is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam’s two holiest shrines‚ in Makkah and Madinah. The modern Saudi state was founded in 1932 after a 30-year campaign to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 provinces‚ with Riyadh as the capital. The official language of Saudi Arabia is Arabic‚ and the currency is the Saudi riyal (SAR). The country is a leading producer of oil and natural gas. The government continues to pursue economic reform and diversification‚ particularly
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Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the reviewed literature and studies that are related to the present study. Related Literature Task-Based Language Teaching In learning the second language‚ it is important that one could use it daily in one’s communicative activities‚ otherwise it will atrophy. Nowadays‚ one of the latest trends in second language teaching and learning is Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Nunan (2004) defined task as a piece
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SHARÔÑAH GoVeRnAnce FoR ISlAmIc FInAncIAl InStItutIonS Rodney Wilson∗ Abstract For Islamic financial institutions to have credibility‚ formal procedures for SharÊÑah governance are required; otherwise clients would have no assurance that the institution is upholding the principles of Islam in its financial dealings. This formal assurance can be provided by national law‚ as in the case of Iran‚ which enacted the Law on InterestFree Banking of 1983‚ under which all banking operations had to be SharÊÑah
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Table of Contents Contents Saudi Arabia 2 1. Introduction 2 1.1 Part A 2 1.2 Political 3 1.3 Economic 4 1.4 Social 4 1.5 Technological 5 1.6 Critical and Current Issues 5 2. Part B 7 2.1 Technology 7 2.2 Health Industry 8 2.3 Education 9 2.4 Porters’ Five Forces 10 3. Part C 11 3.1 Business Culture 11 3.2 Consumer Culture 12 4.Part D 14 4.1 Conclusion 14 5. Recommendations 15 6.Bibliography 17 7. Appendices 19 Appendix 1: General information on Saudi Arabia
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World Population Day is an annual event‚ observed on July 11‚ which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11‚ 1987‚ approximately the date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.The world population on the 20th anniversary of Five Billion Day‚ July 11‚ 2007‚ was estimated to have been 6‚727‚551
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A Project study Report Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Business Administration [pic] 2008-2010 Submitted to: Submitted by: Awadhesh Bhardwaj Abhinav Singh Head DMS 2008 PMB 136 MNIT JAIPUR IV SEM Department of Management Studies Malaviya National Institute of Technology‚ Jaipur (Deemed University)
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CHAPTER I 1.1 Introduction: These days‚ hot products like mobile phones‚ GPS and computers can be secured at the touch of a fingerprint. Designing in security at the start of a new product development process is more effective than adding it on later. Unlocking your mobile phone by scanning your fingerprint is not a thing of science fiction. It’s an everyday reality for millions of mobile phone users‚ the greatest proportion of who live in Asia. But designing-in security to mobile phones can be
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2012 Facts & Figures IKEA retailing worldwide from the IKEA franchisor September 2011 – August 2012 701‚000 kWh 7th collection 40 countries 18 The amount of energy saved This year’s IKEA PS 2012 collection With the openings of IKEA Bangkok by each of the IKEA stores that marks the seventh IKEA PS design have switched to a new energysaving lighting system. 1943 The IKEA vision The number of IKEA stores The year that Ingvar Kamprad life for the
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Public information officer From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia’s quality standards. Please help by adding relevant internal links‚ or by improving the article’s layout. (May 2012) Click [show] on right for more details.[show] | Public Information Officers (PIOs) are the communications coordinators or spokespersons of certain governmental organizations (i.e. city‚ county‚ school district‚ state government
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III – Which are the largest city economies in the world and how might this change by 2025? This article updates an article published in our March 2007 UK Economic Outlook1 giving estimates for 2005 and projections to 2020 of the size of the largest 100 city economies in the world. The updated analysis and illustrative projections of GDP for different cities show how the GDP rankings of cities might change by 2025 taking into account the impact of the current economic downturn and the
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