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  2. Bank for International Settlements - Wikipedia

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    1300. Website. www.bis.org. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution which is owned by member central banks. [2] Its primary goal is to foster international monetary and financial cooperation while serving as a bank for central banks. [3] With its establishment in 1930 it is the oldest international ...

  3. BIS - Wikipedia

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    Science and technology [ edit] -bis, an IUPAC numerical multiplier for compound or complex features, meaning 2. A colloquial name for N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide. Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, in psychology. Behavioural Inhibition System, a brain-behavioral systems in reinforcement sensitivity theory.

  4. France - Wikipedia

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    France, [a] officially the French Republic, [b] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.

  5. BIS-Tower - Wikipedia

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    BIS-Tower. The BIS-Tower, more commonly known as the BIS-high rise, is a 69.5-meter-high administrative tower and headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Designed by architect Martin Burckhardt and built between 1972 and 1977, the tower is a landmark of the Central Railway Station and the city of Basel.

  6. Departments of France - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with an additional ...

  7. French Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The French Wikipedia (French: Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two months after the official creation of Wikipedia. [1] It has 2,637,132 articles as of 24 September 2024, making it the fourth-largest Wikipedia language version, after ...

  8. Santos-Dumont 14-bis - Wikipedia

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    The 14-bis (French: Quatorze-bis; (Portuguese: Quatorze-bis; English: Fourteen-again), also known as Oiseau de proie ("bird of prey" in French), [1] was a pioneer era, canard -style biplane designed and built by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. In 1906, near Paris, the 14-bis made a manned powered flight that was the first to ...

  9. Bis (film) - Wikipedia

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    Language. French. Budget. $14 million. Box office. $10.8 million [1] Bis is a 2015 French comedy film directed by Dominique Farrugia. The film is starring Kad Merad and Franck Dubosc .