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  2. Federal Employees Retirement System - Wikipedia

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    Federal Employees Retirement System. The Federal Employees' Retirement System ( FERS) is the retirement system for employees within the United States civil service. FERS [1] became effective January 1, 1987, to replace the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and to conform federal retirement plans in line with those in the private sector. [2]

  3. Bethesda Softworks - Wikipedia

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    Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986 as a division of Media Technology Limited. In 1999, it became a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media. In its first 15 years, it was a video game developer and self-published its titles.

  4. History of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [2] It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations.

  5. Payroll - Wikipedia

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    A payroll is a list of employees of a company who are entitled to receive compensation as well as other work benefits, as well as the amounts that each should obtain. [1] Along with the amounts that each employee should receive for time worked or tasks performed, payroll can also refer to a company's records of payments that were previously ...

  6. Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA; / ˈoʊʃə /) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. [2] : 12, 16 The United States Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), which ...

  7. Cancer (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Cancer (♋︎) ( Greek: Καρκίνος, romanized : Karkínos, Latin for the "Crab") is the fourth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer. It spans from 90° to 120° celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area between approximately June 22 and July 22. [2]

  8. Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    Istanbul. /  41.01361°N 28.95500°E  / 41.01361; 28.95500. Istanbul [a] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of ...

  9. Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Foundation's net assets grew from an initial $57,000 at the end of its first fiscal year, ending June 30, 2004, to $53.5 million in mid-2014 and $231 million (plus a $100 million endowment) by the end of June 2021; that year, the Foundation also announced plans to launch Wikimedia Enterprise, to let large organizations pay by volume for ...