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  2. Trans World Corporation - Wikipedia

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    TW Services was formed at end of 1986 upon the dissolution of Transworld Corp. [6] L. Edwin Smart remained head of TW Services Inc., the successor of Trans World Corporation which remained headquartered in the same building and shared many directors as Trans World Corporation. TW Services Inc. continued the use of the TW ticker symbol on the ...

  3. With-profits policy - Wikipedia

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    A large part of the life fund is invested in equities, bonds, and property to aim to achieve a high overall return. The insurance company aims to distribute part of its profit to the with-profits policy holders in the form of a bonus (Commonwealth) or dividend (USA) attached to their policy (see the bonus section). The bonus rate is decided ...

  4. Trans World Airlines - Wikipedia

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    www.twa.com (Archived 2001-10-25 at the Wayback Machine) Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops ...

  5. Dividend reinvestment plan - Wikipedia

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    A dividend reinvestment program or dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is an equity investment option offered directly from the underlying company. The investor does not receive dividends directly as cash; instead, the investor's dividends are directly reinvested in the underlying equity. The investor must still pay tax annually on his or her ...

  6. Annuities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Annuities in the United States. In the United States, an annuity is a financial product which offers tax-deferred growth and which usually offers benefits such as an income for life. Typically these are offered as structured (insurance) products that each state approves and regulates in which case they are designed using a mortality table and ...

  7. Whole life insurance - Wikipedia

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    Whole life insurance. Whole life insurance, or whole of life assurance (in the Commonwealth of Nations), sometimes called "straight life" or "ordinary life", is a life insurance policy which is guaranteed to remain in force for the insured's entire lifetime, provided required premiums are paid, or to the maturity date. [ 1 ]

  8. Individual retirement account - Wikipedia

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    Individual retirement account. An individual retirement account[1] (IRA) in the United States is a form of pension [2] provided by many financial institutions that provides tax advantages for retirement savings. It is a trust that holds investment assets purchased with a taxpayer's earned income for the taxpayer's eventual benefit in old age.

  9. Life insurance - Wikipedia

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    Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of an insured person. Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical ...