EI
abbreviation
EI
1 American
E.I.
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American
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East Indian.
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East Indies.
EI
British
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East Indian
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East Indies
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social psychol emotional intelligence
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(in Canada) Employment Insurance: a regular payment to a person who is out of work, funded by contributions from workers and employers
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It also owns movie production and distribution company Medusa and holds a 40% stake in privately-held Italian broadcasting tower group EI Towers.
From Reuters ● Jun. 12, 2023
The book value of MFE’s 40% stake in unlisted EI Towers is around 437 million euros, based on MFE’s 2020 financial statements, implying an overall valuation of EI Towers at more than 1 billion euros.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2022
This may sound like the beginning of an ED commercial, but Garfield says it’s actually all about EI.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2015
Daniel Goleman expanded and popularised the theory, maintaining that EI is a better predictor of workplace success than IQ.
From Forbes ● Sep. 11, 2012
She was a farm girl from nearby EI Tobosa, and she was plain, rough, ordinary.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
It’s named for an electrical engineering alum who landed a job in 1909 selling explosives for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, and eventually worked his way up to treasurer.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
E.I. is your ability to acknowledge your own emotions, recognize emotions in others and use that information to guide your behavior.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
In “Exit Ghost,” Zuckerman has nothing but scorn for the young biographer seeking to unearth long-held “facts” about E.I.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2018
It’s fitting as the 235 acres are where E.I. du Pont founded his gunpowder works in 1802.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2017
The business was subsequently converted into the E.I.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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