SBS
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Banking
- Swiss Bank CorporationSwiss Bank CorporationSwiss Bank Corporation was a large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland...
, previously one of the major Swiss banks, now merged into UBS - SBS BankSBS BankSBS Bank is a building society and registered bank in New Zealand founded in 1869 as Southland Building Society. It is New Zealand's largest building society, and claims to be the only building society in the world to have become a recognised bank while maintaining its mutual status. Its head...
, a building society in the Southland region of New Zealand that is now registered as a bank - Skipton Building SocietySkipton Building SocietyThe Skipton Building Society is a building society in the United Kingdom . It is a member of the Building Societies Association....
- Scarborough Building SocietyScarborough Building SocietyScarborough Building Society was a UK building society, which had its headquarters in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough Building Society was formed in May 1846 - It was a member of the Building Societies Association....
Broadcasting
- SBS Broadcasting GroupSBS Broadcasting GroupSBS Broadcasting Group was a European broadcasting group, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses in Western and Central and Eastern Europe...
, originally Scandinavian, now also operating in various other European countries - Special Broadcasting ServiceSpecial Broadcasting ServiceThe Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
, an Australian multilingual and multicultural radio and television service - Seoul Broadcasting System, a South Korean television network
- Shizuoka Broadcasting SystemShizuoka Broadcasting SystemShizuoka Broadcasting System, Inc. is a Japanese broadcaster in Shizuoka. Its radio station is affiliated with Japan Radio Network and National Radio Network , and its TV station is affiliated with JNN .-Supplement:* Shizuoka Broadcasting System has no connection with the South Korean network...
, a Japanese radio and TV broadcasting station in Shizuoka Prefecture - Spanish Broadcasting SystemSpanish Broadcasting SystemSpanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States. SBS is also invested in television and internet properties, deriving the majority of its income from advertising through its media products.SBS owns the internet portal LaMusica.com...
, a United States radio and TV operator
Military
- Special Boat ServiceSpecial Boat ServiceThe Special Boat Service is the special forces unit of the British Royal Navy. Together with the Special Air Service, Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Special Forces Support Group they form the United Kingdom Special Forces and come under joint control of the same Director Special...
, formerly Special Boat Section and Special Boat Squadron, a special forces unit of the British Royal Marines and formerly also of the Army Commandos and Special Air Service - Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka), a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Navy
- Strategic bombing surveyStrategic bombing surveyThe United States Strategic Bombing Survey was a board tasked with examination and analysis of the United States' involvement in the World War II. Its primary purpose was to determine the effectiveness of Allied, and more specifically American, strategic bombing campaigns in Europe and in Asia...
, a post-war assessment of Allied strategic bombing of the Axis powers in World War II
Education
- Salford Business SchoolSalford Business SchoolSalford Business School is a business school located 3 km west of Manchester city centre in the Maxwell Building on the Peel Park Campus of the University of Salford. It is one of the University's twelve constituent academic departments...
, the business school of the University of Salford - SBS Swiss Business SchoolSBS Swiss Business SchoolSBS Swiss Business School is a management institution located in Zurich. SBS Swiss Business School was founded in 1998 and it provides graduate and undergraduate academic programs in business and management. The Honorary President is Dr. Charles Mercieca, former Professor Emeritus at Alabama A&M...
, a private business school in Zürich - Saïd Business SchoolSaïd Business SchoolSaïd Business School is the business school of the University of Oxford in England, located on the north side of Frideswide Square on the former site of Oxford Rewley Road railway station. It is the University's centre of learning for graduate and undergraduate students in business, management...
, the business school of the University of Oxford - Solvay Business School, the business school of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Special Book ServicesSpecial Book ServicesSpecial Book Services is the leading distributor of language teaching materials in Brazil with its warehouse facilities in São Paulo and a chain of over 24 SBS bookshops located in key cities and state capitals....
, the leading distributor of language teaching materials in Brazil - The Stony Brook SchoolThe Stony Brook SchoolThe Stony Brook School is a private independent Christian boarding and college preparatory school for boys and girls, grades 7 to 12. It was founded by the Rev. Dr. John F. Carson and fellow members of the Stony Brook Assembly in 1922. Its founding headmaster was Frank E. Gaebelein...
, an independent college preparatory school located in Stony Brook on the North shore of Long Island, New York - Strathmore Business School, the business school of Strathmore UniversityStrathmore UniversityStrathmore University is a private university based in Nairobi, Kenya. Strathmore College was started in 1961, as an Advanced level sixth form College offering science and arts subjects, by a group of professionals who formed a charitable educational trust...
, Kenya - St Birinus SchoolSt Birinus SchoolSt Birinus School is a comprehensive secondary school for boys in Didcot, Oxfordshire and the surrounding rural area. the headteacher is Mr Alwyn Richards, the current deputy headteacher is Dr. S Mundy. The school has been awarded with Technology and Language College statuses as of 2006...
, in Didcot, Oxfordshire - Stoneleigh-Burnham SchoolStoneleigh-Burnham SchoolStoneleigh-Burnham School is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 7-12 and postgraduate. Founded in 1869, the school is a combination of 5 founding schools from New England, but resides today on a campus in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States, located in the Pioneer...
, an independent school for girls in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Transport
- SBS TransitSBS TransitSBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
, a major transport conglomerate in Singapore - Select Bus ServiceSelect Bus ServiceSelect Bus Service , marked on the buses as +selectbusservice, is a brand used by MTA Regional Bus Operations for bus rapid transit service.-History:...
, bus rapid transit in New York City - Singapore Bus ServiceSingapore Bus ServiceSingapore Bus Services was a public bus operator in Singapore formed in 1973 with the merger of three private bus companies, namely the Amalgamated Bus Company Limited, the Associated Bus Services Limited and the United Bus Limited...
, the former name of ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited, a public transport operator in Singapore - Saginaw Bay Southern RailwaySaginaw Bay Southern RailwaySaginaw Bay Southern is a shortline railroad operating in the lower peninsula of Michigan. It interchanges with the Lake State Railway, CSX, the Huron and Eastern Railway, Saginaw Valley Railway, and the Mid-Michigan Railroad...
Information technology
- SBS TechnologiesSBS TechnologiesSBS Technologies, Inc., founded in 1986,designed and built open architecture embedded computer products thatenable original equipment manufacturers to serve the commercial,...
, a company that develops embedded computer hardware - Siemens Business Services, now Siemens IT Solutions and Services, a subsidiary of Siemens AG
- Microsoft Small Business Server, now Windows Small Business Server, an integrated server suite from Microsoft designed for running network infrastructure of small and medium enterprises
- Jive SBS, Jive Software's Social Business Software (formerly Clearspace)
- Smart Battery SystemSmart Battery SystemSmart Battery System is a specification for determining accurate battery capacity readings. It allows operating systems to perform power management operations based on remaining estimated run times. Through this communication, the system also controls the amount the battery is charged. ...
, a specification for determining accurate battery capacity readings
Music
- Sky Blue SkySky Blue SkySky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Chicago rock band Wilco, released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. Originally announced on January 17, 2007 at a show in Nashville, Tennessee, it was the band's first studio album with guitarist Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone...
, an album by American rock band Wilco - "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (song)Sunday Bloody Sunday (song)"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the opening track from U2's 1983 album, War. The song was released as the album's third single on 11 March 1983 in Germany and the Netherlands. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies...
, a song by Irish rock band U2 - Sabbath Bloody SabbathSabbath Bloody SabbathSabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in December 1973. With this album, the band expanded upon their slow, crunching style of music by strings, keyboards and more complex orchestral arrangements.-Recording:Following the 1972–1973...
, an album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath
Science and medicine
- Save British Science, the former name of the Campaign for Science and EngineeringCampaign for Science and EngineeringThe Campaign for Science and Engineering is a non-profit organization which promotes science and engineering in the UK. It focuses on arguing for more research funding, promoting a high-tech and knowledge-based economy, highlighting the need for top-quality science and maths education at all...
- Shaken baby syndromeShaken baby syndromeShaken baby syndrome is a triad of medical symptoms: subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhage, and brain swelling from which doctors, consistent with current medical understanding, infer child abuse caused by intentional shaking...
, a form of child abuse - Short bowel syndromeShort bowel syndromeShort bowel syndrome is a malabsorption disorder caused by the surgical removal of the small intestine, or rarely due to the complete dysfunction of a large segment of bowel. Most cases are acquired, although some children are born with a congenital short bowel...
, a disease of the intestines - Sleeping Beauty SyndromeKleine-Levin syndromeKleine-Levin Syndrome or KLS is aneurological disorder characterized by recurring periods of excessive amounts of sleeping and eating. At the onset of an episode the patient becomes drowsy and sleeps for most of the day and night , waking only to eat or go to the bathroom...
, a neurological disorder - Sick building syndromeSick building syndromeSick building syndrome is a combination of ailments associated with an individual's place of work or residence. A 1984 World Health Organization report into the syndrome suggested up to 30% of new and remodeled buildings worldwide may be linked to symptoms of SBS...
, an ailment associated with a place of work - Stimulated Brillouin scatteringBrillouin scatteringBrillouin scattering, named after Léon Brillouin, occurs when light in a medium interacts with time dependent optical density variations and changes its energy and path. The density variations may be due to acoustic modes, such as phonons, magnetic modes, such as magnons, or temperature gradients...
, the effect when light in a medium (such as water or a crystal) interacts with density variations and changes its path - Styrene Butadiene Styrene, a type of plastic
- Sexual Behavior in Sleep, Sleep sexSleep sexSleep sex, or sexsomnia, is a condition in which a person will do sexual acts while still asleep, acts such as masturbation, fondling themselves or others, having sex with another person and in more extreme cases sexual assault and rape....
or Sexsomnia, sexual behavior that occurs during sleep
Sports
- SBS Championship, the first event of the PGA Tour season, played in Hawaii and sponsored by Seoul Broadcasting System
- SBS InvitationalSBS InvitationalThe SBS Invitational is a 72-hole amateur stroke play team championship played between the 15 golf associations of New Zealand. It also combines as the New Zealand Teams Stroke Play Championships. It is permanently hosted at the Invercargill Golf Club in Otatara, Invercargill. It is always played...
, an amateur golf tournament played in Invercargill, New Zealand and sponsored by SBS Bank - Side by side pair skatingPair skatingPair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
elements - Social Boston SportsSocial Boston SportsSocial Boston Sports was created in January 2007 by four professionals, Justin Obey, Brian Shaw and Frank Knippenberg. SBS is an organization that provides a way for young professionals to become involved in events, parties, and coed recreational sports and activities throughout Boston....
Others
- Satellite Business SystemsSatellite Business SystemsSatellite Business Systems, abbreviated as SBS, was a company founded by IBM, Aetna, Comsat , that provided private professional satellite communications through its SBS fleet of FSS geosynchronous satellites, and was the first company to do so.SBS was founded on December 15, 1975 by the...
, a company founded by IBM, Aetna, Comsat, and later purchased by MCI that provided business-oriented satellite communications through its SBS fleet of geosynchronous satellites - Short barrel shotgun
- Silver Bauhinia StarSilver Bauhinia StarThe Silver Bauhinia Star is the second rank in the Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, awarded to persons who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period...
, an honour in Hong Kong - Slam Bolt ScrappersSlam Bolt ScrappersSlam Bolt Scrappers is a puzzle video game produced by independent developer Fire Hose Games. Players control characters who fight enemies in a beat'em up style and build towers to destroy other players. The game blends aspects of several video game genres including puzzle, action, and strategy...
, a 2011 PlayStation Network video game - Society for Biomolecular Sciences, an international non-profit scientific society dedicated to drug discovery and its related disciplines, based in Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Solid Bleached Sulfate or Solid bleached boardSolid bleached boardSolid Bleached Board or Solid bleached sulphate is a virgin fibre grade of paperboard.This grade is made purely from bleached chemical pulp and usually has a mineral or synthetic pigment coated top surface in one or more layers as well as a coated reverse side...
, a paperboard grade - Southall Black SistersSouthall Black SistersSouthall Black Sisters is a non-profit All-Asian organisation based in Southall, West London, UK. This Asian-women's group was established in August 1979 in the aftermath of the death of anti-fascist activist Blair Peach, who had taken part in a demonstration against a National Front rally at...
, an organisation of Asian and African-Caribbean women in London - Southampton Boat ShowSouthampton Boat ShowThe Southampton Boat Show is the biggest water based boat show in Europe. It has been held every September since 1969 in Mayflower Park, Southampton, England. It is one of the two major annual boat shows in the United Kingdom, alongside the London Boat Show...
, a boat show in Southampton