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The world's largest recorded music markets are listed annually by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The ranking is based on retail value (rather than units) each market generates respectively per year; retail value generated by each market varies from year to year.
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards ; is home to the Mercury Prize ; co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association; and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards.
Therefore, before making a purchase, consumers may weigh their options as either a gain or a loss to avoid the risk of losing money on a purchase. [5] A "gain" view on a purchase results in chance taking [ 5 ] For example, if there is a buy-one-get-one-half-off discount that seems profitable, a shopper will buy the product.
In 2012–13 OSEO S.A. was merged with Fonds stratégique d'investissement and Caisse des dépôts et consignations's CDC Entreprises to form Banque Publique d'Investissement S.A. (BPI or Bpifrance). At the same time EPIC OESO was renamed to EPIC BPI-Groupe (literally Public entity for Industrial and Commercial, Public Investment Bank Group)
Bpifrance also known as the Banque publique d'investissement (lit. ' [French] Public Investment Bank ') is a French public sector investment bank.It is a joint venture of two state owned enterprises: the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and EPIC BPI-Groupe (formerly EPIC OSEO).
The U.S. prime rate is in principle the interest rate at which a supermajority (3/4ths) of American banking institutions grant loans to their most creditworthy corporate clients. [1] As such, it serves as the de facto floor for private-sector lending, and is the baseline from which common "consumer" interest rates are set (e.g. credit card rates).
These spools and their attendant parts are held inside a protective plastic shell which is 4 by 2.5 by 0.5 inches (10.2 cm × 6.35 cm × 1.27 cm) at its largest dimensions. The tape itself is commonly referred to as "eighth-inch" tape, supposedly 1 ⁄ 8 inch (0.125 in; 3.17 mm) wide, but actually slightly larger, at 0.15 inches (3.81 mm). [ 8 ]
The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. [10] Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [11] One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. [12]