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Escrow Agent — An entity that has fiduciary responsibilities in the transfer of property from one party to another. Typically associated with selling or buying a home or other property, the escrow agent will secure the property and examine documents to make… … Investment dictionary
Email — This article is about the communications medium. For the former manufacturing conglomerate, see Email Limited. The at sign, a part of every SMTP email address[1] Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e mail, is a method of exchanging… … Wikipedia
Anti-spam techniques (e-mail) — To prevent e mail spam, both end users and administrators of e mail systems use various anti spam techniques. Some of these techniques have been embedded in products, services and software to ease the burden on users and administrators. No one… … Wikipedia
2003 Mutual-fund scandal — The mutual fund scandal of 2003 was the result of the discovery of illegal late trading and market timing practices on the part of certain hedge fund and mutual fund companies.pitzer investigationOn September 3, 2003, New York Attorney General… … Wikipedia