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  2. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    Doomsday Clock. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [1] Maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances.

  3. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. Predicted dates of the end of the world This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an ...

  4. End of day - Wikipedia

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    Note the discarded papers on the floor. End of day (EOD), end of business (EOB), close of business (COB), close of play (COP), or end of play (EOP) is the end of the trading day in financial markets, the point when trading ceases. In some markets it is actually defined as the point in time a few minutes prior to the actual cessation of trading ...

  5. Foreign exchange date conventions - Wikipedia

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    If the spot date falls on the last business day of the month in the currency pair then the delivery date is defined by convention to be the last business day of the target month e.g. assuming all days are business days: if spot is at 30 April, a one-month time to expiry will make the delivery date 31 May. This is described as trading "end-end".

  6. Last Judgment - Wikipedia

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    The final judgment of sinners by Jesus Christ; carving on the central portal of Amiens Cathedral, France.. The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (Hebrew: יום הדין, romanized: Yom ha-Dīn; Arabic: یوم القيامة, romanized: Yawm al-Qiyāmah or یوم الدین, Yawm ad-Dīn) is a ...

  7. Fed interest rate decision looms in critical week for markets ...

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    The Fed will announce its next monetary policy decision on Wednesday. Markets are largely split on whether the central bank will cut rates by 25 basis points to a range of 5% to 5.25% or by 50 ...

  8. ISO week date - Wikipedia

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    1981W begins three days before the end of 1980. 1981W has 53 weeks and ends three days into 1982. A precise date is specified by the ISO week-numbering year in the format YYYY , a week number in the format ww prefixed by the letter 'W', and the weekday number , a digit d from 1 through 7, beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday.

  9. Ex-dividend date - Wikipedia

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    The ex-dividend date (coinciding with the reinvestment date for shares held subject to a dividend reinvestment plan) is an investment term involving the timing of payment of dividends on stocks of corporations, income trusts, and other financial holdings, both publicly and privately held. The ex-date or ex-dividend date represents the date on ...