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Short version of Euro rate differential, which is a Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures contract that is founded on the interest rate spread between the U.S. dollar and the British pound, the German mark, or the Japanese yen.

Diff

A futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where the underlying asset is the interest rate spread between the U.S. dollar and either the British pound or the Japanese yen. The German mark has been used as well. A diff can be used to hedge foreign exchange risk. See also: Interest rate parity.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has outlined rules that would require manufacturers of over-the-counter medications to present important safety and dosing information and other vital facts about those drugs in a simplified, unified format on the products' labels.

Labeling changes on horizon

"The adoption of a single unified format enables entertainment and consumer electronics manufacturers to move forward with a timely launch of this exciting new medium," noted Craig Eggers, marketing manager for new products at Toshiba America.

DVD standard 'makes it viable.' (unified digital video disc standard)

While the Avid solutions handle the ingest, edit and playout, Telestream Vantage transcodes all ingested media for a unified format. Front Porch Diva is the HSM that manages the archive tape library.

Sharjah TV redefined

Toshiba has resisted the idea of establishing a unified format for next-generation DVDs based on Sony's Blu-ray format, becoming adamant about a new standard based on its own DVD format, according to industry sources.

Toshiba-led group develops recordable disc under new DVD format

All companies are now racing to develop one unified format before next year.

Toshiba shows off its DVDs

and other firms that support the Blu-ray format began negotiating a month ago to set up a unified format with Toshiba Corp., which leads a group supporting the HD DVD format.

LEAD: Matsushita sees difficulty to unify next-generation DVD format

An example is the need for unified formats, so that files and data keep pace with digitisation.

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