Canada's Foreign Trade
.... the largest population in the world, relies heavily on Canadian food products to feed its enormous population. If Canada were to suddenly sever trade with China, not only would Canada lose a large portion of revenue generated from that trade, but also many Chinese people would starve, as China does not have the means to produce enough food for its peoples. Advocates for trade with all countries, regardless of a country's human rights issues, argue that trade sanctions do not harm the government in charg .....
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The Currency Crisis In Thailand And Its Effects
.... cash flow. Also affected are the private sectors and the countries banking system. The private sector carries huge debt because of the crisis. Andrew Maule a banking analyst at ABN Amro Asia Securities states, "It's quite realistic to assume that non-performing loans will hit 50 percent. Ultimately there will have to be a bailout." 1 The banks are looking at the government to bail them out but as of December 30, 1998 no banks had requested government aid. At the beginning of the crisis in July, the .....
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The Goods And Services Tax
.... * The removal of taxes on business inports and exports.
* Guarantee the consumers the fairness of the GST implementation.
* Increase the Real purchasing power of consumers.('Tax Reform.
Not a new tax. A new tax system', from the Regulation Impact
Statement for the Introduction of a Goods and Services Tax).
The Goods and Services Tax is the necessary change that Australia needs for a new tax reform. Australia's current taxation system is complex, unfair and in nee .....
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The World Bank
.... countries. The size of a country’s stockholding is determined relative to it’s economic strength relative to the worldwide economy. The United States is the single largest stockholder, holding around seventeen percent, this along with the other six industrial large nations ( together they form the G-7 ) amass a little less than fifty percent of the holdings. The bank’s headquarters are located in Washington D.C.. It is often here that its Board of Executive Directors, representing all member countries .....
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Implementing Employee Assistance Programs
.... helped through the structured programs. As those three areas are discussed, some of the statistics that make these EAPs necessary, or at the very least, helpful, will be looked at also.
The Troubled Employee
Many of us have seen Gus – he’s the one who believes that in order to ease the hang over from last nights party, he has to have a drink the next morning. But it may not stop there. He needs a sip around 10am to take the edge off. Whatever he does on his lunch is his business so he may go ho .....
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A Financial Evaluation Of General Electric Corporation
.... to choose. I had recently begun to invest in the stock market, unfortunately with minimal education and understanding of the ways to evaluate a company and its strengths and weaknesses. I therefore saw it as appropriate to research and evaluate a firm that I currently hold stock in. The original purchase price of fourteen (13) shares of General Electric at $75.25 per share was $990.25 on 24 September 1998. The current price as of 20 March, 1999 was $112.00 per share of a current portfolio value of $1 .....
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Fuji Xerox
.... South Pacific. The key to the success of this IJV has been the autonomy and trust provided by the partners over the years and management teams.
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In this report, we will take a look at the background of FX, why Xerox and Fuji established the IJV, what the issues encountered and results achieved by both partners were, and their formation process. We will also look at some of the recent developments effecting FX, and in conclusion, summarize what we believe to be the key points which h .....
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When Did Johns-Manville Know?
.... Company to suspend life insurance policies on asbestos workers.
The Johns-Manville company was a producer and supplier of asbestos in the United States. According to J-M, the company had followed asbestos safety standards, later set forth by the U.S. Public Health Service in 1938, since the early 1930’s. The firm also alleges they had no knowledge of asbestos related cancer until as late as 1964. According to the evidence presented in the text this knowledge, and the company’s apparent attemp .....
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The Japanese Economy
.... of the 1920s. In both cases, monetary policy has been blamed for contributing to sinking of these economic Titanics.
With this in mind, the purpose of this paper is to explore the failure of Japanese monetary policy to deal with its present economic crisis.
Background and the Problem
During the 1980s, policy makers and economists throughout the world envied Japan as a successful model of a strong global economy. Real GDP growth ranged from 4%-6% from 1984 until the economic bubble burst i .....
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Effects Of Working Shifts
.... Three Mile Island, Bhopal, Exxon, Valdez, Space Shuttle Challenger, all familiar names that have some interesting similarities. First, all were major man-made disasters, second all occurred due to human error, and third, they all took place on the night shift.
Working shifts, an unsteady schedule, can present many different problems for the men and women who work them. This report is going to highlight some of these problems, and hopefully offer some possible solutions to minimize them. I am a .....
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The Internet And Its Affect On The Economy
.... networking and infrastructure of the World Wide Web will easily be able to receive a well-paying job. In other words, the Internet service providing industry is playing a large part in helping the US economy reach full employment, meaning that the cyclic unemployment is approaching zero. Although it seems the industry is very secure because it is in a full employment situation now, this does not mean that there is a very low amount of unemployment. According to many economists, there are three types of un .....
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What Is Demand
.... will be lessened. Increases in income results in increasing of options of what and how much a person may purchase. Normal goods refer to products that people tend to buy more of as their income increases. Inferior goods are goods that people use less of as their income increases.
The goals of a person refer to the "wants" and "needs" of a person. Goals of a consumer depends on multiple factors. Factors ranging anywhere from age, education, and region to social customs. People in different a .....
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Modern American Marketing Techniques
.... good you are it depends on how much money you can reel in for a company.
monster has turned sport into a ruthless money hungry buModern American marketing techniques have undermined the almighty dollar and have forgotten what sport is really about. The green-eyed monster has turned sport into a ruthless money hungry business.
Corporations use marketing techniques to trick young people into buying their products by modeling their products around famous sporting stars even though the product has nothing to do with the sporting star and using false statements e.g. McDon .....
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Bonds And The Bond Market
.... is an amount, in percentages, which is paid at regular intervals until some future specified time ( the "maturity date"). Upon reaching the maturity date, one's original investment is returned to them.
There are many reasons why people invest in bonds. For example, if one chooses a stable and profitable bond, it will provide a steady source of income through interest payments during the lifetime of the bond. As well, the risk when investing in a bond is considerably less than for most other form .....
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The Bank Of Montreal
.... that a group of British businessmen were interested in buying the Bank of British North America (BBNA). (Canadian Banker, Vol. 103, No.1, January, 1996. p.24.) The bank of Montreal gave jobs to the Bank of British North America with five hundred employees as part of the deal, because he persuaded the reluctant federal government to approve the mergers in the interest of nationalism. (Canadian Banker, Vol.103, No.1, January, 1996. p.24.) "In 1999, the Bank of Montreal has a record of nine years of consis .....
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