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The active life of a mine

Conglomerate

A conglomerate is a large corporation made up of a number of different businesses, often operating in unrelated industries, which are owned and managed under one corporate group. Conglomerates typically grow through acquisitions and may include both core and non-core operations. Investors often apply a conglomerate discount, where the market values the group at less […]

Familial chylomicronaemia syndrome

Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) is the name for a group of rare genetic disorders that cause very high levels of triglycerides in the blood. Triglycerides are a kind of fat, and high levels of triglycerides can lead to serious health problems in the long term, including pancreatitis and diabetes. With a very low fat diet, […]

chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia

Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia or, in the US, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, abbreviated to CMML, is a rare form of blood cancer. It happens when there are too many monocytes, a type of white blood cell in the blood – see here for more information

myeloma

myeloma is a form of cancer of the white blood cells made in bone marrow. Often it occurs in multiple sites in the body – hence multiple myeloma. Cells that are supposed to produce antibodies instead produce paraproteins. More information is available here

Chaebols

Large, family-controlled conglomerates that dominate South Korea’s economy

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