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Bratz is an American fashion doll and media franchise created by former Mattel employee Carter Bryant for MGA Entertainment, which debuted in 2001. [1]The four original 10-inch (25 cm) dolls were released on May 21, 2001 — Yasmin (Mulatta/Latina), Cloe (Caucasian), Jade (East Asian), and Sasha (African American).
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Unlike the Spanish milled dollar, the Continental Congress and the Coinage Act prescribed a decimal system of units to go with the unit dollar, as follows: [15] [16] the mill, or one-thousandth of a dollar; the cent, or one-hundredth of a dollar; the dime, or one-tenth of a dollar; and the eagle, or ten dollars. The current relevance of these ...
The first products of Dow Jones & Company, the publisher of the Journal, were brief news bulletins, nicknamed flimsies, hand-delivered throughout the day to traders at the stock exchange. [15] Beginning in 1883, they were aggregated in a printed daily summary called the Customers' Afternoon Letter , sold for $1.50 per month compared to the $15 ...
Following her conversion, Taylor became an active supporter of Jewish and Zionist causes. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] In 1959, she purchased $100,000 worth of Israeli bonds , which led to her films being banned by Arab countries throughout the Middle East and Africa.
Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million ($364 million in 2024 dollars [31]), giving Facebook an implied value of around $15 billion ($22.7 billion in 2024 dollars [31]). Facebook focused on generating revenue through targeted advertising based on user data, a model that drove its rapid financial growth
In an effort to combat inflation and foster economic growth, the Zimbabwean dollar was suspended indefinitely in April 2009. [198] In 2016, Zimbabwe allowed trade in the United States dollar and various other currencies such as the rand (South Africa), the pula (Botswana), the euro , and the pound sterling (UK). [ 199 ]
Mexico, [a] [b] officially the United Mexican States, [c] is a country in North America.It borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. [12]