Golden Bull

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Golden Bull

A slang term for $1,000 in Hong Kong. The term refers to the color of $1,000 banknotes. See also: Hong Kong dollar.

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In addition, Golden Bull has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 232,500 common shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discount and commissions.

Golden Bull Limited closes on USD 6.2m firm commitment

It is often forgotten that Voltaire wrote the renowned phrase not primarily as a reference to the HRE of the time he wrote it in 1756, but as a closing line at the end of his treatment of the Golden Bull of 1356.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire

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COMPANIES TODAY

As the Telegraph revealed on Monday, the Plain English Campaign has nominated the force for a Golden Bull "award" for a series of baffling mission statements.

THIS GOBBLEDEGOOK IS CRIMINAL, POLICE TOLD; Crime commissioner plans crackdown on jargon... as it emerges police are calling criminals 'high harm causers'

This marks another major award in this field to ICBC fixed-income team subsequent to the "Golden Bull Bond Fund Management Company", "Bond Investment Return Award" presented by the renowned media, China Securities Journal and Shanghai Securities.

China : ICBC Credit Suisse Named "Excellent Fixed-Income Investment Team"

Romney, 65, led the way at the annual Golden Bull awards for talking 'gobbledygook'.

Mitt Romney finally wins 'gobbledygook' award for speaking 'load of gibberish'!

Here he argues that developments after 1648 were only a continuation of those before, just as in 1654 the Peace of Westphalia was 'designated the culmination and conclusion of a series of fundamental laws' including the Golden Bull of 1356, the Peace of Augsburg (1555) and so on (1.643-4).

UNITING EUROPE

The Golden Bull awards recognise the year's most baffling examples of gobbledegook.

Mayor's English shocker

Golden Bull winners 2010 Boris Johnson -'A cyclised city' of 'pioneers' NHS Lanarkshire -"These are cascaded to senior staff across the organisation through to frontline staff via a structured mechanism to facilitate ownership of data."

Stars show how to mangle plain English

The bull represents the golden bull of Wall Street and the man pinned to the wall is jailed financier Bernard Madoff

This sculpture by Chinese artist ChenWenling[...]

Ms Claire said the sentence was being entered in this year's Golden Bull competition - and stood a good chance of winning.

THE LONG BLUE LINE; Cops blasted over 102-word sentence

The Plain English Campaign's Golden Bull awards aim to embarrass those who abuse language.