Search

Search results

Displaying 91 - 100

discount

(Encyclopedia) discount, in banking and investment, fee for lending money, which the banker deducts from the loan when it is given. Thus, with a $1,000 loan at a 6% discount, the borrower receives $…

Best Video Games for Kids

From Super Smash Bros. Brawl to Space Invaders Extreme by Dana J. Quigley Related Links History of Video Games Quiz Video Games: Timeline The overwhelming number of video games…

The Best Online Games for Kids

From Club Penguin to Poptropica, here is a quick guide to some of the most popular online kids games   Related Links What Kids Do Online Video Games: Timeline Many…

McCloskey, Robert

(Encyclopedia) McCloskey, Robert (John Robert McCloskey)McCloskey, Robertməklŏˈskē [key], 1914–2003, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Hamilton, Ohio. He studied at the Vesper…

Benson, Ezra Taft

(Encyclopedia) Benson, Ezra Taft, 1899–1994, U.S. secretary of agriculture (1953–61), b. Whitney, Idaho. An extension economist and marketing specialist at the Univ. of Idaho (1930–38) and executive…

value, in economics

(Encyclopedia) value, in economics, worth of a commodity in terms of other commodities, or in terms of money (see price). Value depends on both desirability and scarcity. The marginal theory of value…

Women Fashion Designers and Models

  Isabella Rossellini Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators…

Economic Domino Theory

How Does Capital Flight Affect Me? Anyone who has invested in the stock market - and that's a whopping 43% of American households - can tell you that the American economy is not an island unto…

International Finance: About Foreign Exchange

About Foreign ExchangeInternational FinanceIntroductionAbout Foreign ExchangeEffect on Imports, Exports, and GDPTrade Deficits: Bad or Good?The International Monetary SystemThe Dollar and the U.S.…

Wood, Mrs. Henry

(Encyclopedia) Wood, Mrs. Henry, 1814–87, English novelist whose maiden name was Ellen Price. Her melodramatic and sensational novel East Lynne (1861) was dramatized and became a permanent stock…