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- 2891: Technology Jobs
- ... L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy, M. B. Zuckerman. My ... school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of ...
- 2892: Management and The Body Shop
- ... global environments many companies have joined the open trade policies, and existing foreign opportunities available to growing companies with positive views and socially responsible attitudes. It all sounds like a lot to cover in a short essay so I will introduce a company that has in its short, yet very successful existence transformed through all the levels and practices mentioned above. The company is called "The Body Shop", I hope you have heard of it for that would make our journey through it ...
- 2893: Sonic Corporation
- ... some stores failed. In these cases Sonic assumed control over failed franchise units, driving the number of company owned restaurants from 3 in 1974 to 149 in 1979. This rapid expansion of Sonic was a short lived frenzy which resulted in numerous failures do to lack of planning, market analysis, and requirements for unit managers. The company was forced to operate the failed franchise as company units in most cases, to ... LIQUIDITY The current ratio for 1991 was substantially higher than in 1990, 3.185 and 1.263 respectively. Two major contributions must be noted: (1) the current liabilities were lower in 1991 due to less short term debt; and (2) current assets were significantly higher by millions of dollars in 1991, because of an abundance of cash in marketable securities. This ratio indicates that Sonic has 3.185 times the amount ...
- 2894: Why Are Gasoline Prices Going Up So High?
- ... Americans are spoiled brats. According to Charles Krauthhammer of the May 6, 1996 issue of the Washington Post, increases in gasoline prices aren't as simple as supply and demand. He feels that there are short run and long run reasons for the increasing prices. On the short run, we can thank an extra long winter for using up a lot of our gasoline reserves. For the long run, we can thank car loving American drivers, who like to go really fast and ...
- 2895: Intel
- ... 1995 resulted from the fact that tax credits have not grown as rapidly as overall pretax income. Financial condition The Company's financial condition remains very strong. As of December 30, 1995, total cash and short- and long-term investments totaled $4.11 billion, down from $4.54 billion at December 31, 1994. Cash generated from operating activities rose to $4.03 billion in 1995, compared to $2.98 billion and ... an increase of approximately $500 million from 1995. Most of this increased depreciation will be included in cost of sales and research and development spending. The industry in which Intel operates is characterized by very short product life cycles. Intel considers it imperative to maintain a strong research and development program to continue to succeed. Accordingly, research and development spending is expected to grow in 1996 to approximately $1.6 billion ...
- 2896: Hiring Minorities
- ... humiliation through jokes made at his expense, has destroyed his self-esteem. This has caused him to accept as fact the notion that he will never be able to reach his goals. Few "Bill" success stories exist, only further plummeting his self- confidence. This example sounds strikingly similar to a common argument for preferential hiring. I have been discriminated against, which has caused my self esteem to fall, and now I ... not bury the issue of race? Discrimination is waning. It has become a crime to discriminate. Soon blacks and women will become full members of the job world. There are plenty of role model success stories available. There is no reason to believe that anyone, in today's society, cannot achieve whatever they wish. Hard work and diligence will pay off and eventually race and sex will no longer be issues ...
- 2897: New Financial and Statistical Measures to Monitor The Success of GE
- ... factors under consideration. First, we must clarify that when we talk about stockholders, we are not referring to people who are just investing in the stock market for the purpose of gaining money from the short term ups and downs of GE's common stock market price. We are referring to the people that in some part of their lives wanted to invest their accumulated wealth and decided to buy shares ... that the above equation is not correct, we should make the appropriate changes. 4) Besides the long term investors there are a lot of people that closely watch GE's performance, such as creditors and short term investors. All of these read our annual reports but at the same time try to find any sort of information about the actions that we take. We know how important it is to show ...
- 2898: Role of Government in Mixed Economies Such As Australia
- ... to achieve its economic management goals. This is done through revenue collection and government spending. In recent years there has been a shift away from the Keynesian view that fiscal policy is used to stabilise short-term fluctuations in demand. This refers to a contractionary stance during a boom period to dampen economy and an expansionary stance during a bust period to stimulate the economy. Current fiscal policies are aimed at ... in financial conditions. This follows the belief that the level of financial activity plays a major role in determining the level of economic activity. The main indicator of monetary policy stance is the level of short-term interest rates. The government is currently using monetary policy to boost the level of economic activity. By easing interest rates the private sector will be more inclined to borrow money for investment. Small businesses ...
- 2899: Preferential Hiring
- ... humiliation through jokes made at his expense, has destroyed his self-esteem. This has caused him to accept as fact the notion that he will never be able to reach his goals. Few "Bill" success stories exist, only further plummeting his self-confidence. This example sounds strikingly similar to a common argument for preferential hiring. I have been discriminated against, which has caused my self esteem to fall, and now I ... not bury the issue of race? Discrimination is waning. It has become a crime to discriminate. Soon blacks and women will become full members of the job world. There are plenty of role model success stories available. There is no reason to believe that anyone, in today's society, cannot achieve whatever they wish. Hard work and diligence will pay off and eventually race and sex will no longer be issues ...
- 2900: The St. Catharines Standard
- ... before it has to be made. After the ad space is sold the paper is sent up to the editorial room so they can look at the space not occupied by ads and decide what stories the need to fill up the paper. Now to make the paper! The pages are assembled and the ads and stories are cut and pasted on to boards. After that a negative is shot of the board. Then they take the negative and make a copy of it on a metal plate. They take the plate ...
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