Mary Political Economy January 10‚ 2010 Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Pose a Security Threat to Western States? Sovereign wealth funds have been on the international economic scene since the middle of the 20th century. The Kuwait Investment Authority‚ for example‚ was created in 1953. (Lyons‚ p.25) However‚ until lately they had gone either unnoticed or ignored by the majority of political commentators. Several factors have brought them to the center of attention in economic and political
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The primary research is set to be the awareness of the piracy issue amongst the pupil in Hong Kong. According to the survey conducted‚ the data shows that surprisingly about 43% of the respondent have indicated that they are aware of the danger of the piracy issue in the Indian ocean particularly in Somalia. The other 57% have responded that they are not aware of the danger‚ figure 2.1. Furthermore‚ the respondent were asked to rank the familiarity on the piracy issue in the Somali waters. The table
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5.05 Economics Should Free Trade Be A Goal - Honors A large portion of people are against outsourcing for the reason that it can lead to increases in unemployment in the country‚ while foreigners are offered employment instead. This is because it is less expensive for companies to hire people in other countries to perform a job than it is to pay someone in America that will give the same labor. Americans are paid more for a job than others in developing countries as the cost of living in the US
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where people‚ if they worked hard‚ could make money proportional to their effort. However‚ what happens when this natural occurrence grows disproportional in its allocation of wealth within a society? The resulting issue becomes income inequality. Where a small portion of the population‚ own the majority of the wealth and the majority of the population own only a fraction of what the rich own. This prominent issue has always been the subject of social tension from even before the French Revolution
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ranked by its total sales. The company is ranked as the second most admired company in the world by Fortune (www.fortune.com). With all these numbers‚ you would think they had a long drawn out plan with goals as long as their success‚ but when Sam Walton created Wal-Mart in 1962‚ he declared that three policy goals would define his business: respect for the individual‚ service to customers‚ and striving for excellence (www.walmart.com). Three very short‚ but successful goals‚ which have been working since
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Hyperhidrosis is a disorder characterized by excessive sweating in amount greater than what is physiologically necessary to maintain homeostasis [1-5]. This condition may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to an underlying disease or medication. Only primary hyperhidrosis (PHH) will be addressed in this work. Primary hyperhidrosis is a dermatological and neurological disorder caused by an abnormal activity of the eccrine sweat glands. A noteworthy portion of patients experiencing excessive sweating
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Reference Data Sheet: BATTPRIM.PDF (1) PRIMARY CELLS & BATTERIES Many portable electrical and electronic devices are designed to be powered from batteries and in a lot of cases‚ from primary or non-rechargeable batteries. This is the familiar kind of battery which has a fixed amount of energy stored in it during manufacture‚ and once that energy has been used up the battery is simply thrown away and replaced. There are many different types of primary battery now available‚ each with its own
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Recent trends in the primary market – Explained! by Saritha Pujari Business Average annual capital mobilisation from the primary market‚ which used to be about Rs. 70 crore in the 1960s and about Rs. 90 crore in the 1970s‚ increased manifold during the 1980s‚ with the amount raised in 1990-91 being Rs. 4‚312 crore. It received a further boost during the 1990s with the capital raised by non-government public companies. There is a preference for raising resources in the primary market through private
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Goals in WHAP 1. Achieve a 94 on the next WHAP test over Early-Modern on January 31st. From there‚ maintain and slowly increase score in two point increments. Kaizen: I will actively add notes into my ACORN syllabus (writing in information learned on the day of a lesson in their respectful location within the ACORN syllabus) to take advantage of its usefulness on the test. From there‚ I will work on test-taking strategies (Make connections with the topic asked about (Days before the test‚ create
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Improvement by TOC (Theory of Constraints) -The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement- It is believed that business world is continually changing. To cope with the changing and to survive the business competition‚ The Goal shows how to succeed plant improvement within short period by the Theory of Constraints (TOC). This paper focuses on the improvement process the plant made and the contents are as follows: (1) Understanding the company goal‚ (2) Organizational value index‚ (3) Use of the constraint
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