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Certificate of Incorporation
Subject:
Business Studies

allows a close corporation and a private company to start trading, and the public company to...

Certificate to Commence Business
Subject:
Business Studies

the certificate to say that a public company may now start trading.

ceteris paribus
Subject:
Economics

Latin term for everything else remains the same.

CFCs
Subject:
Life Sciences

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are organic compounds that contain carbon, chlorine and fluorine.

chain propagation
Subject:
Physical Sciences

the part of polymerisation where monomers are continually added to form a longer and longer...

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