text: Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people.

text: Asia

text: is

text: Earth

text: 's

text: largest

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: continent

text: located

text: primarily

text: in

text: the

text: eastern

text: and

text: northern

text: hemispheres

text: and

text: sharing

text: the

text: continental

text: landmass

text: of

text: Eurasia

text: with

text: the

text: continent

text: of

text: Europe

text: Asia

text: covers

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: about

text: of

text: Earth

text: 's

text: total

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: of

text: the

text: Earth

text: 's

text: total

text: surface

text: area

text: The

text: continent

text: which

text: has

text: long

text: been

text: home

text: to

text: the

text: majority

text: of

text: the

text: human

text: population

text: was

text: the

text: site

text: of

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: first

text: civilizations

text: Asia

text: is

text: notable

text: for

text: not

text: only

text: its

text: overall

text: large

text: size

text: and

text: population

text: but

text: also

text: dense

text: and

text: large

text: settlements

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: vast

text: barely

text: populated

text: regions

text: within

text: the

text: continent

text: of

text: billion

text: people

text: Mindanao is the second largest and southernmost major island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country (the other two being Luzon and the Visayas), consisting of the island of Mindanao and smaller outlying islands. Davao City is the largest city in Mindanao. As of the 2010 census, the island's population itself is 20,281,545 people, while the Mindanao island group has 21,968,174 inhabitants. Davao City is the most populous in Mindanao as 1,632,991 population, and the 2nd is Zamboanga City as 861,799 population, the 3rd is Cagayan de Oro City as 675,950 population, and followed by General Santos City as 594,446 population as of 2015 census.

text: Mindanao

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: and

text: southernmost

text: major

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: three

text: island

text: groups

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: the

text: other

text: two

text: being

text: Luzon

text: and

text: the

text: Visayas

text: consisting

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Mindanao

text: and

text: smaller

text: outlying

text: islands

text: Davao

text: City

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Mindanao

text: As

text: of

text: the

text: census

text: the

text: island

text: 's

text: population

text: itself

text: is

text: people

text: while

text: the

text: Mindanao

text: island

text: group

text: has

text: inhabitants

text: Davao

text: City

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: in

text: Mindanao

text: as

text: population

text: and

text: the

text: is

text: Zamboanga

text: City

text: as

text: population

text: the

text: is

text: Cagayan

text: de

text: Oro

text: City

text: as

text: population

text: and

text: followed

text: by

text: General

text: Santos

text: City

text: as

text: population

text: as

text: of

text: census

text:
The Basel Accords (see alternative spellings below) refer to the banking supervision Accords (recommendations on banking regulations)Basel I, Basel II and Basel IIIissued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS).
They are called the Basel Accords as the BCBS maintains its secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland and the committee normally meets there. The Basel Accords is a set of recommendations for regulations in the banking industry.

text: The

text: Basel

text: Accords

text: see

text: alternative

text: spellings

text: below

text: refer

text: to

text: the

text: banking

text: supervision

text: Accords

text: recommendations

text: on

text: banking

text: regulations)Basel

text: Basel

text: II

text: and

text: Basel

text: IIIissued

text: by

text: the

text: Basel

text: Committee

text: on

text: Banking

text: Supervision

text: BCBS

text: They

text: are

text: called

text: the

text: Basel

text: Accords

text: as

text: the

text: BCBS

text: maintains

text: its

text: secretariat

text: at

text: the

text: Bank

text: for

text: International

text: Settlements

text: in

text: Basel

text: Switzerland

text: and

text: the

text: committee

text: normally

text: meets

text: there

text: The

text: Basel

text: Accords

text: is

text: set

text: of

text: recommendations

text: for

text: regulations

text: in

text: the

text: banking

text: industry

text: The Celebes Sea of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahassa Peninsula, and on the west by Kalimantan in Indonesia. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 miles (837 km) east-west and has a total surface area of , to a maximum depth of . The sea opens southwest through the Makassar Strait into the Java Sea.

text: The

text: Celebes

text: Sea

text: of

text: the

text: western

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: is

text: bordered

text: on

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: the

text: Sulu

text: Archipelago

text: and

text: Sulu

text: Sea

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: Island

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: by

text: the

text: Sangihe

text: Islands

text: chain

text: on

text: the

text: south

text: by

text: Sulawesi

text: 's

text: Minahassa

text: Peninsula

text: and

text: on

text: the

text: west

text: by

text: Kalimantan

text: in

text: Indonesia

text: It

text: extends

text: miles

text: km

text: north

text: south

text: by

text: miles

text: km

text: east

text: west

text: and

text: has

text: total

text: surface

text: area

text: of

text: to

text: maximum

text: depth

text: of

text: The

text: sea

text: opens

text: southwest

text: through

text: the

text: Makassar

text: Strait

text: into

text: the

text: Java

text: Sea

text: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. Located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species.

text: Malaysia

text: is

text: federal

text: constitutional

text: monarchy

text: located

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: thirteen

text: states

text: and

text: three

text: federal

text: territories

text: and

text: has

text: total

text: landmass

text: of

text: separated

text: by

text: the

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: into

text: two

text: similarly

text: sized

text: regions

text: Peninsular

text: Malaysia

text: and

text: East

text: Malaysia

text: Malaysian

text: Borneo

text: Peninsular

text: Malaysia

text: shares

text: land

text: and

text: maritime

text: border

text: with

text: Thailand

text: and

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Singapore

text: Vietnam

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: East

text: Malaysia

text: shares

text: land

text: and

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Brunei

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: and

text: maritime

text: border

text: with

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: Vietnam

text: The

text: capital

text: city

text: is

text: Kuala

text: Lumpur

text: while

text: Putrajaya

text: is

text: the

text: seat

text: of

text: the

text: federal

text: government

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: Malaysia

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: The

text: southernmost

text: point

text: of

text: continental

text: Eurasia

text: Tanjung

text: Piai

text: is

text: in

text: Malaysia

text: Located

text: in

text: the

text: tropics

text: Malaysia

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: megadiverse

text: countries

text: on

text: earth

text: with

text: large

text: numbers

text: of

text: endemic

text: species

text:
A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. Capital markets are defined as markets in which money is provided for periods longer than a year. Capital markets channel the wealth of savers to those who can put it to long-term productive use, such as companies or governments making long-term investments.
Financial regulators, such as the Bank of England (BoE) or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), oversee the capital markets in their jurisdictions to protect investors against fraud, among other duties.

text: capital

text: market

text: is

text: financial

text: market

text: in

text: which

text: long

text: term

text: debt

text: or

text: equity

text: backed

text: securities

text: are

text: bought

text: and

text: sold

text: Capital

text: markets

text: are

text: defined

text: as

text: markets

text: in

text: which

text: money

text: is

text: provided

text: for

text: periods

text: longer

text: than

text: year

text: Capital

text: markets

text: channel

text: the

text: wealth

text: of

text: savers

text: to

text: those

text: who

text: can

text: put

text: it

text: to

text: long

text: term

text: productive

text: use

text: such

text: as

text: companies

text: or

text: governments

text: making

text: long

text: term

text: investments

text: Financial

text: regulators

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: Bank

text: of

text: England

text: BoE

text: or

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Securities

text: and

text: Exchange

text: Commission

text: SEC

text: oversee

text: the

text: capital

text: markets

text: in

text: their

text: jurisdictions

text: to

text: protect

text: investors

text: against

text: fraud

text: among

text: other

text: duties

text: Indonesia (or ; Indonesian: ), officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands. At , Indonesia is the world's 14th-largest country in terms of land area and world's 7th-largest country in terms of combined sea and land area. It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world's fourth most populous country, the most populous Austronesian nation, as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. The world's most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country's population.

text: Indonesia

text: or

text: Indonesian

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Indonesia

text: is

text: unitary

text: sovereign

text: state

text: and

text: transcontinental

text: country

text: located

text: mainly

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: with

text: some

text: territories

text: in

text: Oceania

text: Situated

text: between

text: the

text: Indian

text: and

text: Pacific

text: oceans

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: island

text: country

text: with

text: more

text: than

text: seventeen

text: thousand

text: islands

text: At

text: Indonesia

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: combined

text: sea

text: and

text: land

text: area

text: It

text: has

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: people

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: fourth

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: Austronesian

text: nation

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: Muslim

text: majority

text: country

text: The

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: of

text: Java

text: contains

text: more

text: than

text: half

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: population

text: Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.5 million inhabitants , it is the world's 14th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976.

text: Vietnam

text: officially

text: the

text: Socialist

text: Republic

text: of

text: Vietnam

text: SRV

text: is

text: the

text: easternmost

text: country

text: on

text: the

text: Indochina

text: Peninsula

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: With

text: an

text: estimated

text: million

text: inhabitants

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: and

text: the

text: eighth

text: most

text: populous

text: Asian

text: country

text: Vietnam

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: China

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Laos

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: Cambodia

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: Thailand

text: across

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Thailand

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: and

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Malaysia

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: across

text: the

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: southeast

text: Its

text: capital

text: city

text: has

text: been

text: Hanoi

text: since

text: the

text: reunification

text: of

text: North

text: and

text: South

text: Vietnam

text: in

text: The Visayas or the Visayan Islands (Visayan: "Kabisay-an",  ), is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are considered the northeast extremity of the entire Sulu Sea. Its inhabitants are predominantly the Visayan people.

text: The

text: Visayas

text: or

text: the

text: Visayan

text: Islands

text: Visayan

text: Kabisay

text: an

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: three

text: principal

text: geographical

text: divisions

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: along

text: with

text: Luzon

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: several

text: islands

text: primarily

text: surrounding

text: the

text: Visayan

text: Sea

text: although

text: the

text: Visayas

text: are

text: considered

text: the

text: northeast

text: extremity

text: of

text: the

text: entire

text: Sulu

text: Sea

text: Its

text: inhabitants

text: are

text: predominantly

text: the

text: Visayan

text: people

text: A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit. Lending activities can be performed either directly or indirectly through capital markets. Due to their importance in the financial stability of a country, banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, known as the Basel Accords.

text: bank

text: is

text: financial

text: institution

text: that

text: accepts

text: deposits

text: from

text: the

text: public

text: and

text: creates

text: credit

text: Lending

text: activities

text: can

text: be

text: performed

text: either

text: directly

text: or

text: indirectly

text: through

text: capital

text: markets

text: Due

text: to

text: their

text: importance

text: in

text: the

text: financial

text: stability

text: of

text: country

text: banks

text: are

text: highly

text: regulated

text: in

text: most

text: countries

text: Most

text: nations

text: have

text: institutionalized

text: system

text: known

text: as

text: fractional

text: reserve

text: banking

text: under

text: which

text: banks

text: hold

text: liquid

text: assets

text: equal

text: to

text: only

text: portion

text: of

text: their

text: current

text: liabilities

text: In

text: addition

text: to

text: other

text: regulations

text: intended

text: to

text: ensure

text: liquidity

text: banks

text: are

text: generally

text: subject

text: to

text: minimum

text: capital

text: requirements

text: based

text: on

text: an

text: international

text: set

text: of

text: capital

text: standards

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Basel

text: Accords

text: Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies near the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic and volcanic activity. Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions:

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: or

text: Southeastern

text: Asia

text: is

text: subregion

text: of

text: Asia

text: consisting

text: of

text: the

text: countries

text: that

text: are

text: geographically

text: south

text: of

text: China

text: east

text: of

text: India

text: west

text: of

text: New

text: Guinea

text: and

text: north

text: of

text: Australia

text: The

text: region

text: lies

text: near

text: the

text: intersection

text: of

text: geological

text: plates

text: with

text: heavy

text: seismic

text: and

text: volcanic

text: activity

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: consists

text: of

text: two

text: geographic

text: regions

text: Metropolitan Manila, commonly known as Metro Manila or simply Manila, is the capital region of the Philippines, is the seat of government, the 2nd most populous and the most densely populated region of the country. The National Capital Region (NCR) is composed of Manila, the capital city of the country, Quezon City, the country's most populous city, and the cities of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, including the only remaining municipality of Pateros.

text: Metropolitan

text: Manila

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: or

text: simply

text: Manila

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: the

text: seat

text: of

text: government

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: densely

text: populated

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: The

text: National

text: Capital

text: Region

text: NCR

text: is

text: composed

text: of

text: Manila

text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: Quezon

text: City

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: and

text: the

text: cities

text: of

text: Caloocan

text: Las

text: Piñas

text: Makati

text: Malabon

text: Mandaluyong

text: Marikina

text: Muntinlupa

text: Navotas

text: Parañaque

text: Pasay

text: Pasig

text: San

text: Juan

text: Taguig

text: and

text: Valenzuela

text: including

text: the

text: only

text: remaining

text: municipality

text: of

text: Pateros

text: Quezon City (  also known as QC) is the most populous city in the Philippines. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Quezon City was named after Manuel L. Quezon, second President of the Philippines, who founded the city and developed it to replace Manila as the national capital for 28 years from 1948 to 1976. Quezon City is not located in and should not be confused with Quezon Province, which was also named after the president. It is the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land area and most populated local government unit in the country.

text: Quezon

text: City

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: QC

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: cities

text: that

text: make

text: up

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: the

text: National

text: Capital

text: Region

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Quezon

text: City

text: was

text: named

text: after

text: Manuel

text: Quezon

text: second

text: President

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: who

text: founded

text: the

text: city

text: and

text: developed

text: it

text: to

text: replace

text: Manila

text: as

text: the

text: national

text: capital

text: for

text: years

text: from

text: to

text: Quezon

text: City

text: is

text: not

text: located

text: in

text: and

text: should

text: not

text: be

text: confused

text: with

text: Quezon

text: Province

text: which

text: was

text: also

text: named

text: after

text: the

text: president

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: land

text: area

text: and

text: most

text: populated

text: local

text: government

text: unit

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines and the 15th largest in the world. Located in the northern region of the archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous. With a population of 52.99 million , it is the fourth most populous island in the world (after Java, Honshu, and Great Britain), containing about 53% of the country's total population.

text: Luzon

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: and

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Located

text: in

text: the

text: northern

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: archipelago

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: economic

text: and

text: political

text: center

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: being

text: home

text: to

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: capital

text: city

text: Manila

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: Quezon

text: City

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: million

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: fourth

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: after

text: Java

text: Honshu

text: and

text: Great

text: Britain

text: containing

text: about

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: total

text: population

text: The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around . The area's importance largely results from one-third of the world's shipping sailing through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed.

text: The

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: is

text: marginal

text: sea

text: that

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: encompassing

text: an

text: area

text: from

text: the

text: Karimata

text: and

text: Malacca

text: Straits

text: to

text: the

text: Strait

text: of

text: Taiwan

text: of

text: around

text: The

text: area

text: 's

text: importance

text: largely

text: results

text: from

text: one

text: third

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: shipping

text: sailing

text: through

text: its

text: waters

text: and

text: that

text: it

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: hold

text: huge

text: oil

text: and

text: gas

text: reserves

text: beneath

text: its

text: seabed

text: Manila (or ), officially City of Manila, is the capital of the Philippines.

text: Manila

text: or

text: officially

text: City

text: of

text: Manila

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east and northeast of the Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million km² (2 million mi²). of the western part of the North Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by the Philippine archipelago (Luzon, Catanduanes, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao) on the southwest; Halmahera, Morotai, Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of the Carolines) on the southeast; the Marianas, including Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, on the east; the Bonin and Iwo Jima on the northeast; the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kysh on the north; the Ryukyu Islands on the northwest; and Taiwan in the west.

text: The

text: Philippine

text: Sea

text: is

text: marginal

text: sea

text: east

text: and

text: northeast

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: occupying

text: an

text: estimated

text: surface

text: area

text: of

text: million

text: million

text: of

text: the

text: western

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: North

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: It

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: the

text: Philippine

text: archipelago

text: Luzon

text: Catanduanes

text: Samar

text: Leyte

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: on

text: the

text: southwest

text: Halmahera

text: Morotai

text: Palau

text: Yap

text: and

text: Ulithi

text: of

text: the

text: Carolines

text: on

text: the

text: southeast

text: the

text: Marianas

text: including

text: Guam

text: Saipan

text: and

text: Tinian

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: the

text: Bonin

text: and

text: Iwo

text: Jima

text: on

text: the

text: northeast

text: the

text: Japanese

text: islands

text: of

text: Honshu

text: Shikoku

text: and

text: Kysh

text: on

text: the

text: north

text: the

text: Ryukyu

text: Islands

text: on

text: the

text: northwest

text: and

text: Taiwan

text: in

text: the

text: west

text: Union Bank of the Philippines more commonly known as UnionBank , is one of the largest banks in the Philippines , ranking seventh in terms of assets after its successful merger with smaller competitor International Exchange Bank . It is one of the most stable Philippine banks and is the host bank of the E-Card accounts of the members of the Government Service Insurance System . UnionBank is a Philippine universal bank . Today multiple channels are available for transaction and information access : nationwide branch network , on - site and off - site automated teller machines , a call center and Internet bank . In strategic business , the bank is a provider of corporate cash management & B2B solutions to leading local and multinational companies operating in the country . Its other lines of business are in Treasury services & capital markets , Internet banking , consumer finance and distribution network . UnionBank is a partnership among the Aboitiz Group , Insular Life and Social Security System . It started operations in 1981 and became a commercial bank on January 19 , 1982 . In July 1992 , UnionBank was granted the license to operate as a universal bank .

text: Union

text: Bank

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: more

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: UnionBank

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: banks

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: ranking

text: seventh

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: assets

text: after

text: its

text: successful

text: merger

text: with

text: smaller

text: competitor

text: International

text: Exchange

text: Bank

text: It

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: stable

text: Philippine

text: banks

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: host

text: bank

text: of

text: the

text: Card

text: accounts

text: of

text: the

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: Government

text: Service

text: Insurance

text: System

text: UnionBank

text: is

text: Philippine

text: universal

text: bank

text: Today

text: multiple

text: channels

text: are

text: available

text: for

text: transaction

text: and

text: information

text: access

text: nationwide

text: branch

text: network

text: on

text: site

text: and

text: off

text: site

text: automated

text: teller

text: machines

text: call

text: center

text: and

text: Internet

text: bank

text: In

text: strategic

text: business

text: the

text: bank

text: is

text: provider

text: of

text: corporate

text: cash

text: management

text: solutions

text: to

text: leading

text: local

text: and

text: multinational

text: companies

text: operating

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: Its

text: other

text: lines

text: of

text: business

text: are

text: in

text: Treasury

text: services

text: capital

text: markets

text: Internet

text: banking

text: consumer

text: finance

text: and

text: distribution

text: network

text: UnionBank

text: is

text: partnership

text: among

text: the

text: Aboitiz

text: Group

text: Insular

text: Life

text: and

text: Social

text: Security

text: System

text: It

text: started

text: operations

text: in

text: and

text: became

text: commercial

text: bank

text: on

text: January

text: In

text: July

text: UnionBank

text: was

text: granted

text: the

text: license

text: to

text: operate

text: as

text: universal

text: bank

text: International Exchange Bank, more commonly known as iBank, was one of the largest banks in the Philippines, ranking within the top twenty in terms of assets. It was recently acquired by the larger Union Bank of the Philippines in mid-2006, although the two banks remained separate. Integration of the iBank brand into the UnionBank brand was completed in mid-2008.

text: International

text: Exchange

text: Bank

text: more

text: commonly

text: known

text: as

text: iBank

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: banks

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: ranking

text: within

text: the

text: top

text: twenty

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: assets

text: It

text: was

text: recently

text: acquired

text: by

text: the

text: larger

text: Union

text: Bank

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: in

text: although

text: the

text: two

text: banks

text: remained

text: separate

text: Integration

text: of

text: the

text: iBank

text: brand

text: into

text: the

text: UnionBank

text: brand

text: was

text: completed

text: in

text:
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia. Neighbors include China (officially the People's Republic of China, abbreviated as PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations, and the one with the largest economy.

text: Taiwan

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: ROC

text: is

text: state

text: in

text: East

text: Asia

text: Neighbors

text: include

text: China

text: officially

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: abbreviated

text: as

text: PRC

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Japan

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: and

text: the

text: Philippines

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: Taiwan

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: state

text: that

text: is

text: not

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: and

text: the

text: one

text: with

text: the

text: largest

text: economy

text: Palau (historically Belau or Pelew), officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The country contains approximately 250 islands, forming the western chain of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia, and has an area of . The most populous island is Koror. The capital Ngerulmud is located on the nearby island of Babeldaob, in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

text: Palau

text: historically

text: Belau

text: or

text: Pelew

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Palau

text: is

text: an

text: island

text: country

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: western

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: The

text: country

text: contains

text: approximately

text: islands

text: forming

text: the

text: western

text: chain

text: of

text: the

text: Caroline

text: Islands

text: in

text: Micronesia

text: and

text: has

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: The

text: most

text: populous

text: island

text: is

text: Koror

text: The

text: capital

text: Ngerulmud

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: nearby

text: island

text: of

text: Babeldaob

text: in

text: Melekeok

text: State

text: Palau

text: shares

text: maritime

text: boundaries

text: with

text: Indonesia

text: the

text: Philippines

text: and

text: the

text: Federated

text: States

text: of

text: Micronesia

text: The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

text: The

text: Philippines

text: officially

text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: sovereign

text: island

text: country

text: in

text: Southeast

text: Asia

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: western

text: Pacific

text: Ocean

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: about

text: islands

text: that

text: are

text: categorized

text: broadly

text: under

text: three

text: main

text: geographical

text: divisions

text: from

text: north

text: to

text: south

text: Luzon

text: Visayas

text: and

text: Mindanao

text: The

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: the

text: Philippines

text: is

text: Manila

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: is

text: Quezon

text: City

text: both

text: part

text: of

text: Metro

text: Manila

text: Bounded

text: by

text: the

text: South

text: China

text: Sea

text: on

text: the

text: west

text: the

text: Philippine

text: Sea

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: the

text: Celebes

text: Sea

text: on

text: the

text: southwest

text: the

text: Philippines

text: shares

text: maritime

text: borders

text: with

text: Taiwan

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Vietnam

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Palau

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: Malaysia

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia. With a population of over 1.381 billion, it is the world's most populous country. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China, and its capital is Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower.

text: China

text: officially

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Republic

text: of

text: China

text: PRC

text: is

text: unitary

text: sovereign

text: state

text: in

text: East

text: Asia

text: With

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: billion

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: populous

text: country

text: The

text: state

text: is

text: governed

text: by

text: the

text: Communist

text: Party

text: of

text: China

text: and

text: its

text: capital

text: is

text: Beijing

text: It

text: exercises

text: jurisdiction

text: over

text: provinces

text: five

text: autonomous

text: regions

text: four

text: direct

text: controlled

text: municipalities

text: Beijing

text: Tianjin

text: Shanghai

text: and

text: Chongqing

text: and

text: two

text: mostly

text: self

text: governing

text: special

text: administrative

text: regions

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: and

text: Macau

text: and

text: claims

text: sovereignty

text: over

text: Taiwan

text: The

text: country

text: 's

text: major

text: urban

text: areas

text: include

text: Shanghai

text: Guangzhou

text: Beijing

text: Chongqing

text: Shenzhen

text: Tianjin

text: and

text: Hong

text: Kong

text: China

text: is

text: great

text: power

text: and

text: major

text: regional

text: power

text: within

text: Asia

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: characterized

text: as

text: potential

text: superpower

annotations: likely multiple

question: headquarters_location union bank of the philippines

answer: pasig

text: pasig


text: The Pleosporales is the largest order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate it contains 23 families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying plant material in fresh water, marine, or terrestrial environments, but several species are also associated with living plants as parasites, epiphytes or endophytes. The best studied species cause plant diseases on important agricultural crops e.g. "Cochliobolus heterostrophus", causing southern corn leaf blight on maize, "Phaeosphaeria nodorum" ("Stagonospora nodorum") causing glume blotch on wheat and "Leptosphaeria maculans" causing a stem canker (called blackleg) on cabbage crops ("Brassica"). Some species of Pleosporales occur on animal dung and a small number occur as lichens and rock-inhabiting fungi.

text: The

text: Pleosporales

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: order

text: in

text: the

text: fungal

text: class

text: Dothideomycetes

text: By

text: estimate

text: it

text: contains

text: families

text: genera

text: and

text: more

text: than

text: species

text: The

text: majority

text: of

text: species

text: are

text: saprobes

text: on

text: decaying

text: plant

text: material

text: in

text: fresh

text: water

text: marine

text: or

text: terrestrial

text: environments

text: but

text: several

text: species

text: are

text: also

text: associated

text: with

text: living

text: plants

text: as

text: parasites

text: epiphytes

text: or

text: endophytes

text: The

text: best

text: studied

text: species

text: cause

text: plant

text: diseases

text: on

text: important

text: agricultural

text: crops

text: e.g.

text: Cochliobolus

text: heterostrophus

text: causing

text: southern

text: corn

text: leaf

text: blight

text: on

text: maize

text: Phaeosphaeria

text: nodorum

text: Stagonospora

text: nodorum

text: causing

text: glume

text: blotch

text: on

text: wheat

text: and

text: Leptosphaeria

text: maculans

text: causing

text: stem

text: canker

text: called

text: blackleg

text: on

text: cabbage

text: crops

text: Brassica

text: Some

text: species

text: of

text: Pleosporales

text: occur

text: on

text: animal

text: dung

text: and

text: small

text: number

text: occur

text: as

text: lichens

text: and

text: rock

text: inhabiting

text: fungi

text: An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. Endophytes are ubiquitous and have been found in all species of plants studied to date; however, most of the endophyte/plant relationships are not well understood. Endophytes are also known to occur within lichens and algae. Many economically important grasses (e.g., "Festuca" spp. and "Lolium" spp.) carry fungal endophytes in genus "Epichloë", some of which may enhance host growth, nutrient acquisition and may improve the plant's ability to tolerate abiotic stresses, such as drought, and enhance resistance to insects, plant pathogens and mammalian herbivores.

text: An

text: endophyte

text: is

text: an

text: endosymbiont

text: often

text: bacterium

text: or

text: fungus

text: that

text: lives

text: within

text: plant

text: for

text: at

text: least

text: part

text: of

text: its

text: life

text: cycle

text: without

text: causing

text: apparent

text: disease

text: Endophytes

text: are

text: ubiquitous

text: and

text: have

text: been

text: found

text: in

text: all

text: species

text: of

text: plants

text: studied

text: to

text: date

text: however

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: endophyte

text: plant

text: relationships

text: are

text: not

text: well

text: understood

text: Endophytes

text: are

text: also

text: known

text: to

text: occur

text: within

text: lichens

text: and

text: algae

text: Many

text: economically

text: important

text: grasses

text: e.g.

text: Festuca

text: spp

text: and

text: Lolium

text: spp

text: carry

text: fungal

text: endophytes

text: in

text: genus

text: Epichloë

text: some

text: of

text: which

text: may

text: enhance

text: host

text: growth

text: nutrient

text: acquisition

text: and

text: may

text: improve

text: the

text: plant

text: 's

text: ability

text: to

text: tolerate

text: abiotic

text: stresses

text: such

text: as

text: drought

text: and

text: enhance

text: resistance

text: to

text: insects

text: plant

text: pathogens

text: and

text: mammalian

text: herbivores

text: Wheat ("Triticum" spp., most commonly "T. aestivum") is a cereal grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), originally from the Levant region but now cultivated worldwide. In 2016, world production of wheat was 749 million tonnes, making it the second most-produced cereal after maize (1.03 billion tonnes), with more than rice (499 million tonnes). Since 1960, world production of wheat and other grain crops has tripled and is expected to grow further through the middle of the 21st Century.

text: Wheat

text: Triticum

text: spp

text: most

text: commonly

text: aestivum

text: is

text: cereal

text: grain

text: botanically

text: type

text: of

text: fruit

text: called

text: caryopsis

text: originally

text: from

text: the

text: Levant

text: region

text: but

text: now

text: cultivated

text: worldwide

text: In

text: world

text: production

text: of

text: wheat

text: was

text: million

text: tonnes

text: making

text: it

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: produced

text: cereal

text: after

text: maize

text: billion

text: tonnes

text: with

text: more

text: than

text: rice

text: million

text: tonnes

text: Since

text: world

text: production

text: of

text: wheat

text: and

text: other

text: grain

text: crops

text: has

text: tripled

text: and

text: is

text: expected

text: to

text: grow

text: further

text: through

text: the

text: middle

text: of

text: the

text: Century

text: Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family, the (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustard plants. Crops from this genus are sometimes called "cole crops"derived from the Latin "caulis", denoting the stem or stalk of a plant.

text: Brassica

text: is

text: genus

text: of

text: plants

text: in

text: the

text: mustard

text: family

text: the

text: Brassicaceae

text: The

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: genus

text: are

text: informally

text: known

text: as

text: cruciferous

text: vegetables

text: cabbages

text: or

text: mustard

text: plants

text: Crops

text: from

text: this

text: genus

text: are

text: sometimes

text: called

text: cole

text: crops"derived

text: from

text: the

text: Latin

text: caulis

text: denoting

text: the

text: stem

text: or

text: stalk

text: of

text: plant

text: A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae and/or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship. The combined life form has properties that are very different from the properties of its component organisms. Lichens come in many colours, sizes, and forms. The properties are sometimes plant-like, but lichens are not plants. Lichens may have tiny, leafless branches (fruticose), flat leaf-like structures (foliose), flakes that lie on the surface like peeling paint (crustose), or other growth forms. A macrolichen is a lichen that is either bush-like or leafy; all other lichens are termed microlichens. Here, "macro" and "micro" do not refer to size, but to the growth form. Common names for lichens may contain the word "moss" (e.g., "Reindeer moss", "Iceland moss"), and lichens may superficially look like and grow with mosses, but lichens are not related to mosses or any plant. Lichens do not have roots that absorb water and nutrients as plants do but like plants they produce their own food by photosynthesis using solar energy, from carbon dioxide, water and minerals in their environment. When they grow on plants, they do not live as parasites but instead use the plants as a substrate.

text: lichen

text: is

text: composite

text: organism

text: that

text: arises

text: from

text: algae

text: and/or

text: cyanobacteria

text: living

text: among

text: filaments

text: of

text: multiple

text: fungi

text: in

text: symbiotic

text: relationship

text: The

text: combined

text: life

text: form

text: has

text: properties

text: that

text: are

text: very

text: different

text: from

text: the

text: properties

text: of

text: its

text: component

text: organisms

text: Lichens

text: come

text: in

text: many

text: colours

text: sizes

text: and

text: forms

text: The

text: properties

text: are

text: sometimes

text: plant

text: like

text: but

text: lichens

text: are

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text: Phaeosphaeria nodorum (synonym and correct taxonomic name: Parastagonospora nodorum) is a major fungal pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and a member of the Dothideomycetes, a large fungal taxon that includes many important plant pathogens affecting all major crop plant families.

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text: An epiphyte is a plant that grows harmlessly upon another plant (such as a tree) and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and sometimes from debris accumulating around it. Epiphytes differ from parasites in that epiphytes grow on other plants for physical support and do not necessarily negatively affect the host. An epiphytic organism that is not a plant is called an epibiont. Epiphytes are usually found in the temperate zone (e.g., many mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae) or in the tropics (e.g., many ferns, cacti, orchids, and bromeliads). Epiphyte species make good houseplants due to their minimal water and soil requirements. Epiphytes provide a rich and diverse habitat for other organisms including animals, fungi, bacteria, and myxomycetes.

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text: In biology, a species (abbreviated sp., with the plural form species abbreviated spp.) is the basic unit of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which two individuals can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. While this definition is often adequate, looked at more closely it is often problematic. For example, in a species complex, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear or disappear altogether. Other ways of defining species include similarity of DNA, morphology, or ecological niche. The presence of locally adaptive traits may further subdivide species into infraspecific taxa such as subspecies.

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text: such

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text: Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 19,000 known species. Traditionally, most of its members were included in the loculoascomycetes, which is not part of the currently accepted classification. This indicates that several traditional morphological features in the class are not unique and DNA sequence comparisons are important to define the class.

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text: The Pleomassariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales . Taxa have a widespread distribution in both temperate and tropical regions , and are saprobic or necrotrophic on wood , bark , and other herbaceous material .

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text: Leptosphaeria maculans (anamorph "Phoma lingam") is a fungal pathogen of the phylum Ascomycota that is the causal agent of blackleg disease on "Brassica" crops. Symptoms of blackleg generally include basal stem cankers, small grey lesions on leaves, and root rot. The major yield loss is due to stem canker. The fungus is dispersed by the wind as ascospores or rain splash in the case of the conidia. "L. maculans" grows best in wet conditions and a temperature range of 520 degrees Celsius. Rotation of crops, removal of stubble, application of fungicide, and crop resistance are all used to manage blackleg. The fungus is an important pathogen of "Brassica napus" (canola) crops.

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text: degrees

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text: application

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text: fungus

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text: Cochliobolus heterostrophus is a fungal plant pathogen. It can cause Southern corn leaf blight in Maize.

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text: fungal

text: plant

text: pathogen

text: It

text: can

text: cause

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text: corn

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text: blight

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text: Maize (; "Zea mays" subsp. "mays", from after Taíno "mahiz"), also known as corn, is a large grain plant first domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The six major types of corn are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.

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text: corn

text: is

text: large

text: grain

text: plant

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text: indigenous

text: peoples

text: in

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text: years

text: ago

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text: six

text: major

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text: of

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text: PlayStation

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text: The is a 32-bit fifth-generation home video game console that was developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe as the successor to the successful Sega Genesis. The Saturn has a dual-CPU architecture and eight processors. Its games are in CD-ROM format, and its game library contains several arcade ports as well as original titles.

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text: The is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001; in North America on November 18, 2001; in Europe on May 3, 2002; and in Australia on May 17, 2002. The sixth-generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox.

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text: Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest.

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text: , also known as Bust-a-Move in North America, is a 1994 tile-matching arcade puzzle video game for one or two players created by Taito Corporation. It is based on Taito's popular 1986 arcade game "Bubble Bobble", featuring characters and themes from that game. Its characteristically cute Japanese animation and music, along with its play mechanics and level designs, made it successful as an arcade title and spawned several sequels and ports to home gaming systems.

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text: created

text: by

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text: Corporation

text: It

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text: based

text: on

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text: game

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text: Bobble

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text: characters

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text: game

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text: cute

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text: animation

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text: play

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text: level

text: designs

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text: arcade

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text: sequels

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text: The , stylized as NINTENDO and often referred to as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit central processing unit, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil. It is the industry's last major successive home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format, as all succeeding home consoles up until the Nintendo Switch used an optical format. In addition, current handheld systems (such as the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS) also use cartridges. While the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by Nintendo's MiniDVD-based GameCube in November 2001, the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003.

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text: The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. The Xbox 360 competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

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text: Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion. From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners.

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text: Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC in October 2005. The Xbox version is not compatible with Xbox 360. The games were originally developed by Taito Corporation. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation. Although they did not get official credit for it in the American versions, Sega published the North American and South American releases.

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In the game's plot, "Baron Von Blubba" has kidnapped the brothers Bubby and Bobby's girlfriends and turned the brothers into Bubble Dragons, Bub and Bob. Bub and Bob have to finish 100 levels in the Cave of Monsters in order to rescue them.

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text: Puzzle Bobble 2 is the first sequel to `` Puzzle Bobble '' . It was entitled in Europe and North America as Bust - A - Move Again on the arcade and Bust - A - Move 2 on the home consoles . Released into the arcades in 1995 , PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Nintendo 64 and PC conversions followed . The game was included in Taito Legends 2 , but the US arcade version was included on US PS2 version instead . The game is a spin - off from Bubble Bobble . The game builds on the original by adding a tournament style variation on the two player game for play against the computer and by adding a branching map to the one player game , allowing the player to periodically select one of two groups of five levels to play next , leading to different game endings . Some of the contestants in the new tournament mode are based on characters from Bubble Bobble , including variations on a Monsta and a Mighta . Some versions of the game , including the PlayStation , feature time trial competitions in which a single player attempts to finish simple rounds quickly enough to beat previous time records or two players simultaneously attempt to beat the records and each other . Completion of the single player game gives the player a code which can be entered to unlock ' Another World ' for the single player game , which features subtle changes to the existing levels to increase their difficulty and changes to all backdrops to resemble levels from Bubble Bobble . The various enemies from Bubble Bobble also make an appearance in the background of the credits sequence .

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