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- 3091: Gold And Its Uses.
- ... Today, worldwide production amounts to about 2,300 tonnes annually, having doubled since 1980 due to higher prices and new technology. Although gold is mined in almost sixty countries, the following are the major producers. George Harrison discovered gold on Langlaagte farm near Johannesburg in February 1886. Soon, South Africa was the world's premier producer, a position that it has held almost continuously ever since. In just over a century ...
- 3092: Birmingham Steel Corporation
- ... and wire products; to increase production efficiency; and to gain control over a significant portion of its raw material sourcing. The company currently operates steel-producing mini-mills in Birmingham, Alabama; Kankakee, Illinois; and Seattle, Washington. There is also a rolling mill in Joliet, Illinois; a rebar distribution operation based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (PESCO); steel distribution depots in Baltimore, Maryland, and Oakland and Fontana, California; and a steel scrap recycling ...
- 3093: The McDonaldization of Society
- The McDonaldization of Society George Ritzer has taken central elements of the work of Max Weber, expanded and updated them, and produced a critical analysis of the impact of social structural change on human interaction and identity. The central theme ...
- 3094: National Semiconductor: Business and Ethics
- ... Angeles Times April 4, 1982. Pg. B1 Pava, Moses. 1995. Corporate Responsibility and Financial Performance. London Quorum Books Reder, Alan. 1944. In Pursuit of Principle and Profit. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons Publishing Sawyer, George. 1979. Business and Society: Managing Corporate Social Impact. Boston Houghton Mifflin Publishing Schuyten, Peter. To Clone A Computer. New York Times February 4, 1979. Pg. 1 Velazquez, Manuel. 1992. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. New ...
- 3095: Ray Kroc
- ... million dollar idea was right around the corner. As Ray moved from customer to customer he continued receiving similar statements. Whether it was from a restaurant operator in Arizona or a dairy bar manager in Washington DC the message was always the same, "I want one of those mixers of yours like the McDonalds brothers have in San Bernadino"(Kroc 6). The more he heard about these notorious McDonald brothers, the ...
- 3096: The Success of Walmart
- ... their market. Besides protesting and signing petitions to attempt to stop Wal-Marts entry into their community, the oppositions efforts can even be found on The Internet. Gig Harbor, a small town in Washington, recently started a World Wide Web page entitled "Us Against the Wal." The towns neighborhood association promised that they "will fight them [Wal-Mart] tooth and nail" (PNA/Island Aerie Internet Productions, 1995/1996 ...
- 3097: Gulf War Syndrome
- ... 1999. Bower, Bruce. Gulf War Syndrome may signal mental ills. Science News 154.23 (1998): 357-358. Infoweb. Online. Newsbank. 1 May 1999. Brown, David. No Evidence Chemical Weapons Used In Gulf War, Panel Says. Washington Post 5 Kleiner, Kurt. Did Toxic Mix Cause Gulf Sickness? Biology Digest 146.1974 (1995) : 5. Infoweb. Murphy, Frances M. Gulf war syndrome: There may be no specific syndrome, but troops suffer after most wars ...
- 3098: Richard III
- ... unstable again due to the vacancy if the king died. This idea threw uncertainty into the minds of many that felt secure in the transfer of power from Richard to his son in the future. George also fell victim to poor decision making when acting impulsively late in his career. After he became comfortable in his position, Richard seemed to take for granted the support he had from the people. As ...
- 3099: Rocky Marciano
- ... England. However, as the war on the European front was beginning to draw to a close, he was soon flown back to the States, where he was assigned to Ft. Lewis in the State of Washington to await transfer to the Pacific Theater. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, in August of 1945, the nation's long anticipated encounter with Japan was precluded. Rocky now awaited either a stint ...
- 3100: Deregulation of the Airline Industry
- ... mark (Cole & Pasztor, 1996, p. A6). Perhaps due to overexpansion or to poor luck, Valujet experienced a series of mishaps in its short history. In January 1994, a DC-9 skidded off a runway in Washington which resulted in the entire airport being shut down. In June 1995, a ValuJet flight went through an emergency evacuation after an engine failed and shrapnel flew into the cabin. Additional incidents, including one where ...
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