finalRender is a raytracing graphics rendering engine developed by Cebas Computer GmbH for Autodesk Media and Entertainment's 3D Studio Max and Maya software. A finalRender Stage-2 version for Maxon's Cinema 4D started shipment in late 2005, although it was pushed back because of a "slight snag in the C4D codebase".
Finals (comic) Finals is a 4 issue mini-series published by DC under its Vertigo imprint from September to December 1999. Written by Will Pfeifer and illustrated by Jill Thompson, it is a black comedy about campus life at Knox State University, aka KAOS U, where the maxim “Strength Through Study” is taken very much to heart.
Finan of Lindisfarne Finan of Lindisfarne (died February 17, 661), also known as Saint Finan, was an Irish monk, trained at Iona in Scotland, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661. Originally from Ireland, he founded a cathedral on Lindisfarne and converted the kings Sigebert of Essex and Peada of the Middle Angles to Christianity.
Finance Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses, and organizations raise, allocate, and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. The term finance may thus incorporate any of the following:
Finance (game) Finance is a game originally released in 1932 by Knapp Electric and later reissued by Parker Brothers. The game is similar to Monopoly in that the board is circular, has "chance" cards, properties can be purchased, and houses erected on them.
Finance and Information Workers Union Finance and Information Workers Union (Finsec) is a small organising trade union covering about 6,600 workers in the New Zealand finance sector. The majority of its members work at one of the four big foreign owned banks in New Zealand; ASB, ANZ National Bank, BNZ and Westpac.
Finance Act In the UK, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers an annual Budget speech in March, outlining changes in spending, as well as tax and duty. The changes to tax and duty are passed as law, and each year form the respective Finance Act.
Finance capitalism Finance capitalism is a term from Marxian political economics for the pursuit of profit from the purchase and sale of, or investment in, currencies and financial products such as bonds, stocks, futures and other derivatives.
Finance in Maldives Maldives has a policy of encouraging foreign financial investment. The law on foreign investments (Law 25/79) guarantees the security of investments and accords fair and equitable treatment under law for the investors.
Finance Minister of Denmark The Finance Minister of Denmark (Danish Finansministeren) is the head of the Ministry of Finance of Denmark, and a member of the Cabinet. As head of the ministry, the minister has responsibility for the ministry's tasks of administrering the state finances via the fiscal policy, and making economic predictions and recommendations.
Finance palace Finance palace, (Serbian Финансијска палата, Hungarian Pénzügyi Palota, German Finanz Palast) is a two-floored neo-renaissance palace on the main square in Zrenjanin and one of the most beautiful building in the city. National museum of Zrenjanin moved in it in 1966.
Finance Sector Union The Finance Sector Union was founded in July 1991 when the two main unions in the banking and insurance industries - the Australian Bank Employees' Union (ABEU) and the Australian Insurance Employee's Union (AIEU) voted to amalgamate and create the FSU.
FinanceAsia FinanceAsia is a Hong Kong-based publication reporting on Asia’s financial and capital markets through a daily website and monthly magazine. It is a part of the Haymarket Group, the largest privately owned publishing company in the UK, created in part by Lord Heseltine, the former UK deputy prime minister.
Financial accountancy Financial accountancy (or financial accounting) is the branch of accountancy concerned with the preparation of financial statements for decision makers, such as stockholders, suppliers, banks, government agencies, owners, and other stakeholders. The fundamental need for financial accounting is to reduce principal-agent problem by measuring and monitoring agents' performance and reporting the results to interested users.
Financial advice Financial Advice is advice given in relation to financial matters such as investing, insurance, borrowing, saving and retirement planning. Professionally, the advice is to given only after the financial situation of the client is unveiled through a thorough fact-finding and analysis exercise.
Financial assistance In law, financial assistance refers to assistance given by a company for the purchase of its own shares. In many jursdictions such assistance is prohibited by law,See for example section 151 of the Companies Act 1985 of the United Kingdom and such assistance will render the relevant transaction void.
Financial assistance following the September 11, 2001 attacks Charities and relief agencies raised over $657 million in the three weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the vast bulk going to immediate survivors and victims' families. While this is a rather large sum, it is small compared to the many billions of dollars paid by the government and private insurance companies.
Financial astrology Financial astrology (also known as business astrology, economic astrology) is the practice of relating/correlating the movements of heavenly bodies to events in financial markets. Financial astrology can be applied in the following ways: 1.
Financial audit A financial audit, or more accurately, an audit of financial statements, is the examination by an independent third party of the financial statements of a company or any other legal entity (including governments and individuals), resulting in the publication of an independent opinion on whether or not those financial statements are relevant, accurate, complete, and fairly presented.
Financial Accounting Standards Board The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private, not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP). The FASB's mission for the private sector is similar to that of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) for local and state governments in the United States.
Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), also known by the French name Groupe d'action financière sur le blanchiment de capitaux (GAFI), is an inter-governmental body founded in 1989 by the G7. The purpose of the FATF is to develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff is a role assumed by the head of the Budgeting Directorate of Israel’s Ministry of Defense. The Advisor is responsible for handling the budgeting for the Israel Defense Forces arms, the financial planning for the military, and coordinating these with Ministry of Finance.
Financial Collection Agencies Ltd. Financial Collection Agencies Ltd (FCA) was an accounts receivable/collections company that operated in Canada, the United States and Europe from 1979 to 1998 when it was acquired by the NCO Group for $68 Million USD.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (or FinCEN) is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions in order to combat money laundering, terrorist financiers, and other financial crimes.
Financial distress Financial distress is a term in Corporate Finance used to indicate a condition when promises to creditors of a company are broken or honored with difficulty. Sometimes financial distress can lead to bankruptcy.
Financial diversification Diversification is a risk-management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio in order to minimize the impact that any one security will have on the overall performance of the portfolio. Diversification lowers the risk of your portfolio.
Financial District, Los Angeles, California The centerpoint of Downtown Los Angeles, the Financial District was built adjacent to and parallel with the redevelopment of Bunker Hill. The area is dominated by upscale corporate office skyscrapers, hotels and related services as well as banks, law firms, and real esate companies.
Financial District, Manhattan The Financial District of New York City is a neighborhood on the southernmost section of the borough of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city's major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange. The neighborhood was anchored by the World Trade Center until the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Financial economics Financial economics is the branch of economics concerned with resource allocation over time. It is further distinguished from other branches of economics by its "concentration on monetary activities", in which "money of one type or another is likely to appear on both sides of a trade"
Financial endowment A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. This allows for the donation to have a much greater impact over a long period of time than if it were spent all at once, due to compound interest.
Financial export A financial export is a business service provided by a domestic firm (regardless of ownership) to a foreign firm within the scope of financial services. While financial services are often seen as a domestic service (such as current accounts, mortgages, cashpoints, etc.
Financial Freedom Financial freedom describes a well-planned lifestyle where one no longer is required to work for income to cover their expenses. Contrary to popular belief, it does not require being free of debt, as a debt payment is just another expense.
Financial infidelity Financial Infidelity is a term used to describe the secretive act of spending money, possessing credit and credit cards, holding secret accounts or stashes of money, borrowing money, or otherwise incurring debt unknown to one's spouse, partner, or significant other.

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