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Statement of changes in equity
The statement of changes in equity is a primary financial statement reconciling each component of a company's equity, showing profit or loss, other comprehensive income, dividends, and share issues.
Statement of work
A statement of work (SOW) is the contract document describing the work a supplier must perform, its deliverables, and acceptance criteria; in US federal contracting it measures contractor performance.
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, often shortened to Statements, is a 1972 play by Athol Fugard about an illegal interracial affair in apartheid South Africa.
Staten Island
Staten Island, coextensive with Richmond County, is New York City's southernmost and least populous borough (476,143 residents). Known for the free Staten Island Ferry, the former Fresh Kills landfill, now Freshkills Park, and its suburban, politically distinct character.
Staten Island Ferry
The Staten Island Ferry is a free passenger ferry between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan, run by New York City since 1905, carrying 16 million riders a year.
Staten Island Railway
The Staten Island Railway, also known as Staten Island Rapid Transit, is the only rapid transit line on Staten Island, running 24/7 between St. George and Tottenville.
Staten Island Yankees
Staten Island Yankees, the "Baby Bombers": New York–Penn League short-season Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees, 1999–2020, six league titles, played at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, eliminated in MLB's 2020 minor league reorganization and replaced by the independent FerryHawks.
Staten Island Zoo
Staten Island Zoo, also called New York's biggest little zoo, is an 8-acre AZA-accredited zoo in West Brighton's Barrett Park, opened June 10, 1936 as America's first educational zoo, known for rattlesnakes and Staten Island Chuck.
Statens vegvesen
Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NPRA) is the Norwegian government agency responsible for national and European roads, traffic safety, and driver and vehicle licensing.
Statera Energy
Statera Energy is a London-headquartered UK company developing grid-scale battery storage, flexible generation, pumped hydro, and green hydrogen, founded in 2015 and owned by EQT Infrastructure since 2024.
States and federal territories of Malaysia
Malaysia's first-level divisions: 13 states (negeri) and 3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan), Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya; nine hereditary Rulers, Sabah and Sarawak holding special MA63 autonomy.
States and territories of Australia
Australia's states and territories: six states (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, WA, SA, Tasmania) plus the ACT, Northern Territory, and external territories, their constitutional basis, self-government acts, and federal representation.
States and union territories of India
States and union territories of India: the country's 28 states and 8 union territories, their constitutional basis under Articles 239-241, the 1956 linguistic reorganization, and the 2019 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reorganization.
States associated with artificial menopause
States associated with artificial menopause (ICD-11 GA30.3; ICD-10-CM N95.3) covers conditions caused by surgically or pharmacologically induced cessation of menstruation, including surgical menopause after bilateral oophorectomy and menopause from chemotherapy, pelvic radiation, or hormone therapy.
States General of the Netherlands
States General (Staten-Generaal), the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, dating to 1464 under Philip the Good and the confederal government of the Dutch Republic 1588-1795; since 1815 it comprises the 150-seat House of Representatives and the 75-member Senate.
States of emergency in India
States of emergency in India are constitutional regimes under Part XVIII (Articles 352, 356, 360): national emergency, President's Rule, and financial emergency. Proclaimed 1962, 1971, 1975; reshaped by the 44th Amendment and the 1994 Bommai judgment.
States of Germany
States of Germany (Länder, singular Land): the 16 constituent states of the Federal Republic, including three city-states (Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen). Five eastern Länder were reestablished by the Ländereinführungsgesetz of 22 July 1990 and joined on 3 October 1990.
States of Nigeria
States of Nigeria: the 36 federated states plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and 774 LGAs governing about 220 million people. Created in waves from 12 states in 1967 to 36 in 1996; states rely heavily on federal allocations.
States of South Sudan
States of South Sudan: the ten first-order administrative divisions (Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Equatoria), briefly 28 then 32 states in 2015-2020, restored to ten plus three administrative areas.
States of Venezuela
The states of Venezuela are the country's 23 first-order territorial divisions, each an autonomous entity with an elected governor and Legislative Council, alongside a Capital District and federal dependencies.
States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are the states bound by the 1998 treaty that established the ICC, numbering 125.
States Reorganisation Act, 1956
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (राज्य पुनर्गठन अधिनियम, 1956), Act No. 37 of 1956, enacted 31 August 1956; implemented the States Reorganisation Commission's plan, creating Kerala, new Mysore and composite Bombay, and substituting the First Schedule with 13 Part A states.
States Reorganisation Commission
The States Reorganisation Commission, also known as the Fazal Ali Commission, was a body appointed by India in 1953 that recommended reorganising states along linguistic lines.
States' rights
States' rights: American constitutional and political doctrine that powers not delegated to the federal government belong to the states under the Tenth Amendment, shaping nullification, secession, the New Federalism, and anti-commandeering doctrine.
Statesboro, Georgia
Statesboro, Georgia: county seat of Bulloch County, founded 1803 as Statesborough, major Sea Island cotton and bright tobacco market, home of Georgia Southern University; population 33,438 (2020).
Stateside (song)
Stateside is a 2025 PinkPantheress song from the mixtape Fancy That, sampling Groove Armada's I See You Baby; its Zara Larsson remix topped the Billboard Global 200 and hit number 3 in the UK.
Stateville Correctional Center
Stateville Correctional Center, opened March 1925 in Crest Hill, Illinois, is a maximum-security men's prison known for its panopticon-style roundhouse, the Northern Reception and Classification Center, and its 2024 closure and $900 million replacement plan.
Statewide opinion polling for the 2024 United States presidential election
Statewide opinion polling for the 2024 US presidential election tracked Trump versus Harris state by state after Biden's July 21 withdrawal; AAPOR judged the polls largely accurate though Republican support was again underestimated, with a 16-point Iowa miss.
Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries, also called early-state Democratic primary polls: surveys in South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire and other early states, with Harris leading national averages near 26% amid sparse state polling.
Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries
Statewide 2028 Republican primary polling covers early-state surveys, led by JD Vance over Marco Rubio: Minnesota Big Data Poll (Vance 40%) and New Hampshire UNH polls showing a narrowing Vance lead.