PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate
CMOS, or Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors
Almancenes Nacionales de Deposito SA, or Ansa
LEAPS, or long-term equity anticipation securities
Maderas y Sinteticos SA (Masisa)
European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Union of Industrialand Employee's Confederation of Europe(UNICE)
Centre for European Policy Studies(CEPS)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Free Democrats(FDP)
Social Democrat(SPD)
European monetary union (EMU)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)
Morgan Grenfell Asset Management (MGAM)
IMRO (the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation )
SIB (the Securities and Investments Board)
Canadian Auto Workers(CAW)
United Auto Workers(UAW)
Central European Share Index (CESI)
Reuter All Bulgaria Stock Index (RABSI)
Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX)
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
PNG(Papua New Guinea)
National Telecommunication Informational Agency(NTIA)
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association(JAMA)
ASEAN Investment Area (AIA)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Union Bank of Switzerland(UBS)
General Motors (GM)
Fabryka Samochodow Osobowych(FSO)
Internet Service Provider(ISP)
Fiba Nordic Securities (FNS)
Swiss Bank Corp(SBC)
Swiss Trade and Industry Association's(SHIV)
National Statistics Service (NSS)
Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE)
State Bank of India(SBI)
Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd(MRPL)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd(HPCL)
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games(SOCOG)
International Olympic Committee(IOC)
Welsh Rugby Football Union(WRFU)
English Rugby Football Union(RFU)
World Boxing Association(WBA)
International Cricket Council(ICC)
Independent Broadcasting Authority(IBA)
Hosken Consolidated Investments Ltd(HCI)
Labour Relations Act(LRA)
National Property Fund(NPF)
Slovak Railways(ZRS)
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia(HZDS)
Party of the Democratic Left(SDL)
Socialist International(SI)
Slovak National Party(SNS)
European Union(EU)
Council of Europe(CE)
National Bank of Hungary's(NBH)
Bursa Maritima Constanta(BMC)
Bulgarian NationalBank(BNB)
Bucharest Investment Group SA(BIG)
Magyar Hitel Bank(MHB)
Statistics Finland(SF)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC)
Canadian Gas Association(CGA)
Morgan Grenfell Asset Management(MGAM)
Investment Management Regulatory Organisation, IMRO
Serious Fraud Office(SFO)
London Metal Exchange(LME)
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange(LIFFE)
Japanese government bond (JGB)
Cargo Service Center's(CSC)
International Energy Agency(IEA)
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)
Federal Open Market Committee(FOMC)
European Economic and Monetary Union(EMU)
Baltic Freight Index (BFI)
Sydney Organising Committeefor Olympic Games(SOCOG)
International Sailing Federation(ISAF)
Yachting Association of New South Wales(NSWYA)
Middle Harbour Yacht Club(MHYC)
Cruising Yacht Clubof Australia(CYCA)
Australian Rugby League(ARL)
Sydney Football Stadium(SFS)
Canadian Labour Congress(CLC)
Forces for the Defence of Democracy(FDD)
World Food Programme(WFP)
National Party(NP)
African National Congress(ANC)
Constitutional Assembly(CA)
Bourse des Valeurs d'Abidjan(BVA)
Johannesburg Stock Exchange(JSE)
Johannesburg Equities Trading(JET)
NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications)
Consolidated Metallurgical Industries(CMI)
World Food Programme(WFP)
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR)
Mauritius Stationery Manufacturers(MSM)
Promotion And Development(PAD)
producer price index (PPI)
Labour Relations Act(LRA)
Zambia Privatisation Agency(ZPA)
Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd's(ZCCM)
Industria Azucarera Nacional SA, or Iansa
American Depositary Receipts(ADRs)
PTR, or platform reforming unit 
fluid cataltyic cracker (FCC)
ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Flughafen Frankfurt MainAG(FAG)
Hollandia Industriele Maatschappij NV(HIM)
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG(MMK)
Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG(Dasa)
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG(MMK)