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    Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw...
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  • Black Wednesday was a British financial crisis on 16 September 1992. Black Wednesday may also refer to: Other one-time events: Black Wednesday 1878, a...
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    Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week. In countries...
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  • In the United Kingdom, Black Wednesday is the first Wednesday of August when newly qualified doctors enter their first postgraduate positions in National...
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    Holy Wednesday commemorates the Bargain of Judas as a clandestine spy among the disciples. It is also called Spy Wednesday, or Good Wednesday (in Western...
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  • fascinated by the macabre, often identified by her pale skin and black pigtails. Wednesday has been portrayed by several actresses in various films and television...
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  • leader and was succeeded by John Smith. The damage to the economy on Black Wednesday in September 1992 undermined the Conservative reputation for superior...
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  • Black Wednesday was a political crisis in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 January 1878 when the Victorian Government, headed by the radical premier...
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  • Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship...
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    withdrew the pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (on Black Wednesday), promoted the socially conservative back to basics campaign, privatised...
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    pounds sterling, which made him a profit of $1 billion, during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis. Based on his early studies of philosophy, Soros...
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  • Wednesday is an American coming-of-age supernatural mystery television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred...
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    Conservatives following a series of scandals, including the events of Black Wednesday in 1992, through campaigning on the strength of the economic recovery...
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    business and the press, but was forced to leave again two years later on Black Wednesday. The chart below provides a full summary of all applying exchange-rate...
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    Wincott Lecture in Black Wednesday, Institute of Economic Affairs (2005), p. 30. Alan Budd, 2004 Wincott Lecture in Black Wednesday, Institute of Economic...
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  • crisis 1990s Finnish banking crisis 1990–1994 Sweden financial crisis Black Wednesday (1992) Mexican peso crisis (1994) 1997 Asian financial crisis 1998...
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    Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn...
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    Black Monday (also known as Black Tuesday in some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was the global, severe and largely unexpected stock...
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    European Exchange Rate Mechanism (a day which came to be known as Black Wednesday), promoted the socially conservative back to basics campaign, passed...
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  • October 19, 1987 stock market crash. In 1992, on what became known as Black Wednesday, Soros' lead fund, Quantum Fund, became famous for profiting from the...
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  • "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 10.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved October 24, 2022. "The Black Hamptons – Listings"...
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    including Akkad Bakkad, Dard-e-Dil, Azaad Masi, Chashm-e-Num, Black Wednesday, of which Black Wednesday earned her Best Film Award in Peace Category at 60 seconds...
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  • devaluation 1976 sterling crisis, IMF loan 1992 sterling crisis ("Black Wednesday"), depreciation Currency crisis This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • was really onto something. On February 25, 1981, the day known as "Black Wednesday" at the company, Scott personally fired forty Apple employees, including...
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    potential 0% payroll tax, being proposed by US President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, however, stocks fell once more, and resulted in the DJIA entering a bear...
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  • known as the killing season or, more specifically, Black Wednesday, referring to the first Wednesday in August when postgraduate trainees commence their...
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  • Chapter 25, pg. 165 Wilton, Ken. "March, 8, 2020, Black Wednesday". Investopedia. Description of Black Wednesday in Chapter 20, Kaufman, Michael T., (2002) Soros:...
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  • Soros's greatest financial successes paying particular attention to "Black Wednesday" when Soros shorted the English Pound, acquiring roughly 10 billion...
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    19 October 1977, now known as "Black Wednesday" the South African government declared 19 groups associated with the Black Consciousness Movement to be illegal...
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    came under pressure from currency speculators (an episode known as Black Wednesday). The resulting cost to UK taxpayers was estimated to be in excess...
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