Crossword.

• Position: Brief article

APRIL

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Across

1. Export-oriented nation

4. Employee who brings in high volume sales to the company

9. Poker call

10. Radio wave

11. Invests in bonds, perhaps

13. Word with reserve or government

16. Too much handling

18. Al Capone territory (abbr.)

19. Hues

20. In Chapter 7, perhaps

22. NYC businessperson's transport

23. Drop

24. Waiter's term of respect

25. Deep distress

27. PR attack

29. Naval rank

30. SOX, for one

31. Mortgage variety that became a problem

33. Better than red, financially

35. Valuable factor in an economy

37. Place to meet Tiger

38. Go on permanent vacation

39. Select

41. Driving offense, for short

42. Airport abbreviations

43. Resume in short form

45. Civil aviation controllers

46. Condo, perhaps

47. Ecological movement that is now a concern of most businesses

50. Concedes

52. Mark of courage for law enforcement personnel

53. Second of a line of kings

54. Reductions in value of investments

55. "___ to a Grecian Urn"

56. Message or reading material?

    Down

1. Business making lots of money (2 words)

2. Sale evidence

3. One type of security (2 words)

4. Returned monies

5. State of a failing business usually (3 words)

6. Famous candy (2 words)

7. "I ___ Rock," Simon and Garfunkel hit

8. Hostile takeover bid specialists

12. Enterprise value, briefly

14. Forecast

15. Inexact

17. Newport state

21. Relating to the motion of matter

26. Black gold

28. Circuit

30. Expert

32. Add details to a plan (2 words)

33. Ethanol, for example

34. Achieves

35. Goes with Lanka

36. Long-term investment (abbr.)

40. Video camera action

44. Website statistic

47. Volatile commodity

48. Research and discovery, for short

49. The "I" thing

51. Say no to

52. Philosophical verb?

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