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  2. CIT Group - Wikipedia

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    CIT Group (CIT), a subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, is an American financial services company. It provides financing, including factoring , cash management , treasury management , mortgage loans , Small Business Administration loans, leasing, and advisory services principally to individuals, middle-market companies and small businesses ...

  3. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Price rose from $150 in October to $200 in November, reaching $1,242 on 29 November 2013. Apr 2014 $340–$530: The lowest price since the 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis had been reached at 3:25 AM on 11 April. [citation needed] 2–3 March 2017 $1,290+ Price broke above the November 2013 high of $1,242 and then traded above $1,290.

  4. Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    Early history The Vatican obelisk in St. Peter's Square was brought to Rome from Egypt by Caligula The name "Vatican" was already in use in the time of the Roman Republic for the Ager Vaticanus , a marshy area on the west bank of the Tiber across from the city of Rome, located between the Janiculum , the Vatican Hill and Monte Mario , down to ...

  5. Chit fund - Wikipedia

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    The first state-run chit fund, Kerala State Financial Enterprises, was established in 1969 by the Kerala government. Its explicit purpose was to provide an alternative to unscrupulous private-sector chit fund organizers. In 2000, it had 77% of the capital volume of the chit fund business in Kerala, though just 37.5% of the number of chit funds.

  6. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States became the world's leading industrial power at the turn of the 20th century, due to an outburst of entrepreneurship and industrialization and the arrival of millions of immigrant workers and farmers. A national railroad network was completed and large-scale mines and factories were established.

  7. Philadelphia Savings Fund Society - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society ( PSFS ), originally called the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, was a savings bank headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. PSFS was founded in December 1816, the first savings bank to organize and do business in the United States. The bank would develop as one of the largest savings ...

  8. Maryland Center for History and Culture - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .mdhistory .org. The Maryland Center for History and Culture ( MCHC ), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), [6] founded on March 1, 1844, [1] is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. The organization "collects, preserves, and interprets objects and materials reflecting Maryland's diverse heritage".

  9. Nobel Prize - Wikipedia

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    The greatest omission in our 106-year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize. Gandhi could do without the Nobel Peace Prize. Whether the Nobel committee can do without Gandhi, is the question. Other high-profile individuals with widely recognised contributions to peace have been overlooked.