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  2. Grandmaster (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Grandmaster ( GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title can be revoked for cheating . The title of Grandmaster, along with the lesser FIDE titles of ...

  3. Stub - Wikipedia

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    Stub (stock), the portion of a corporation left over after most but not all of it has been bought out or spun out. Stub, a tree cut and allowed to regrow from the trunk; see pollarding. Pay stub, a receipt or record that the employer has paid an employee. Stub period, period of time over which interest accrues which is not equal to the usual ...

  4. Effects of the 2008–2010 automotive industry crisis on the ...

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    GM plans to launch predominately fuel-efficient cars and crossovers over the next four years, investing $2.9 billion in fuel-efficient technologies and alternative fuels during that time period. By 2012, GM will offer 15 hybrid models, and more than half of its fleet will be flex-fuel vehicles, able to run on either gasoline or ethanol-rich E85 ...

  5. Adenosine diphosphate ribose - Wikipedia

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    Adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPR) is an ester molecule formed into chains by the enzyme poly ADP ribose polymerase. ADPR is created from cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) by the CD38 enzyme using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD +) as a cofactor. ADPR binds to and activates the TRPM2 ion channel. ADPR is the most potent agonist of the TRPM2 ...

  6. Gusto, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    gusto .com. Gusto, Inc. is a company that provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management software for businesses based in the United States. Gusto handles payments to employees, and contractors and also handles electronically the paperwork necessary to help client companies comply with tax, labor, and immigration laws. [3]

  7. General Motors/Fiat Premium platform - Wikipedia

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    Wheelbase. 2,525–2,700 mm (99.4–106.3 in) Chronology. Successor. GM Epsilon II (for Opel) FCA Giorgio Platform (for Alfa Romeo) The Premium platform was General Motors 's and Fiat Group 's high-end automobile platform for front wheel drive and four wheel drive automobiles developed in early 2000s mainly in Sweden by Saab engineers. [3]

  8. Glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase - Wikipedia

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    In enzymology, a glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase ( EC 2.7.7.27) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction. Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and alpha-D- glucose 1-phosphate, whereas its two products are diphosphate and ADP-glucose . This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring ...

  9. General Motors EV1 - Wikipedia

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    2,908 lb (1,319 kg) with NiMH batteries. The " General Motors EV1 ", often simplified to " GM EV1 ", [2] is a battery electric car produced by the American automobile manufacturer General Motors. It was produced from 1996 until its demise in 1999, but the EV1 program ended four years later. A subcompact car, the General Motors EV1 marked the ...