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In 2006 he received the Nobel Prize for Peace. He previously was a professor of economics. His father Hazi Dula Mia Shoudagar was a jeweler. By 1949, his mother was afflicted with psychological illness. During that time he also set up a profitable packaging factory on the side. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Vanderbilt University in the United States through the graduate program in Economic Development (GPED) in 1971. Who ?

A-Mohd Yonus

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The bite-sized pieces of chocolate have a distinctive shape, commonly described as flat-bottomed teardrops. They are wrapped in squares of lightweight aluminum foil with a narrow strip of paper protruding from the top. More than 80 million are produced each day at the company's two factories. It is a popular theory that the candy was named for the sound or motion of the chocolate being deposited during the manufacturing process. They were originally wrapped by hand. Which Brand ?

A-Hershey Kisses

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London Financial Guide was renamed to what after 35 days of its Launch to seem more global in its name ?

A-FT (Financial Times)

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It is designed to fixation of a price which is used as a benchmark for pricing the majority of products throughout the world's markets. On 12 September 1919 at 11:00am the five principal traders of the day performed the first. The first conducted by telephone until the members started meeting at the Rothschild offices in New Court, St Swithin's Lane. Due to wartime emergencies and government controls, It was suspended between 1939 and 1954. In April 2004 N M Rothschild & Sons announced that it planned to withdraw from trading and Barclays Bank took its place on 7 June 2004 and the chairmanship of the meeting.

The original members were :-

• N M Rothschild & Sons
• Mocatta & Golsdmid
• Pixley & Abell
• Samuel Montagu & Co.
• Sharps Wilkins.

What Am I talking about ?

A-London Gold Fix which fixes the Gold price

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It is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed amount of a certain item. It arose out of a general acceptance that the item was useful as a universal currency. It was first adopted Following Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704. Soon to follow was Canada in 1853, Newfoundland in 1865, and the USA and Germany in 1873. What Am I Talking about ?

A-Gold Standard