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The currency union represents 345 million EU citizens. [186] The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. [187] [188] [189] The euro, and the monetary policies of those who have adopted it in agreement with the EU, are under the control of the ECB. [190]
In July 2014, the bank was required to post a bond of 1.1 billion euros, which UBS complied with while making multiple appeals in the French court system, finally losing its appeal at the Cour de Cassation, France's highest court. [253]
New Zealand's economy became increasingly dominated by finance capitalism in the decades before the Great Recession. [4] Finance companies grew rapidly in the years leading up to the 2007–2008 financial crisis as property developers used finance firms to "fund requirements over and above their first mortgage from a major bank."
In 2008, Collins English Dictionary declared "Facebook" as its new Word of the Year. [488] In December 2009, the New Oxford American Dictionary declared its word of the year to be the verb " unfriend ", defined as "To remove someone as a ' friend ' on a social networking site such as Facebook".
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
English has taken a major role in Japan as a business and international link language, and is a compulsory subject at the junior and senior high school levels. [257] Japanese Sign Language is the primary sign language used in Japan and has gained some official recognition, but its usage has been historically hindered by discriminatory policies ...
In 2008, he entered the yacht business and bought Princess Yachts for 253 million euros. [28] He subsequently took control of Royal van Lent shipyard for an almost identical amount. [29] From 2010 until 2013, Arnault was a member of the Board of Advisors of the Malaysian 1MDB fund. [30] [31] [32] [33]
London is an ancient name, attested in the first century AD, usually in the Latinised form Londinium. [36] Modern scientific analyses of the name must account for the origins of the different forms found in early sources: Latin (usually Londinium), Old English (usually Lunden), and Welsh (usually Llundein), with reference to the known developments over time of sounds in those different languages.