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  2. Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The Bangladeshi taka is the national currency. As of 2023 [update] , the large service sector accounts for about 51.5% of total GDP, followed by the industrial sector (34.6%), while the agriculture sector is by far the smallest, making up only 11% of total GDP; [ 6 ] despite being the largest employment sector, providing roughly half of the ...

  3. European Union - Wikipedia

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    The currency union represents 345 million EU citizens. [185] The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. [186] [187] [188] The euro, and the monetary policies of those who have adopted it in agreement with the EU, are under the control of the ECB. [189]

  4. Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The English name Switzerland is a portmanteau of Switzer, an obsolete term for a Swiss person which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries, and land. [28] The English adjective Swiss is a loanword from French Suisse , also in use since the 16th century.

  5. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Piastre was the original French word for the U.S. dollar, used for example in the French text of the Louisiana Purchase. Though the U.S. dollar is called dollar in Modern French, the term piastre is still used among the speakers of Cajun French and New England French, as well as speakers in Haiti and other French Caribbean islands.

  6. Finland - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, the most common foreign languages are Russian (1.8%), Estonian (0.9%), Arabic (0.7%), English (0.6%) and Ukrainian (0.5%). [ 1 ] English is studied by most pupils as a compulsory subject from the first grade (at seven years of age), formerly from the third or fifth grade, in the comprehensive school (in some schools other languages ...

  7. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.

  8. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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    As with other modern ransomware, the payload displays a message informing the user that their files have been encrypted, and demands a payment of around US$300 in bitcoin within three days, or US$600 within seven days (equivalent to about $370 and $750 in 2023), [25] [29] warning that "you have not so enough time.