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Slim Helú, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Slim Helú, CarlosSlim Helú, Carloscärˈlōs slēm hēl&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1940–, Mexican business executive. The son of a Lebanese Maronite immigrant who became a successful merchant and…

Top 10 Polyphonic Ringtones, 2010

Here are the best selling music ringtones of 2010. Nine out of the top ten come from Hip Hop, R&B and Urban Dance genres. /**/ Rank Title…

Top 10 Polyphonic Ringtones, 2008

The following table lists the title and artist of the top ten polyphonic ringtones sold in the United States during 2008. Rank Title Artist 1. “Adios Amor Te Vas” Grupo Montez De... 2…

grid computing

(Encyclopedia) grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as…

Branson, Sir Richard

(Encyclopedia) Branson, Sir Richard (Richard Charles Nicholas Branson), 1950–, British business mogul and adventurer. He left school at 16 to start his first business, the magazine Student. In 1970…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropic institution founded in 1994 by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to improve the lives of the poor throughout the…

credit card

(Encyclopedia) credit card, device used to obtain consumer credit at the time of purchasing an article or service. Credit cards may be issued by a business, such as a department store or an oil…

Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr., 1948–, Vice President of the United States (1993–2001), b. Washington, D.C., grad. Harvard, 1969. After serving in the army in Vietnam and working as a…