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What is 'Baidu' The dominant Chinese internet search engine company. Baidu offers many of the same products and services as Google, but...

What is 'Bait Record' An internal control used in accounting to detect fraud and improper usage. Bait records are planted in computerized...

DefinitionThe Baltic Dry Index, is issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Timecharter...

What is the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI)? The Canadian Securities Institute (CSI) is a not-for-profit organization that provides educational programs and professional designations to financial...

DefinitionPrivate equity typically refers to investment funds organized as limited partnerships that are not publicly traded and whose investors are typically large institutional investors,...

What is 'Partial Release' A mortgage provision allowing some of the pledged collateral to be released from the mortgage contract if certain...

What is 'Wash-Out Round' A common round of financing to owners of small companies that are not yet financially stable. When such...

DefinitionThe Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an intergovernmental organization of 16 member states that 11 of the world's leading natural gas producers made up...

What is a 'Tap Issue' A tap issue is a procedure that allows borrowers to sell bonds or other short-term debt instruments...

What is data smoothing and why do we need it Data smoothing is a technique used to reduce the noise or random fluctuations in data....