Grand Bank or 'Grand Banc' as the first French settlers pronounced it, is a small rural town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, with...
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The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf....
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Grand Bank is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to the 1974 redistribution...
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Commercial banks are classified as Class "A" banks by the Nepal Rastra Bank. There are 20 commercial banks as of Mid Jan 2024. Nepal Rastra Bank has licensed...
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Lost on the Grand Banks (1885) is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910). Together with The Herring...
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National Grand Bank of Marblehead is a bank headquartered in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It was named in honor of the brave "men o’ Marblehead" and their...
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The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake (also called the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster) occurred on November 18, 1929. The shock had...
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The Grand Bank Sequence is a formation cropping out in Newfoundland. "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas". v t e...
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Depending on the definition, the world's oldest bank is either Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena or Berenberg Bank. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena was founded...
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The Banks dory, or Grand Banks dory, is a type of dory. They were used as traditional fishing boats from the 1850s on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland...
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sponsorship from 2002 to 2006, with LaSalle Bank being the final presenting sponsor in 2007. The 25th running of the Grand Prix of Cleveland was held in June 2006...
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The South Bank Grand Arbour is a kilometre-long sculptural installation, located in the South Bank Parklands in Brisbane, Australia. The structure functions...
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Burin-Grand Bank is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador represented by a member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...
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Wilshire Grand Center, and the 129th-tallest building in the world, after being surpassed by the Wilshire Grand Center. However, the U.S. Bank Tower does...
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2018, the bank acquired Casey Bancorp, Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Grand Bank of Texas. Also, the bank acquired Merchants...
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central bank of Mexico began as early as the Mexican Empire of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide with his idea of a Gran Banco del Imperio Mexicano (Grand Bank of...
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Wilshire Grand surpasses L.A.'s U.S. Bank Tower by 82 ft (25 m), the roof of the U.S. Bank Tower is still 90 ft (27.4 m) above the Wilshire Grand's. The Skyscraper...
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eastern bank of the Red River of the North, directly across from the larger city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks...
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Independent Bank is a bank headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The bank has 62 branches, all of which are in Michigan. The bank traces its roots to...
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large banks, such as Dogger Bank and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, are among the richest fishing grounds in the world. There are some banks that were...
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fishing banks. The now-submerged portions of the North American mainland are comprised in the continental shelf running from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland...
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Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery (redirect from Closure of the Canadian Grand Banks fishery)
and understanding of the ocean ecosystem related with Newfoundland's Grand Banks and cod fisheries, as well as technical and environmental challenges...
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The Ghost from the Grand Banks is a 1990 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story deals with two groups, both of whom are attempting...
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role in 1926 Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Banca di Firenze (1816–1893), renamed National Tuscan Bank [it] from 1857 Soviet Union – People's Bank (1917–1922)...
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independent local Hong Kong bank, and one of two remaining family-run Hong Kong banks, with the other being Dah Sing Bank. It continues to be run by the...
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applied in referring to either the Great Bahama Bank around Andros Island, or the Little Bahama Bank of Grand Bahama Island and Great Abaco, which are the...
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Legion of Honour (redirect from Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor)
d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General François...
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waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 267 kilometres (166 mi) east of St. John's, Newfoundland...
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Russia, partly modeled on the Bank of Sweden. It started operations in August 1812. It was owned and controlled by the Grand Duchy's government, but from...
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Caixabank Banco Sabadell There were formerly a "big six" (los seis grandes) composed of three banks that are now part of BBVA (Banco de Bilbao, Banco de Vizcaya...
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