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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BlackRockBlackRock - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023. [1] Headquartered at 50 Hudson Yards in Midtown ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CapitalismCapitalism - Wikipedia

    4 hours ago · Capitalism is characterized by private ownership of the factors of production. Decision making is decentralized and rests with the owners of the factors of production. Their decision making is coordinated by the market, which provides the necessary information. Material incentives are used to motivate participants.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › East_AsiaEast Asia - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · In business and economics, "East Asia" is sometimes used to refer to the geographical area covering ten Southeast Asian countries in ASEAN, Greater China, Japan and Korea. However, in this context, the term "Far East" is used by the Europeans to cover ASEAN countries and the countries in East Asia. However, being a Eurocentric term, Far East ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AfricaAfrica - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DopamineDopamine - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Dopamine ( DA, a contraction of 3,4- d ihydr o xy p henethyl amine) is a neuromodulatory molecule that plays several important roles in cells. It is an organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families. Dopamine constitutes about 80% of the catecholamine content in the brain.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PainPain - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Medication. Analgesic. Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage."

  7. 1 day ago · The Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The concept was announced in 1983, by President Ronald Reagan, [1] a critic of the doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD), which he ...

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