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  2. Furniture Bank - Wikipedia

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    Furniture Bank is a charitable organization and social enterprise [2] that has been helping people in the Greater Toronto Area establish their homes since 1998. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Furniture Bank accepts gently used furniture and household goods and redistributes them to people in marginalized communities. [ 5 ]

  3. Real estate appraisal - Wikipedia

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    Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the process of assessing the value of real property (usually market value).Real estate transactions often require appraisals because every property has unique characteristics.

  4. Kijiji - Wikipedia

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    Kijiji's owner was also a minority shareholder in Craigslist.In April 2008, eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a counter suit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.

  5. Value-added wood products in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    It is estimated that the Ontario landscape is covered by roughly 85 billion trees. The forest industry in Ontario brings in about $10.8 billion in revenue per year. Sixty percent of Ontario's forest industry is recognized as value-added wood products. In 2005, Ontario's manufacturing of cabinets and furniture represented $2.2 billion.

  6. Valuation using multiples - Wikipedia

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    The price-to-book ratio (P/B) is a commonly used benchmark comparing market value to the accounting book value of the firm's assets. The price/sales ratio and EV/sales ratios measure value relative to sales. These multiples must be used with caution as both sales and book values are less likely to be value drivers than earnings.

  7. Rug making - Wikipedia

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    Woven rugs include both flat rugs (for example kilims) and pile rugs. [2] The more tightly a rug is woven or knotted, the more detailed a design can be. "It is generally believed that the density of knots, the age, the material, and the rarity of the design or knots determines the value of a carpet. ..." [This quote needs a citation]

  8. Carpet - Wikipedia

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    One of the Ardabil Carpets A small rug. A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fibers such as polypropylene, nylon, or polyester have often been used, as these fibers are less expensive than wool.

  9. Moving sofa problem - Wikipedia

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    The area thus obtained is referred to as the sofa constant. The exact value of the sofa constant is an open problem. The leading solution, by Joseph L. Gerver, has a value of approximately 2.2195. In November 2024, Jineon Baek posted an arXiv preprint claiming that Gerver's value is optimal, which if true, would solve the moving sofa problem. [2]