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- 1721: Definition of Education
- ... doing underhanded illegal transactions. If we thought for ourselves that would cut into their profit and we all know that can not happen. The Savings and Loans Scandal is a perfect example of this. Big business made a mistake and then instead of dealing with it they pawned there massive losses on the American public. Education is a farce, a cruel joke that the people in power attempt to trick us ... Where does it say education is to just simply learn? It is stated nowhere. Education should be about becoming enlightened to the works of the world. I am not saying becoming a lawyer or a business person is wrong or inimical. What I am saying is being a artist or philosopher is just as advantageous. In fact art and philosophy should be made standard issue in schools. We all need to ...
- 1722: The Fed and Interest Rates
- ... column that appears inside the first page of the journal's Money & Investment section. If the headlines of Mr. Pettit's daily column are any accurate record of economic concerns and current issues in the business world, the late weeks of March and the early weeks of April in 1994 were intensely concerned with interest rates. To quote, "Industrials Edge Up 4.32 Points Amid Caution on Interest Rates," and "Industrials ... to sell their low interest assets, in order to acquire additional money, they tend move toward higher yielding accounts, also further increasing the rate. Soon this small change by the Fed affects all aspects of business, from the price level to interest rates on credit cards. Rises and falls in the interest rate can reflect many changes in an economy. When the economy is in a recession and needs a type ...
- 1723: Airborne Express Company Overview
- ... Times Nov 1998). Since the UPS strike of 1997, air express companies are fighting to keep good relations with their workers. The Teamsters’ strike with UPS over part-time and full-time help taught small business not to rely on one express company. UPS is not the only company having labor problems. With the use of lengthy negotiations and hefty salary promises FedEx has settled a labor dispute with its pilots ... in the express industry to DHL. Airborne Express might be gambling on the hope that there will be companies who will fight this move to electronic commerce, and will give Airborne enough old fashioned express business for them to succeed. This is a major gamble. “Concepts like just-in-time manufacturing and mass customization were no longer just theory; a number of firms had carved out distinct niches in the market ...
- 1724: The Widening of the Wealth Gaps
- ... more profitable, pay more taxes than the average middle or lower class. However this conclusion is not valid because somehow these companies end up paying less. Anything and everything that is given away by a business is tax free, much like charity donations. All charity donations are tax free to that business. Companies and corporations find a way to let go of a portion of their earnings so that they don’t have to pay the taxes on them. Not letting go of that portion would make ...
- 1725: Comparing Employees in America and Their Kenyan Counterparts
- ... the different working conditions in these countries exposed employees to certain advantages and disadvantages. I completed my high school studies in October 1998, and almost immediately joined my father as an apprentice in our family business: a muffler factory. I worked there for almost one year before coming to the U.S. for further studies. My brother in law runs a printing business here, and I help him out from time to time. I realized that in most ways, the working system in this country is much better than that back home, but it also has its disadvantages ...
- 1726: NAFTA
- ... gains from increased exports. Bibliography 1. Cameron, Maxwell. "Interpreting NAFTA", The American Political Science Review. September 1999. Vol 93, Issue 3, p. 761-773. 2. Managerial Economics textbook. 8th edition. 3. "Mexico at a Glance", Business Week, New York; Feb 18, 1998. Issue 3614- Environmental ed. p 47-50. 4. "The Real NAFTA Winner; Canada Leads Investment Race", Business Week, New York; Sept 27, 1999. Issue 3648, Industrial/technology ed. p 34-36.
- 1727: Deregulation And How It Will Affect The Customer
- ... will explain later in this paper. ComEd will make available hourly prices for electricity to its non-residential, retail customers on a day-ahead basis, enabling those customers to determine how best to run their business to take advantage of times when energy costs less. In addition, customers will gain experience with hourly fluctuations in its electricity costs, further preparing them for a competitive market place. Deregulation is not only introducing ... in regards to the most frequently asked questions along with the answers: Q - How does this legislation affect consumers? A – It will dramatically change the way you can purchase electric service for your home or business. Historically, customers in a set geographic region. That will change. Q – When will residential customers get a 20 percent rate cut? A – A 15 percent rate cut will become effective on August 1, 1998. The ...
- 1728: Television Advertisement
- ... example, commercials tend to appear on the radio, football game where a lot of people are watching, and on television. Advertisement is seen many times especially on television. Television is the most efficient way for business industries to use to take advantage of showing advertisement. Advertisements are mainly focused on certain groups of people. These groups of people range from kids to adults and health freaks to junkie freaks. But the ... judging whether should I go buy that product that I just saw on television or the ones that I believe might be better. Television does a lot more to consumers when it comes to advertisement. Business industries spend a lot of money on how to make the commercial more convincing to views out there. These days a lot of computer graphics are used on advertisement to amaze the viewers. The most ...
- 1729: Asbestos Manufacturing
- ... it personally, we would be just as well off to say nothing about it . . . I think the less said about asbestos the better we are. . . ." (2)This showed that Simpson was trying to protect his business interests and by using his influence, was coaxing the editor to cover up these important findings. Two days later, the editor replied, saying, "I quite agree with you that our interests are best served by ... the company’s products look safe in the public eye. “What they don’t know won’t hurt them,” is a socially acceptable and familiar saying that supports the decision. The omission was also a business decision because the company had to look out for its stockholders’ interests, and the application of such a label would have decreased sales. A legitimate Machiavellian view that one of the stockholders might have had ...
- 1730: Europe In 2010: Ecomonic Monetary Union
- ... has been favorable in a number of respects for the transition to EMU and the achievements of its objectives. The strong demand for euro-area exports from industrial countries at more advanced stages of the business cycle and the depreciation of the currencies of euro area countries over the past four years fostered a strengthening of growth in the euro area and helped to offset the effects of the Asian crisis ... zone standards. Job growth has been spurred by record low interest rates, a result of cuts from high levels to assure euro zone convergence. Low rates are fueling domestic demand, especially consumer spending and construction. Business investment is also gaining. Still, global weakness is depressing exports, and that's why job growth is expected to slow a bit in the second half. Even as construction, agriculture, and services, especially tourism, post ...
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