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India accounts for the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, lying atop the Indian tectonic plate, a part of the Indo-Australian Plate. India's defining geological processes began 75 million years ago when the Indian Plate, then part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana , began a north-eastward drift caused by seafloor spreading to its south-west ...
— Xi Jinping during a speech in 2012 Xi vowed to crack down on corruption immediately after he ascended to power. In his inaugural speech as general secretary, Xi mentioned that fighting corruption was one of the toughest challenges for the party. A few months into his term, Xi outlined the Eight-point Regulation, listing rules intended to curb corruption and waste during official party ...
Tsai Ing-wen ( Chinese: 蔡英文; pinyin: Cài Yīngwén; Wade–Giles: Ts’ai4 Ying1-wen2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Eng-bûn; Paiwan: Tjuku Tsai; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician who has been serving as the 7th president of the Republic of China ( Taiwan) since 2016. [1] A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is ...
The Thrift Savings Plan ( TSP) is a defined contribution plan for United States civil service employees and retirees as well as for members of the uniformed services. As of December 31, 2021, TSP has approximately 6.5 million participants (of which approximately 3.9 million are actively participating through payroll deductions), and more than ...
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their job due to health reasons. People may also retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when ...
457 plan. The 457 plan is a type of nonqualified, [1] [2] tax advantaged deferred-compensation retirement plan that is available for governmental and certain nongovernmental employers in the United States. The employer provides the plan and the employee defers compensation into it on a pre tax or after-tax (Roth) basis.
Zinskauf. Zinskauf ( [ˈt͡sɪns.kaʊ̯f], "purchase interest") was a financial instrument, similar to an annuity, that rose to prominence in the Middle Ages. [1] [2] [3] The decline of the Byzantine Empire led to a growth of capital in Europe, so the Catholic Church tolerated zinskauf as a way to avoid prohibitions on usury.
Traditional IRA. A traditional IRA is an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), established in the United States by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) ( Pub. L. 93–406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974, codified in part at 29 U.S.C. ch. 18 ). Normal IRAs also existed before ERISA.