with foreign countries with foreign investments into the Singapore economy making up a huge percentage of our economy. The figures in 1999 alone for foreign investments were around $31 billion. If there were to be a decrease in these foreign investments‚ a chain of reactions would follow but before explaining these reactions‚ I would like to start off with the following equation: Ad = C + G + I + (X – M) Where C is consumption‚ G is government expenditure‚ I is investments‚ X is foreign export
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a) What are the possible advantages and disadvantages facing a board of directors composed of insiders? (b) What are the possible advantages and disadvantages facing a board of directors composed of outsiders? The board of directors plays a vital part in the domination of any company whether it is a family business or otherwise. For every company or organization the board of directors is different in terms of its composition‚ roles and responsibilities of the directors and its structure. The
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In addition‚ computers allow greater ease and comfort when communicating through the internet‚ you can talk with people from all around the world and even share music or videos with them. Internet offers nowadays everything‚ making free calls from foreign countries‚ doing shopping‚ storing all kind of information and millions of things unthinkable a few decades ago. But on the other hand we have to be conscious of the computer’s drawbacks. Many jobs have been lost due to the fact that computer can
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has no property to meet the repayment which could cause financial institutes a situation about bad loan. The term microcredit is used to identify a mixture of various financial and non-financial services. It has various definitions accepted by the different international organizations‚ as well as specialists and scholars. However‚ apart from the beneficiaries‚ as far as microcredit is concerned by Mario & Gianfranco (2006) that “these must be people who have problem to borrow money from traditional
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planting materials‚ compensate land shortages and genetic improvement of the plant. [pic][pic][pic][pic]A few of the advantages perceived in the use of biotechnology in agriculture are rapid multiplication of plant species‚ breeding of resistant varieties‚ diagnosis and control of disease in crop and livestock‚ utilization of crop residues and animal waste. Some of the disadvantages are high cost of research and development‚ endangering biodiversity‚ genetic erosion and lack of access for poor farmers
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isolated bacteria were named initially as Bacillus bifidus communis‚ which was later renamed to the genus Bifidobacterium. He observed that Bifidobacteria is the dominant in the gut microflora of breast fed infants and also he observed the clinical advantages in using Bifidobacteria in treating infant diarrhoea. Alfred Nissle‚ German professor‚ during an outbreak of shigellosis in 1917‚ isolated a strain of Escherichia coli from faeces of a soldier who was not infected by the disease‚ antibiotics were
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Trading has been a skill known to humans since the ancient times dated back to 9000 BC. As the years pass by‚ our trading skills have evolved to benefit us financially and continue to differentiate every day through the advancement of technology and common knowledge. Now we are living in a world where everything revolves around using money as currencies‚ but the trade doesn’t stop here. Our society is slowly accepting Cryptocurrency and using them as a way to trade items instead of using their old
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATISATION Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 ADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRIVATISATION 2 2.1 Improving Efficiencies 2 2.2 Reduction in Government Cost and Spending 3 2.3 Focusing on Core Competences 3 2.4 Streamlining Businesses to Allow Productive Job Creations 4 2.5 Obtaining Goal Congruences 4 2.6 Effective Utilization of Taxpayers’ Money 5 2.7 Generate Income Tax Revenue 5 2.8 Improving Government Financing 6 2.9 Reorganisation or Restructuring
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watch‚ an internet browser‚ a personal organizer‚ a calendar‚ a camera‚ a video camera‚ a voice recorder‚ a text messages‚ a GPS device‚ and a calculator‚ among other things. Rather than fear this new device‚ we need to embrace the technology and direct its use to support our mission of developing productive and civil citizens. We need to work to find ways in which to use this tool in class and to encourage the appropriate use of handphones in the same way we work to develop positive use of the Internet
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Awards won by the hotel: Check-in time: Check-out time: Total number of rooms: View from the hotel if applicable: When the Hotel was last refurbished? ROOM DETAILS Room Type/Name (eg. single‚ double‚ suite‚ any unique name the room has) No. of rooms (eg. no. of single rooms‚ suites‚ etc.) Room Size (sq. ft) Room Décor (flooring‚ furnishings‚ furniture‚ bedding)
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