History of Continental Airlines Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines‚ named after one of its initial owners‚ Walter T. Varney operating out of El Paso‚ Texas and extending through Las Vegas‚ Albuquerque and Santa Fe‚ New Mexico to Pueblo‚ Colorado. The airline started with Lockheed Vegas‚ a single engine plane that carried four passengers. The airline later flew other Lockheed planes‚ including the Lodestar. It was renamed Continental on 1 July 1937 after a new owner
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Effects of long-term ketamine administration on rat bladder protein levels: A proteomic investigation using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis system Abbreviations & Acronyms 2D-DIGE = two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis CHAPS = 3-[(3Cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio] propanesulfonate Cy = cyanine dye DIGE = difference gel electrophoresis DTT = DL-Dithiothreitol GAPDH = glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase HK = high dose of ketamine IC = interstitial
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elsevier.com/locate/jfstabil Hedge funds and financial stability: Regulating prime brokers will mitigate systemic risks Michael R. King a‚∗‚ Philipp Maier b‚1 a b Monetary and Economic Department‚ Bank for International Settlements‚ Centralbahnplatz 2‚ CH-4002 Basel‚ Switzerland International Studies Division‚ Bank of Canada‚ 234 Wellington‚ Ottawa‚ Ontario‚ Canada K1A 0G9 a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We review key characteristics of the hedge fund industry‚ and identify conditions
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University Press. Marr‚ D. and Nishihara‚ H.K. (1978)’Representations and recognition of the spatial organisation of three-dimensional shapes’ In Kaye‚ H. (2010). Cognitive Psychology (pp119-123). Milton Keynes: Open University Press. Tarr‚ M.J. (1995) ‘Rotating objects to recognise them: a case study on the role of viewpoint dependency in the recognition of three-dimensional objects’‚ In Kaye‚ H. (2010). Cognitive Psychology (pp106-123). Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
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Eleven Two Fund Management Outperforms Major Indices With A 10-Year Average Annualized Return of 17.55% (1888 PressRelease) Eleven Two Fund Management’s investment strategy achieves multiple Top 10 Fund performances on Marketocracy; plans to offer free 30-minute phone consultation to new potential investors. Atlanta‚ GA - The Fundamental Stock picks on Marketocracy selected by Eleven Two Fund Management (ETFM) President Thomas Cloud Jr. CFP®‚ ChFC® have achieved average annualized returns
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Public Salience and International Financial Regulation. Explaining the International Regulation of OTC Derivatives‚ Rating Agencies‚ and Hedge Funds by Stefano Pagliari A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfilment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Global Governance Waterloo‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ 2013 © Stefano Pagliari 2013 I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis‚ including any
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SOCIAL ACTION FUND TO THE LEVEL OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BENEFICIARY COMMUNITIES IN KITGUM DISTRICT CASE STUDY: KITGUM TOWN COUNCIL BY OCHOLA RICHARD KS05B05/653 A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR: MRS. MIREMBE DEBORA JUNE 2008 APPROVAL The research entitled the contribution of Northern Uganda Social Action Fund to the level
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Why do entities choose the type of investment or source of funds that they do? Are there any other choices? Do these other choices exist? Why do they exist? Funds may travel from surplus entities to deficit entities‚ but why does this happen‚ and how. Surplus entities choose the type of investment to financially benefit themselves‚ as do deficit entities‚ choose the best finance of funds available to them with the lowest penalty. Not always is this choice available. Most of the types of investment
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How does our organization ensure that its procurement process is transparent‚ impartial and equitable? Whenever our organization buys goods or services or hires consultants using U.S. Government (USG) funds‚ it should always take proper steps to ensure that the procurement process is objective and encourages fair and open competition. In addition to being a core principle underlying USG procurement regulations‚ competition promotes innovation‚ motivates vendors to perform better‚ drives costs
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“UK Open-Ended Mutual Funds Industry pre and post the Global Financial Crisis: Performance Persistence and Return Attribution” By Dimitris Xydias Abstract This dissertation project tests the persistence in performance of a survivorship bias controlled sample of 574 UK Open-End Mutual Funds for the period between 31/12/1999 and 31/12/2011 and decomposes the funds’ returns into factors. The former is done by employing both parametric and non-parametric approaches to identify persistence and the
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