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A few days later, a black notebook of otherwise similar appearance called the "HP Mini 1000" was informally revealed by a banner on the company's store, and officially announced on 29 October 2008. Unlike the 2133, this device is meant for the home market. An upgrade to the 2133, the HP Mini 2140, was announced by HP in January 2009.
The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. [7] A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. [ 8 ]
The Portuguese trade increasing over the following decades, with 150,000 manillas a year being exported to the like of their trading fort at Elmina, on the Gold Coast, between 1519 and 1522, and an order for 1.4 million manillas being placed, in 1548, with a German merchant of the Fugger family, to support the trade. [12]
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The Nigeria Uranium Mining Company (NUMCO) was a parastatal organization that controlled the exploration and mining of uranium in Nigeria and was a public/private partnership with Total Compagnie Minière of France, which owned 40% of the company. In 1989, Total pulled out of the partnership, and in 1993 the government reassigned NUMCO's ...
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Nuggets are usually 20.5 to 22 karat (k) purity, meaning they are 83% to 92% gold by mass. Gold nuggets in Australia are often 23 k or slightly higher, while Alaskan nuggets are usually at the lower end of the spectrum. Purity can be roughly assessed by nugget color: the richer and deeper the orange-yellow, the higher the gold content.
This also made Nigeria the last country in the world to abandon the £sd currency system in favour of a decimal currency system. There was a government plan to redenominate the naira at 100:1 in 2008, but the plan was suspended. The currency sign is U+20A6 ₦ NAIRA SIGN. The name "Naira" was coined from the word "Nigeria" by Obafemi Awolowo.