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Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon


Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon () is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Trust invests in Japanese smaller companies. The Trust is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC was launched in July 1985, in order to capitalise on the investment opportunity available among companies too small and illiquid for Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC, which had been launched successfully four years before. In 1994 the Company held a 'C' share issue in
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Francis Charig


Francis Charig (born 23 November 1960 in Hurst Green, Oxted, England) is the British Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BetWiz Sports and is also a board director of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc, a Japan-focussed investment trust. He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon and subsequently at the University of Exeter where he read Political Science. He was Head of the Trading Systems Business Unit at the London Stock Exchange, co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Tao Group, CEO of Antix Labs, Chairman of
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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust


The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust () is a publicly traded investment trust. The Trust invests exclusively in Japan. The Trust is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Japan Trust, launched in 1981, is the longest established existing Japanese investment trust, having survived the ebb and flow of corporate activity in the Japanese sector. The first specialist Japanese investment trust was launched in the early
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Merryn Somerset Webb


winner – Ethical and Professional Standards Award 2016 - Headline Money Awards winner - Financial Commentator of the Year 2019 Merryn is an Non-Executive Director of two investment trusts; the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Trust and the Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust. She attended Wycombe Abbey, a boarding school in the UK. After gaining a first class degree in History & Economics as a senior scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Merryn was awarded a Daiwa scholarship and spent a year studying for a masters degree in Japanese language at the
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Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust


The Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust () is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Trust, also known as EWIT, invests in global stock markets. The Trust is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership. Edinburgh Worldwide started trading on 9 July 1998 and is the successor investment trust launched following the reconstruction of Dunedin Worldwide Investment Trust. In turn Dunedin Worldwide was formed in 1990 and was the successor vehicle for the Northern American Trust, one of the earlier
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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust


Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust () is a publicly traded investment trust. It invests globally, looking for strong businesses with above-average returns. Scottish Mortgage is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The origins of Scottish Mortgage lie in a credit crisis, the Panic of 1907. By 1909 the growing popularity of the motorcar, including the Model T Ford, was creating significant demand for
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Pacific Horizon Investment Trust


The Pacific Horizon Investment Trust () is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Trust invests in the markets of the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) and of the Indian Sub-continent. The Trust is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership. The Company was incorporated on 1 February 1989 under the name of Dealchief Public Limited Company, with an authorised share capital of 100,000 ordinary shares of £1 each. The Company name was changed to Pacific
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Baillie Gifford


Baillie Gifford is an investment management firm which is wholly owned by 44 partners, all of whom work within the firm. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1908 and still has its headquarters in the city. Assets under management and advice of £196.3 billion or $262 billion (as at 30 September 2018). Baillie & Gifford WS was formed in 1907 as a partnership between Colonel Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford. Initially, it was a law firm but the financial climate of the time led to the business switching its emphasis
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Baillie Gifford


to investment in 1908. In 1909, Baillie & Gifford created the Straits Mortgage and Trust Company Limited to lend money to rubber planters in Malaya. The Straits Mortgage and Trust Company Limited was renamed The Scottish Mortgage and Trust Limited in 1913, and this was followed by the introduction of several other investment trusts. Baillie Gifford’s clients and staff emerged relatively unscathed from the First World War, and the ‘Roaring Twenties’ gave Gifford many opportunities to expand the firm’s investment business. By 1927, the transition of Baillie &
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Scottish American Investment Company


The Scottish American Investment Company () is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. It invests in a broad range of UK and international assets. The Scottish American Investment Company is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership. The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C., also known as SAINTS, has been in existence since 1873 which makes it one of the oldest investment trust companies still in existence. SAINTS was initially formed as The Scottish American Investment Company Limited by William Menzies
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Baillie Gifford


Gifford WS from a firm of solicitors conducting institutional investment business to a partnership managing investment trusts was completed with the creation of Baillie Gifford & Co. The firm continued to grow steadily until the outbreak of the Second World War. Baillie died in 1939, and, the following year, Gifford was posted to New York on UK Government business. However, the firm survived the war and the troubled investment climate which followed. After a period of strong growth in the firm’s staff and client base, Gifford retired in 1965 at the
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Nippon Sharyo


, (), formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2004. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange as ticker 7102. In 2008, Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) became the majority shareholder (50.1%) of the financially struggling Nippon Sharyo making the firm a "
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Baillie Gifford Prize


over by the BBC and re-named the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize and managed by BBC Four. In 2009, the name was amended to the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and managed by BBC Two. The new name reflected the BBC's commitment to broadcasting coverage of the Prize on the BBC2 programme, "The Culture Show". In 2016, the name was changed to the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, after its new primary sponsor, the Edinburgh-based investment management company Baillie Gifford
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Carlyle Gifford


Thomas Johnstone Carlyle Gifford (14 January 1881 – 24 January 1975) was one of the founders of Baillie Gifford, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment management firms. Born at Ingleston near Twynholm in Kirkcudbrightshire and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, Carlyle Gifford trained with the firm of W.S. Cook and became a Writer to the Signet in 1905. In 1907 he co-founded the legal firm of Baillie Gifford WS which in 1909 formed and then acted as manager of The Scottish Mortgage and Trust
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Olympus scandal


its quarterly results; in the week to 18 November Nippon Life announced that its stake had been reduced by one-third, from 8.18 percent to 5.11 percent, because of the uncertainty; Mitsubishi reduced its stake from 10 percent to 7.6 percent. Some major foreign institutional investors have pushed to bring back ousted chief executive Michael Woodford: UK fund manager Baillie Gifford, Harris Associates, and Southeastern Asset Management, owning respectively 4 percent, 5 percent and 5 percent stake, all believed he was the best candidate to lead the clean
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Baillie Gifford Prize


Gifford, the prize money was restored to for the winner. In 2019, following the announcement that Baillie Gifford will sponsor the award until at least 2026, the prize money was increased to £50,000. It is widely recognised as the UK's most prestigious award for non-fiction authors. A blue ribbon () denotes the winner. The longlist was not publicly announced. The shortlist was announced on 2 October 2018. The 2018 judging panel was chaired by "The Economist’s" culture correspondent, Fiammetta Rocco, with
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Frank Porter Wood


Baillie Brothers and Company (later Baillie, Wood, and Croft), which operated on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In 1910, Wood became President of Burlington Steel. In 1912, the Bankers’ Bond Company Limited was formed to succeed Baillie, Wood, and Croft. Late in 1914, Wood and Sir Frank Baillie collaborated with the owners of the Chadwick Brass Company in Hamilton to set up the large Canadian Cartridge Company Limited, of which Sir Frank Baillie became President and Wood Vice-President. Until his death in 1955
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Jack Gifford


culture. By 2007, when Gifford retired as Maxim's Chairman, CEO and President, Maxim had over 10,000 employees and reported revenues over $2 Billion. The Securities and Exchange Commission had been investigating the company for back-dating stock options since June 2006. A few months after Gifford retired, the CFO resigned and the company was delisted as it restated earnings for 2000 through 2005. Gifford maintained a passion for baseball throughout his life. In 1994, he founded, sponsored and played for the Maxim Yankees, a semi
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Nippon Sheet Glass


The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. The company was established in November 1918 as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. with its head office in Osaka, after it obtained technology from Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co. of the United States to produce flat glass using the Colburn process. The company changed its name to the Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. in January 1931. It expanded operations across Japan post World War II, and in October 1970 acquired Nippon Safety Glass
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Augustus Baillie


Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Charles Baillie, DSO (25 March 1861 – 8 January 1939) was one of the founders of Baillie Gifford, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment managers. Brought up in Scotland, Baillie was the second son of Evan Peter Montagu Baillie of Dochfour (1824–1874) by Lady Frances Anna Bruce (d.1894), youngest daughter of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin. He was commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery in 1880, but resigned his commission in 1886. Baillie rejoined the forces to fight in
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Baillie Gifford Prize


The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize from 1999 to 2015) is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language. It was founded in 1999 following the demise of the NCR Book Award. With its motto "All the best stories are true", the prize covers current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. The competition is open to authors of any nationality whose work is published in
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Baillie Gifford Prize


the UK in English. The longlist, shortlist and winner is chosen by a panel of independent judges, which changes every year. The award is named for Baillie Gifford, an investment management firm and the primary sponsor. Since 2016, the annual dinner and awards ceremony has been sponsored by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The prize is governed by the Board of Directors of The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction Limited, a not-for-profit company. Since 2018, the Chair of the Board has been Sir Peter
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Baillie Gifford


age of 84. Baillie Gifford emerged from a further period of economic weakness in the UK during the 1970s with its position enhanced by growth in the amount of money it managed on behalf of clients. Assets under management continued to grow strongly during the 1990s. The firm altered the management structure when it reverted to having joint senior partners. And, as the new millennium approached, another huge change occurred with the increased use of technology – a necessary evolution as the business expanded and the client base became increasingly complex. By the
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Trust (magazine)


Trust is a free bi-annual investment trust magazine issued by Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh-based investment management company. First published in June 2004, it reached issue 36 in March 2018. "Trust" contains a variety of stimulating features and news, with contributions from professionals at Baillie Gifford and topical investment articles written by respected financial journalists. Initially, "Trust" was available to download online in PDF format, but in February 2010 the company launched "Trust" Online, an interactive website featuring all the magazine content
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Hugh Hendry


and graduated from Strathclyde University in 1990 with a BA in economics and finance. His father worked as a lorry driver and he was the first member of his family to go to university. In 1991 Hendry joined the prestigious Edinburgh investment management firm, Baillie Gifford. He claimed that he was hired only because investors had instructed the company to recruit more working-class employees. After Baillie Gifford he worked for Credit Suisse Asset Management. Following a chance meeting with Crispin Odey, Hendry joined Odey Asset Management in 1999. "It
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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust


tyres, which rubber planters in Southeast Asia were keen to exploit, but credit was still difficult to obtain. In Edinburgh, the recently formed legal partnership between Colonel Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford (which ultimately became Baillie Gifford & Co) spotted an opportunity. They established The Straits Mortgage and Trust Company Limited to lend money to the planters, secured on the rubber estates. Within a couple of years, however, the credit crisis was over and rubber planters no longer required finance from Straits Mortgage on the scale anticipated. In
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Economy of Edinburgh


companies, in the banking, finance and legal professions, but modern needs have caused many to relocate. Immediately to the west of the city centre is the Terry Farrell master-planned Exchange business district, which now houses major employers such as Scottish Widows, Standard Life, the Clydesdale Bank, and Baillie Gifford. Edinburgh Park is one of the largest business parks in the UK and is located on the western periphery of city, near Edinburgh Airport. The park was opened in 1992 alongside the large out-of-town
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Thaksin Shinawatra


appointed Assets Examination Committee froze Thaksin's assets based on charges of policy corruption. Thaksin denied the allegations. "They just made up a beautiful term to use against me. There's no such thing in this government. Our policies only serve the interests of the majority of the people", he said. From 2002 to 2006, the stock price of Shin Corporation increased from 38 to 104 baht, up 173 percent, while the stock price of Shin Satellite fell. In the same period, the Stock Exchange of Thailand
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NTPC Limited


where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India, where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty. In Sep. 2015, Government of India held around 74.96% equity shares in NTPC. Over 680,000 individual shareholders hold approx. 1.92% of its shares. Life Insurance Corporation of India is the largest non-promoter shareholder in the company with 10.03% shareholding. In August 2017, the GOI divested further its 5% stake in NTPC through OFS (Stock Exchange Mechanism)
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Wipro


November 2012 "Guide to Greener Electronics", Greenpeace ranked Wipro first with a score of 7.1/10. Listing: Wipro's Initial Public Offering was in the year 1946. Wipro's equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty. The American Depositary Shares of the company are listed at the NYSE since October 2000. Shareholding: The table provides the share holding pattern as of 30-Sep-2018.
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Citigroup Global Markets Japan


Nikko Cordial and Citigroup first established a joint venture in Japan in 1999 as Salomon Smith Barney Japan Ltd., a company registered and domiciled in the Cayman Islands which operated through a "branch office" in Japan under the trade name . The company was re-incorporated in Japan in December 2003 and renamed Nikko Citigroup as part of an overall unification of the Citigroup brand. Nikko Citigroup is a member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Stock Exchange, Nagoya Stock Exchange and JASDAQ. Its headquarters are located in the Shin-Marunouchi
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2006 Thai coup d'état


countries. "[[The New York Times]]" also criticized the coup, noting that Thailand, a former exemplary leader of democracy, was now sidestepping constitutional processes to achieve political ends. Thai stocks fell to two-month lows before recovering in the first day of trading since a military coup ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Shares of [[Shin Corporation|Shin Corp.]], linked to Thaksin, and its units declined. The [[Stock Exchange of Thailand|SET]] Index dropped 9.99, or 1.4 percent,
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Dimension Data


Executive Chairman. Over the next 6 years, the company expanded in Africa, the Middle East, and South America. By September 2009, the company had an annual revenue of around $4 billion. In July 2010, Dimension Data was acquired by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) for £2.1 billion ($3.2 billion). In October of that year, NTT announced that Dimension Data would be delisted from both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange by the end of the year. Over the next
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PLDT


investments in broadcasting, print media, utilities, and direct-to-home satellite services, among others. As of 2019, PLDT is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (the only Philippine company to be listed in NYSE) and it is being controlled by First Pacific, a Hong Kong-based investment management company; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, through its subsidiaries; and JG Summit, a major conglomerate that operates airliner Cebu Pacific and food manufacturer Universal Robina. PLDT was established on November 28
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Panthongtae Shinawatra


other government contracts when his father was prime minister. This caused controversy and drew charges of nepotism, as How Come was a new firm and the advertising concession for the subway had previously been awarded to the long established Triad Networks Company. In early 2006, Panthongtae was involved in his family's sale of Shin Corporation stock to Temasek Holdings of Singapore. Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission ruled that Panthongtae, as director of Ample Rich Investments (a shell company set up in the British Virgin Islands to control Shin stock),
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Thomas Gifford (politician)


. Here, they had a daughter Margaret (b. 6 Apr 1882) and another son, James Stoddart (b. 26 Sep 1888), before moving again to New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, where Gifford opened a jewelry store. They had three more children - Julia Stuart (b. 8 Aug 1888), Hugh Wilson (b. 29 May 1892), and John Jardine (b. 25 Nov 1893) - and lived the rest of their lives in New Westminster. Gifford served as an alderman for New Westminster,
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JSW Ispat Steel


Asia. The company is listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India. It is headquartered at Mumbai and employs about 3000 people. Ispat Industries was ranked 5th among major next to Tata steel and JSW steel companies in India for the year 2008 by Business World. Nippon Denro Ispat Limited was incorporated in 1984 and was granted the first Industrial License by Government of India for manufacturing Galvanised Plain/Corrugated Sheets. IIL was set up as a cold rolling reversing mill, in collaboration with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan, to
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Japanese financial system


do so and as their resources increased through the spread of fully funded pension funds. These assets permitted the companies to become major players in international money markets. Nippon Life Insurance Company, the world's largest insurance firm, was reportedly the biggest single holder of United States Treasury securities in 1989. The Tokyo Securities and Stock Exchange became the largest in the world in 1988, in terms of the combined market value of outstanding shares and capitalization, while the Osaka Stock Exchange ranked third after those of Tokyo and New York. Although
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Lee Shin Cheng


Tan Sri Dato' Lee Shin Cheng (3 June 19391 June 2019) was a Malaysian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Lee Shin Cheng heads IOI Corporation Berhad, better known as IOI Group, as its executive chairman. IOI, which is listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange or Bursa Malaysia, is a conglomerate managing oil palm plantations, producing specialty fats and oleochemicals, and developing property in Malaysia, Indonesia, the United States, and Europe. The IOI refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands is the largest palm oil refinery
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The Japan Times


merger with "The Japan Advertiser", and Nippon Times (1943–1956) before reverting to the "Japan Times" title in 1956. The temporary change to "Nippon Times" occurred during ban of English language sentiment during World War II era Japan. Shintaro Fukushima (- ) became the president in 1956. He exchanged each company's stock with Toshiaki Ogasawara (小笠原 敏晶 "Ogasawara Toshiaki"). After Fukushima renounced managing rights, Ogasawara's company Nifco, a manufacturer of automotive fasteners, acquired control of "The Japan
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Baillie Gifford Prize


. Prior to the 2009 name change, the winner received , and each finalist received . After 2009, the award was for the winner, and each finalist received . In February 2012, the steering committee for the prize announced that a new sponsor had been found for the prize, an anonymous philanthropist, enabling the prize money to be raised to . In 2015, funding for the prize was arranged by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, while the organisers sought new primary sponsors from 2016 onwards. In 2016, under new sponsors Baillie
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Chiyoda, Tokyo


, JFE Holdings, Kadokawa Corporation, KDDI, Konica Minolta, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Lixil Group Corporation, Maeda Corporation, Mitsubishi Estate, MCDecaux, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Nabtesco, Nakano Corporation, New Otani, Nikken Sekkei, Nippon Cable, Nippon Flour Mills, Nippon Paper Industries, Nippon Soda, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Nitto Boseki, NTT docomo, Orient Watch Company, Seibu Kaihatsu, Seven & i Holdings, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Shogakukan, Shueisha, SMC Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment Japan
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Augustus Baillie


) in November 1900. After his return to the United Kingdom, he was promoted to the substantive rank of major in the Lovat Scouts Imperial Yeomanry in 1903. In 1907 he co-founded the legal firm of Baillie Gifford WS which in 1909 formed and then acted as manager of The Scottish Mortgage and Trust Company Limited. He was promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel on 1 April 1908, but again resigned his commission in 1910. In September 1914 following the outbreak of World War I he was appointed Commanding
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John Baillie (theologian)


"), reporting to the Assembly 1941 to 1945, Baillie helped the Church to think through its approach and mission to the post-war world. Shortly after his death in 1960, the series of Gifford Lectures he had prepared for the 1961-2 academic year was read by John McIntyre and Thomas F. Torrance and published by Oxford University Press. He met Florence Jewel Fowler (1893-1969) while he was in France during the First World War. They married at Leamington Spa in 1919. Their only child,
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Intouch Holdings


Intouch Holdings PCL (; formerly Shin Corporation) is a Thai holding company which focuses on telecommunication industry. It is the parent company of Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile phone operator in Thailand, and Thaicom, Thailand's satellite operator. It is listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand and is part of SET50 index. The company was founded as "Shinawatra Computer Service and Investment" by Thaksin Shinawatra, who later became the Prime Minister of Thailand. The sale of Shinawatra family's stake in Shin Corporation to
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Sale of Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings


The 2006 sale of the Shinawatra family's share of Shin Corporation (ShinCorp) to Temasek Holdings caused great controversy in Thailand. The sale was in response to long-standing criticisms that the Shinawatra family's holdings created a conflict of interest for Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Criticisms of the sale focused on the insistence by Thaksin and a compliant government that the transaction was exempt from capital gains tax (as per Revenue Department and Stock Exchange of Thailand regulations, later determined by Thai courts not to be legal), the fact
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Fuso (company)


years later, Central Japan Heavy Industries was renamed Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; West Japan Heavy Industries was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and East Japan Heavy Industries was renamed Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries (MNHI). Products from the companies were distributed by Mitsubishi Fuso Motor Sales because of brand recognition. In 1957, MNHI integrated the Tokyo and Kawasaki Works into the Tokyo Motor Vehicle Works. Seven years later, Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company merged to form Mitsubishi Fuso Heavy Industries;
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Nippon Ichi Software


morning, and investors began reacting to Nippon Ichi's financial statement, the stock price ultimately dropped ¥7,000 (US$78) as the stock was unloaded." In 2012 Nippon Ichi Software entered the Guinness World Records Book awarded for being the company that released the most strategy RPGs. In September 2007 Nippon Ichi Software announced the acquisition of video game developer System Prisma Corporation. On November 5, 2012 Nippon Ichi Software announced the formation of Nippon Ichi Software Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore. In April
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Yingluck Shinawatra


2002, and became the CEO of Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand's largest mobile phone operator. After the sale of Shin Corporation (the parent company of AIS) to Temasek Holdings, Yingluck resigned from AIS, but remained Managing Director of SC Asset Co Ltd, the Shinawatra family property development company. She was investigated by Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission regarding possible insider trading after she sold shares of her AIS stock for a profit prior to the sale of the Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings. However, no
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Advanced Info Service


Shin Corporation), headed by Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government-owned agency. AIS listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on . As of 23 December 2011, Intouch holds 40.45 percent of the shares of the company and Singapore Telecommunications (also majority-held by Temasek) together with Thai Trust Fund and OCBC Nominees holds a 23.32 percent stake. Temasek bought the AIS brand through the 2006 acquisition of the Shin Corporation from ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. In February 2014, in a conflict between the People's Democratic
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone


Tokyo, Osaka, New York, and London stock exchanges, the Japanese government still owns roughly one-third of NTT's shares, regulated by the NTT Law. Established as a state monopoly in August 1952 (originally by command of the US-led SCAP of the occupation of Japan in 1948, which had left Japan on April 1952), was privatized in 1985 to encourage competition in the country's telecom market. In 1987, NTT made the largest stock offering to date, at US$36.8 billion. Because NTT
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NTN Corporation


It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 stock index. The beginning of the Japanese bearing industry was started by competitor Nippon Seiko (now known as NSK) producing such bearings in 1914. Four years later in 1918, Nishizono Ironworks, a factory in Uchibori, Mie Prefecture began producing ball bearings. Five years after Nishizono Ironworks began its production of these friction reducing components, the company merged with Tomoe Trading to fabricate and market them under the name "NTN". In 1927,
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All Nippon Airways


; Japan Air Transport). The company logo of the larger NH was selected as the logo of the new combined airline, and the new carrier operated a route network combined from its two predecessors. ANA grew through the 1960s, adding the Vickers Viscount to the fleet in 1960 and the Fokker F27 in 1961. October 1961 marked ANA's debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as well as the Osaka Securities Exchange. 1963 saw another merger, with Fujita Airlines, raising the company's capital to 4.65 billion yen. In 1965
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Sale of Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings


laws limiting foreign ownership of Thai companies. Subsequent investigations found that Thai nominees owned 24.1 percent of all shares on the Thai stock exchange, and up to 36 percent of all shares in the technology sector. Efforts to clamp down on use of Thai nominees could potentially cause a significant outflow of capital from Thailand. On 16 October 2006, nearly a month after a military junta overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup, Temasek issued a statement to signal the eventual reduction in its holding in Shin Corp. However, the government
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Shin-Keisei 8900 series


The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway on the Shin-Keisei Line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since September 1993. , the fleet consists of three eight-car sets based at Kunugiyama Depot with four motored (M) cars and four trailer (T) cars, formed as shown below, with the Tc1 car at the Tsudanuma end. The sets were built by Nippon Sharyo in Aichi Prefecture, with the first set entering service on 26
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International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation


for the IPSF to establish new partnerships and sustain existing connections with various stakeholders, and to develop collaborative projects and programs. Student Exchange Programme (SEP) is IPSF's largest project, offering professional pharmacy internships. Every year, more than 900 students around the world are given the opportunity to experience the field of pharmacy in one of the 65 participating countries. The Student Exchange Programme therefore enables cultural exchange between pharmacy students around the world by sharing knowledge and experiences. The 74 member Organisations of IPSF involved in SEP organise the exchanges
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Shin-Keisei N800 series


The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway on the Shin-Keisei Line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since May 2005. Built by Nippon Sharyo in Aichi Prefecture, the N800 series design is based on the Keisei 3000 series EMU. Although built as 6-car sets, the units are designed to be lengthened to 8-car sets in the future if required. The N800 series is also intended for use on inter-running services to and from the Keisei Chiba
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Shin-Tōmei Expressway


, literally meaning New Tōmei, is a vital national expressway in Japan running parallel to the Tomei Expressway as an alternate route. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. Shin-Tōmei Expressway provides more direct and shorter route between Tokyo and Nagoya compared to Tōmei Expressway and avoids most city centres along the way. Its western terminus connects with Isewangan Expressway in Nagoya. Shin-Tōmei Expressway was partially opened on April 14, 2012 with 162km section from Gotemba, Shizuoka to Mikkabi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. On February 13
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International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation


The objective of the Student Exchange Grant is to allow pharmacy students with limited financial resources the opportunity to participate in the IPSF Student Exchange Programme. The SEP Grant may cover part of the travel expenses (bus, train or plane tickets) from the applicant’s home country to the country in which the exchange occurs and the SEP fee. The maximum monetary value of the grant may be 1000 Euro and if the actual costs incurred are less than the awarded grant, only the amount of the actual costs will be paid. The
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Bayard Dominick expedition


The Bayard Dominick expedition was a 1920 scientific expedition to the Pacific islands of Polynesia, with four teams sent to compile archaeological and anthropological surveys of the Marquesas, Tonga, Austral Islands, and Hawaii. The expedition's first year was financed by Bayard Dominick who was a member of the New York Stock Exchange. He gave a gift to Yale University of $40,000 and this was sent on to the Hawaiian museum. The Tonga team was Edward W. Gifford and William C. McKern both from the University of California and the botanist was
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Emily Quihampton


of Henry Quihampton and his wife Jane Rush of Little Totham, Maldon, Essex. In 1860 she married Tom Nickalls, a jobber on the London Stock Exchange with a particular expertise in investing in American railroads. He was one of the founding members of London Rowing Club. Together they had twelve children. Her son Guy Nickalls was an extremely successful rower, winning a gold medal in the 1908 summer Olympic Games. Another son, Vivian Nickalls was also a successful oarsman. Her daughter Florence married William Adolf Baillie-Grohman,
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Potjaman Na Pombejra


the sale, using a regulation that made individuals who sell shares on the stock exchange exempt from capital gains tax. The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the transaction and cleared the entire family from wrongdoing, except for Potjaman's son, Panthongtae. The SEC did find that Panthongtae committed minor infractions with regard to information disclosure and public tender offers in transactions between 2000 and 2002. He was fined 6 million THB (about 150,000USD). Allegations of insider trading by Potjaman, other Shinawatra family members, Shin Corporation Corp executives,
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2005–2006 Thai political crisis


sold all stake in Shin Corporation, a leading communication company in Thailand, to Temasek Holdings with tax liability exemption. The families of Thaksin and his wife netted about 73 billion baht (about US$1.88 billion) tax-free from the buyout, using a regulation that individuals (as opposed to corporations) who sell shares on the stock exchange pay no capital gains tax. The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the transaction. "The investigation concluded that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his daughter Pinthongta are clear from all wrongdoing,
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Nippon Steel Yawata SC


Nippon Steel Yawata Soccer Club (新日本製鐵八幡サッカー部 "Shin-Nihon Seitetsu Yawata Sakkā-Bu") was a Japanese football club based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Yawata Steel S.C. was founded in 1950 as the works team of the Yawata Steel company, which in 1970 merged with Fuji Steel to become Nippon Steel. During the 1960s the club provided the Japan national football team with many quality players which strengthened the squad for the 1964 and 1968 Olympic tournaments. Yawata Steel was one of the original eight clubs that founded the Japan Soccer
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Sampo Group


A share has been listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (former Helsinki Stock Exchange) since January 1988. In terms of market capitalization Sampo plc is one of the largest companies listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Björn Wahlroos, the Chairman of the Board, controls 6.6 million Sampo A Shares (1.2 per cent). Foreign and nominee registered owners had 67.26 % of Sampo plc's shares (30 Sep 2018). Sampo plc has 106,491 registered owners. If P&C Insurance is responsible for Sampo Group's property and casualty insurance operations.
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Air Nippon


redundant name "Air Nippon Kabushiki kaisha" (lit. "Air Nippon joint stock corporation."). As part of ANA's reorganisation, Air Nippon's domestic operations are being consolidated into the main airline. It had 12 Boeing 737-200 aircraft. ANA and Air Nippon used different liveries and IATA codes on domestic flights until April 2004, when Air Nippon adopted ANA livery and ANA flight numbers. As an ANA subsidiary, it is considered a full Star Alliance member. However, on Republic of China flights before
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Huan Yue Interactive


province, China. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007 with the price of HK$1.7 per share. Its board approved the name change of the company in Sep 2016 from Xingye Copper International Group Limited to Huan Yue Interactive Holdings Limited. In 2016, Xingye Copper acquired Internet and Mobile Gaming products development company Funnytime Limited and its subsidiaries for roughly HK$186 million. Subsequently, in order to better reflect its activities in various industries and sectors, the company considered changing its English name from “Xingye Copper International Group Limited
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Sumitomo Corporation


("Nihon Kensetsu Sangyo Kaisha"), starting a new existence as a general trading firm with a sales staff of just 32 people. The firm listed its shares on the Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges in 1949. As regulations on large companies were relaxed in the 1950s, Nippon Engineering resumed closer relations with other Sumitomo Group companies through the "White Water Club" ("Hakusui-kai"), a coordinating meeting of company presidents. The company began to grow overseas in the 1950s, starting business in
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Vallourec


the Société Louvroil-Montbard-Aulnoye, and was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1957. In 1963, Vallourec launched the VAM joint. The VAM joint rapidly became a benchmark product in the petroleum industry. In 1967, Vallourec acquired the tube division of Lorraine-Escaut, its main competitor. During the 1970s, Vallourec built an integrated steel and tube plant in Saint-Saulve, and also formed several industrial and commercial partnerships, one such being with the Japanese company Sumitomo (Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation –
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Prologis


$1 billion to develop projects in the United States, Brazil, China and Japan. By March 2012, Prologis was "the sixth-largest U.S. REIT in terms of equity market capitalization, about $15 billion," and by May, Prologis had assets valued at around $10 billion in Europe. On February 14, 2013, Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. (NPR), a Japanese real estate investment trust formed by Prologis, successfully completed an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In March 2013, Prologis formed
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Dai-ichi Life


The , or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life. Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion to demutualise was passed in 2009 and, on April 1, 2010, it listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, raising 1.01 trillion yen. As of March 2013, it had the most assets of any listed company in Japan with a total of
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Carlyle Gifford


Company Limited. He specialised in Land law and in Stock Exchange rules. He served on the Boards of Scottish Widows and the University of Edinburgh. He helped set up the Association of Investment Trust Companies in 1929 and served as Chairman from 1934 to 1936. During World War II he worked in the United States where he acted as an agent for HM Treasury selling British overseas investments. He lived in Edinburgh and died there in 1975. In 1907 he married Maud Oriel Riata Pearson daughter of Charles Henry Pearson and together they had
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Trip Trip


(Say Hi!! by three weeks, Tenshi by two). Kokia also performed at two high-profile concerts to coincide with these releases: the 13th anti-drug concert in Hong Kong on November the 17th to 30,000 people, and the annual Taiwanese New Year's concert to 120,000. The singles were given several tie-ups. "Tomoni" was used as an ending theme song for two Nippon Television shows: Shin-D Quintet (Shin-D クインテット) and Nitteru (ニッテる). "Say
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Ken-Ō Expressway


the Shin-Shōnan Bypass west along the bypass and north to Akiruno Interchange. The rest of the route is owned by the East Nippon Expressway Company. The expressway begins at the west end of the Fujisawa Bypass (part of Route 1) in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. From here the expressway is concurrent with the Shin-Shōnan Bypass, which it splits from as that road turns toward the south at Chigasaki. The Ken-O Expressway then heads north, crossing the Tōmei Expressway and Chūō Expressway. Continuing north, then east
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Yukihiro (musician)


, during the recording of their major debut, there was infighting and ultimately yukihiro was fired after a show in December. He then formed a band named Optic Nerve with guitarist Shin Murohime. In 1991, he joined former D'erlanger vocalist Kyo's band Die in Cries together with Shin, who released their debut album "Nothing to Revolution" that same year. They became quite popular and performed at the Nippon Budokan in 1994. Yukihiro wrote some songs for the band, but they were rejected because of their style. Some of
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Nippon Suisan Kaisha


, more commonly known as Nissui, is a marine products company based in Japan. It had annual revenues of US$5.1 billion in 2014. The company was established in 1911, and is a commercial fishing and marine product procurement corporation. Its goal is to “Establish a global supply chain of marine products.” The company is the second-largest of its kind in Japan after Maruha Nichiro Holdings and owns Gorton's, a US frozen seafood company, among other companies. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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NS Solutions


separated from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal group. The business type and scope is same as Itochu Techno-Solutions, SCSK and Uniadex, these are also the companies in Japan and mostly for enterprises. NS Solutions is known that has established the partnership with Oracle, and invested Oracle Japan, since 1991. The company has been listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section (2327.TYO), since October, 2002 . In 2017, NS Solutions is also known that the company acquired Net Value Components Ltd., that offers network integration and
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Eastern League (Japanese baseball)


The is one of the two minor leagues ("ni-gun") of Japanese professional baseball. The league is owned and managed by the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Teams in the Eastern League generally play an 80-game schedule every year. In 1954 the six teams of NPB's Central League agreed to form their own minor league — the Shin Nippon League (or "New Japan League") — as a complement to the already extant Kansai Farm League, which had begun play in 1952.
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B


The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B, sometimes abbreviated to C751B or KNS C751B is the third generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the North South and East West Lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system since early 2000. 21 trainsets of 6 cars each were purchased at S$231 million, and it is the first rolling stock to feature VVVF insulated-gate bipolar transistor traction control system. Kawasaki Heavy Industries manufactured 66 cars and Nippon Sharyo manufactured 60 cars respectively with no comparable differences, having built
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Aon Hewitt


a key implementation partner for Workday. On Thursday, June 15, 2006, it was announced that CEO and Chairman Dale L. Gifford would be stepping down. The announcement was made in the face of Hewitt's declining stock performance and market worries about the entire BPO sector, but Gifford, who has served as chief executive officer since 1992, indicated the decision was his own, and that he planned to retire. Just after the closing of the stock market on Thursday, August 10, 2006, the company announced the appointment
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Vern Buchanan


for regulation of bump stocks, saying, "Bump stocks generating automatic rates of fire should face the same restrictions as automatic weapons." After the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Giffords, an organization helmed by Gabrielle Giffords, announced that Buchanan was on its "incumbent-defeat priority list" in response to the organization's perception that Republican Congress members are blocking efforts to reduce gun violence. Buchanan, together with Alcee Hastings, co-sponsored the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018, a bill outlawing
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Hewitt Associates


and employed over 27,000 employees. On Thursday, June 15, 2006, it was announced that CEO and Chairman Dale L. Gifford would be stepping down. The announcement was made in the face of Hewitt's declining stock performance and market worries about the entire BPO sector, but Gifford, who has served as chief executive officer since 1992, indicated the decision was his own, and that he planned to retire. Just after the closing of the stock market on Thursday, August 10, 2006, the company announced the appointment of
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Shin guard


to protect himself based on his cricket experiences. Widdowson cut down a pair of cricket shin pads and strapped them to the outside of his stockings using straps of leather. Other players ridiculed him initially, but shin guards eventually caught on as players saw the practical use of protecting their shins. Today, there are a two basic types of shin guards used in association football: slip-in shin guards and ankle shin guards. Different player positions in association football require their shin guards to provide different types of protection and fit.
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Shin Nittetsu-mae Station


This station provides access to Seijoh University, although the name comes from the nearby Nippon Steel plant. Shin Nittetu-mae Station was opened on February 18, 1912 as on the Aichi Electric Railway Company. The Aichi Electric Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on August 1, 1935; however, the station was closed in 1944. On August 17, 1964, the station was reopened as after the nearby "Tōkai Steel" plant. The station named changed to when Tōkai was absorbed into Fuji Steel on August 1,
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List of special editions of Today (American TV program)


Brian Williams joined Lauer and Vieira at 10am ET and took over coverage at 10:15am ET. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb were not on the air both days. On March 3, Lauer anchored from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The previous day, Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped to its lowest level—6763.29—since April 25, 1997. Meredith Vieira remained at Rockefeller Plaza. However, Lauer came to the studio at the 8am half-hour. On March 16, Al Roker and Meredith Vieira anchored from
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Nippon Steel


largest steelmaker in the world, putting it well ahead of Baosteel - the current number two (making ~31 mt steel / year) - although still well behind ArcelorMittal (who produced 77.5 mt crude steel in 2010). On October 1, 2012, Nippon Steel formally merged with Sumitomo Metal Industries at a ratio of 0.735 Nippon Steel shares per Sumitomo Metal share. The merged stock is listed (under number 5401, the old Nippon Steel number) as Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. The logistics branches of both companies are announced
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Sri Lanka Telecom


of the first Telegraphic Circuit between Galle and Colombo. In the same year it established its first international Telegraph Communication between then called Ceylon, and India. Since then, Sri Lanka Telecom has passed several milestones, including: in 1991 Sri Lanka Telecom became a Corporation and in 1997 the Company was privatised with the collaboration of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange's Milanka Price Index. In 2008, NTT sold its stake in SLT to Global Telecommunications Holdings N.V. of Netherlands, which currently
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey


as possible on the game cartridge, Meguro used CRI Middleware's Kyuseishu Sound Streamer compression algorithm. "Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Original Soundtrack" released on November 18, 2009 as a single CD release under the catalog number "COCX-35945". It was published by Nippon Columbia. A bonus soundtrack containing music from the game was included with launch copies of the game in North America. After the game's release, it was discovered that the bonus disc had a manufacturing defect that made it unplayable. Once the issue was
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Anime


many animators--like Noburō Ōfuji and Yasuji Murata--still worked in cheaper cutout animation rather than cel animation. Other creators, Kenzō Masaoka and Mitsuyo Seo, nonetheless made great strides in animation technique; they benefited from the patronage of the government, which employed animators to produce educational shorts and propaganda. The first talkie anime was "Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka", produced by Masaoka in 1933. By 1940, numerous anime artists' organizations had risen, including the Shin Mangaha Shudan and Shin Nippon Mangaka. The
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Jerry Brotton


accompanied by a three-part series on BBC Four, "Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession". His "The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection" (Macmillan, 2006) was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize (now the Baillie Gifford Prize). It wryly proposes that the dispersal of Charles I's art collection in 1649 was a democratic move, one that merits imitation in the contemporary world. His 2016 book "This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic
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Peter Florence


and Oxtravels anthologies with Mark Ellingham of Profile Books, in partnership with Oxfam. He is a Friend of Oxfam. He has written for a number of publications including Index on Censorship, The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Spectator. A number of his interviews with writers appear in the Hay Festival's 30th-anniversary book Hay Festival Conversations. He is a trustee of the Baillie Gifford Prize. He is a member of the Board of The Deborah Rogers Foundation. He was a governor of Fairfield High School in Peterchurch, Herefordshire
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Eastern League (Japanese baseball)


The minor league affiliates of the Chunichi Dragons and Hanshin Tigers moved over from the Kansai Farm League. The initial roster of Shin Nippon League teams (NPB parent team in parentheses): Both minor leagues decided to join forces with Nippon Professional Baseball in 1955, and the 14 farm teams of the Central League and Pacific League were split up to create the Eastern League and the Western League, each with seven teams. The Eastern League contained the minor league teams of the seven professional teams that had their homefields in the Eastern region
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Regional stock exchange


New Orleans Stock Exchange, the Richmond Stock Exchange, the San Francisco Curb Exchange, the San Francisco Mining Exchange, and the St. Louis Stock Exchange. Ten stock exchanges closed after the SEC was created, including the Boston Curb Market, the Buffalo Stock Exchange, the Chicago Curb Exchange, the Denver Stock Market, the Hartford Stock Market, the Milwaukee Grain and Stock Exchange, the New York Mining Exchange, the New York Real Estate Securities Exchange, the Seattle Stock Exchange, and the Wheeling Stock Exchange. The New York
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Marie-Antoine Carême


cheap Parisian chophouse in exchange for room and board. In 1798, he was formally apprenticed to Sylvain Bailly, a famous "pâtissier" with a shop near the Palais-Royal. The post-revolutionary Palais-Royal was a high profile, fashionable neighborhood filled with vibrant life and bustling crowds. Bailly recognized his talent and ambition. By the time he was prepared to leave Bailly, he could stipulate that he should be free to leave his new employer when a better offer came along. Carême opened his own shop,
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Ryan Gifford


. In 2005 at age 15, he began the transition to stock car racing in dirt late models, earning 3 poles and four top 5s in his first season. In 2006, Gifford was noticed by Mike Dillon, the son-in-law of Richard Childress and RCR's general manager. Gifford would move into the Dillon's North Carolina household in 2008 to compete for RCR and Team Dillon Racing on both dirt and asphalt, registering 3 wins and 20 top 10's in 29 starts that season. In 2009,
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Martha Kearney


) for BBC Four, "The Books That Made Britain" (2016) for BBC One,"Great Irish Journeys" (2017) for BBC Four, and "MAKE! Craft Britain" (2017) for BBC Four. She has also presented "Talking Books" for the BBC from Hay Festival interviewing Kazuo Ishiguro and Marlon James amongst others. In 2004 Kearney was a judge for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize for non fiction). In 2005 she chaired the judges for the women
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Stalin and the Scientists


Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905–1953 is a 2016 popular science non-fiction book on the history of science in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin by English novelist and science writer, Simon Ings. It is Ings' second non-fiction book, the first being "The Eye: A Natural History" (2007). He had previously published eight novels. "Stalin and the Scientists" was longlisted for the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Ings' inspiration for "Stalin
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Hay Festival


with the 2011 festival. From 2017, the Tata Group and Baillie Gifford are among the principal sponsors, along with the BBC and many non-media companies such as the Arts Council of Wales and the British Council. The festival has expanded over the years to include musical performances and film previews. A children's festival, "Hay Fever", runs alongside the main festival. It has also expanded internationally and sister festivals take place in Aarhus, Arequipa, Nairobi, Dhaka, Zacatecas, The Maldives, Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram
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Pacific Horizon Investment Trust


foreign investment. As a consequence, investment in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia was excluded. In 1992, at the end of the Company's financial year, the Board decided to widen the Company's investment objectives so as to embrace the whole of Asia except Japan. In addition, Baillie Gifford & Co Limited were appointed as managers, replacing Tyndall International (Asia) Limited. Consequently, management of the trust moved from Hong Kong to Edinburgh. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the
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Philippe Sands


International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He is the author of sixteen books on international law, including "Lawless World" (2005) and "Torture Team" (2008). His book "East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity" (2016) has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. On 5 February 2018 Sands was appointed President of English PEN. Sands
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