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  2. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Wikipedia

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    Planned West End Street Railway system, 1885; consolidation of these lines was complete by 1887. See also 1880 horse railway map.. Mass transportation in Boston was provided by private companies, often granted charters by the state legislature for limited monopolies, with powers of eminent domain to establish a right-of-way, until the creation of the MTA in 1947.

  3. List of companies traded on the JSE - Wikipedia

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    life insurance, employee benefits, medical scheme, health insurance, asset management: mmiholdings.co.za: MOB Mobile Industries Limited: marine cargo industry, including beer kegs, transponders and software solutions: MNY Moneyweb Holdings Limited: financial information MTE Monteagle Holdings Societe Anonyme: MPC Mr Price Group Limited: apparel ...

  4. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos after he relocated from New York City to Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, to operate an online bookstore. Bezos chose the Seattle area for its abundance of technical talent from Microsoft and the University of Washington , as well as its smaller population for sales tax purposes and the ...

  5. Voter identification laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    But in practice, state employees at the DMV were instructed to provide the IDs for free only if people specifically asked to have their fee waived. [40] The requirement to show photo ID had been declared in violation of the Wisconsin Constitution and blocked by state and federal judges, but those decisions were overturned by the Wisconsin ...

  6. Samsung Electronics - Wikipedia

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    Many employees working in Samsung's semiconductor facilities have developed various forms of cancers. [ citation needed ] Initially, Samsung denied being responsible for the illnesses. Although Samsung is known to disfavor trade unions, [ 259 ] these sick workers organized in the group SHARPS (Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in ...

  7. Maglev - Wikipedia

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    Transrapid 09 at the Emsland test facility in Lower Saxony, Germany A full trip on the Shanghai Transrapid maglev train Example of low-speed urban maglev system, Linimo. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.

  8. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    Users and administrators are aware, to varying extents, of a network's trust and scope characteristics. Again using TCP/IP architectural terminology, an intranet is a community of interest under private administration usually by an enterprise, and is only accessible by authorized users (e.g. employees). [84]

  9. US Airways - Wikipedia

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    The US Airways Do Crew program was the airline's employee community-service program. Employee volunteers in the program participated in community-based projects on a monthly basis through local chapters in Boston, Charlotte, Las Vegas, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.