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  2. Great Seal of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Obverse (with eagle) and reverse of the Great Seal. The Great Seal is a national symbol of the United States. The phrase is used both for the impression device itself, which is kept by the United States secretary of state, and more generally for the impression it produces. The obverse of the Great Seal depicts the national coat of arms of the ...

  3. Wikipedia:Ticker symbols in article leads - Wikipedia

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    The inclusion of ticker symbols in article leads dates from an era when articles about companies did not have infoboxes. Nowadays, they are historical artifacts (relics, perhaps) that can safely be removed from article leads in most cases. Examples: Ericsson, Apple Inc., Adobe Systems, Research In Motion, Hasbro. The practice is unencyclopedic.

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.

  5. Intuitive Surgical - Wikipedia

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    Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery, most notably with the da Vinci Surgical System. The company is part of the NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500. As of 31 December 2021, Intuitive Surgical had an ...

  6. Double-headed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The double-headed eagle is an iconographic symbol originating in the Bronze Age. A heraldic charge, it is used with the concept of an empire. Most modern uses of the emblem are directly or indirectly associated with its use by the late Byzantine Empire, originally a dynastic emblem of the Palaiologoi.

  7. Reichsadler - Wikipedia

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    The Reichsadler, i. e. the German Imperial Eagle, originated from a proto-heraldic emblem that was believed to have been used by Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler whom the Pope crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800, and derived ultimately from the Aquila, i. e. eagle standard, of the ancient Roman army.

  8. Nasdaq-100 - Wikipedia

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    nasdaq .com /nasdaq-100. The Nasdaq-100 ( ^NDX [2]) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index. The stocks' weights in the index are based on their market capitalizations, with certain rules capping ...

  9. Fascist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Fascist symbolism is the use of certain images and symbols which are designed to represent aspects of fascism. These include national symbols of historical importance, goals, and political policies. [1] The best-known are the fasces, which was the original symbol of fascism, and the swastika of Nazism .