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  2. Clearstream - Wikipedia

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    Clearstream was founded as "Cedel" (Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilières) in September 1970 by 66 of the world's major financial institutions as a clearing organisation whose objective was to minimise risk in the settlement of cross-border securities trading, particularly in the growing Eurobond market.

  3. Euroclear - Wikipedia

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    Building at Rue de la Régence 4 in Brussels, former head office of Euroclear Seat of Euroclear Bank in Kraków, Poland. Euroclear acquired Sicovam (the French central securities depository or CSD) in 2001, Necigef (Nederlands Centraal Instituut voor Giraal Effectenverkeer), the Dutch and CRESTCo Ltd, the CSD for UK & Irish securities using the CREST application in 2002.

  4. Antenna farm - Wikipedia

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    Antenna farms have often been the source of complaints from local neighborhoods, particularly when a new tower is added. This has been increasingly so for TV stations, which have been pursuing with alacrity the construction of new digital television antennas. Because many of these towers are already full, or were built well before there was the ...

  5. Television antenna - Wikipedia

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    Outdoor antennas are more expensive and difficult to install but are necessary for adequate reception in fringe areas far from television stations; the most common types of these are the Yagi, [2] log periodic, [2] and (for UHF) the multi-bay reflective array antenna.

  6. Eurobond (external bond) - Wikipedia

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    A eurobond is an international bond that is denominated in a currency not native to the country where it is issued. They are also called external bonds . [ 1 ] They are usually categorised according to the currency in which they are issued: eurodollar, euroyen, and so on.

  7. Random wire antenna - Wikipedia

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    Often random wire antennas are also (inaccurately) referred to as long-wire antennas.There is no accepted minimum size, but actual long-wire antennas must be greater than at least a quarter-wavelength (⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ λ) or perhaps greater than a half (⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ λ) at the frequency the long wire antenna is used for, and even a half-wave may only be considered "long-ish" rather than "truly ...

  8. Clearstream affair - Wikipedia

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    The Clearstream affair was a political scandal in France in the run-up to the 2007 presidential election. The name refers to the Luxembourg bank Clearstream Banking S.A , now wholly owned by Deutsche Börse , which was alleged to have aided many prominent French politicians and companies in evading taxes .

  9. Loop antenna - Wikipedia

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    A quad antenna is a self-resonant loop in a square shape; this one also includes a parasitic element.. Loop antennas may be in the shape of a circle, a square, or any other closed geometric shape that allows the total perimeter to be slightly more than one wavelength.