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  2. Annuities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 mainly guaranteed by a life insurer.

  3. 6 Sneaky Ways Restaurants Trick You Into Spending More Money

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    The free bread basket and chips. In a TikTok posted earlier this week, user Cowgirl.Crystal claimed that the reason restaurants fill you up on so much free bread and chips is because "you will ...

  4. Pension - Wikipedia

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    These three tiers are based on the employee's hire date (i.e. Tier I covers 1 January 1980 (and before) to 1 January 1995, Tier II 2 January 1995 to 1 January 2010, and Tier III 1 January 2010 to present) and have different benefit provisions (e.g. Tier I employees can retire at age 50 with 80% benefits or wait until 55 with full benefits, Tier ...

  5. Day count convention - Wikipedia

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    the number of complete years, counted back from the last day of the period; the remaining initial stub, calculated using the basic rule. As an example, a period from 1994-02-10 to 1997-06-30 is split as follows: 1994-06-30 to 1997-06-30 = 3 (whole years calculated backwards from the end) 1994-02-10 to 1994-06-30 = 140/365

  6. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Wikipedia

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    On the day before, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's (Big Foot) band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them 5 miles (8.0 km) westward to Wounded Knee Creek where they made camp.

  7. Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants - Wikipedia

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    The jury found that McDonald's was 80 percent responsible for the incident. They awarded Liebeck a net $160,000 [ 3 ] in compensatory damages to cover medical expenses, and $2.7 million (equivalent to $5,600,000 in 2023) in punitive damages , the equivalent of two days of McDonald's coffee sales.

  8. Rebate (marketing) - Wikipedia

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    Rebate (marketing) In marketing, a rebate is a form of buying discount and is an amount paid by way of reduction, return, or refund that is paid retrospectively. It is a type of sales promotion that marketers use primarily as incentives or supplements to product sales. Rebates are also used as a means of enticing price-sensitive consumers into ...

  9. Public holidays in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Businesses often close or grant paid time off for New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and the Day after Thanksgiving, but none of these are federal holidays. Other federal holidays are less widely observed by businesses.