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Bank loans, which are available to businesses of all types and sizes, represent one of the most important sources of commercial funding throughout the industrialized world. Key sources of funding for ...
Industrial Review
World car production (excluding Russia) in 1992 totaled 33,035,000, 1.3% higher than in 1991. This compared with the record world output of 34,155,000 cars in 1990. The rise reflected gains in two of ...
mass transit
In the developed world and particularly the Western Hemisphere, the automobile entered the transportation market as a toy for the rich at the beginning of the 20th century. It became increasingly ...
consumer credit
short- and intermediate-term loans used to finance the purchase of commodities or services for personal consumption or to refinance debts incurred for such purposes. The loans may be supplied by ...
finance company
specialized financial institution that supplies credit for the purchase of consumer goods and services by purchasing the time-sales contracts of merchants or by granting small loans directly to ...
credit union
credit cooperative formed by an organized group of people with some common bond who, in effect, save their money together and make low-cost loans to each other. The loans are usually short-term ...
finance
the process of raising funds or capital for any kind of expenditure. Consumers, business firms, and governments often do not have the funds available to make expenditures, pay their debts, or ...
DeLorean, John Zachary
American automobile manufacturer and entrepreneur (b. Jan. 6, 1925, Detroit, Mich.-d. March 19, 2005, Summit, N.J.), established the DeLorean Motor Co. near Belfast, N.Ire., which produced (1981) the ...
automotive industry
At the end of World War II the American automobile industry had intact facilities, somewhat enlarged by construction for military needs. There was also a great demand for automobiles. This situation ...
Kaiser, Henry J.
American industrialist and founder of more than 100 companies including Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel, and Kaiser Cement and Gypsum. |
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