criticizes historians who stand by their argument of “Sectional conflict over slavery and slavery extension caused the Civil War”. Instead he preaches throughout his works that include many influential books including “The Fate of their Country” that‚ contingent political factors played a very huge and predominant role is stimulations factors causing disunion among the states. “The Fate of their Country” is basically an annotated distillation of 2 other books written by Professor Holt “Political Crisis
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NeedsLease entered into a ten-year operating lease for office space in accordance with ASC 840‚ Leases. It has neither renewal option nor the ability to negotiate for renewal per lease agreement. Within the leased premise‚ NeedsLease has placed into service various leasehold improvements that have economic useful lives of 12 years. In the lease agreement‚ there are certain provisions that may require the lessee to perform certain activities and to incur certain costs at the end of the lease
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Financial Derivatives DERIVATIVE SECURITY: A derivative security is a security whose value is contingent on the value of other more basic underlying variables. Hence derivatives are also known as contingent claims. Very often the variables underlying derivatives securities are the prices of traded securities. For example‚ stock option. Futures and Options ⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒ actively traded on the many different exchanges. Forward Contracts‚ Swaps ⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒ traded outside of exchanges by financial Institutions
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Chapter 9 Strategic Management 1) A business model describes how a company is going to make money. 2) The first step in the strategic management process is analyzing the external environment. 3) Evaluating an organization’s intangible assets is part of conducting an internal analysis in the strategic management process. 4) Activities that an organization does well or resources that it has available are called capabilities. 5) When conducting a SWOT analysis‚ threats are activities the organization
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES CHECKLIST YES NO N/A Remarks 1. Components of Financial Reports Does the report contain the following? • Statement of Management’s Responsibility [ ] [ ] [ ] __________ • Statement of Representation (for first time filing) [ ] [ ] [ ] __________ • Report of Independent Auditor [ ] [ ] [ ] __________ • Comparative Balance Sheets [ ] [ ] [ ] __________ • Comparative Income Statements
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Cost reduction Generally defined as the act of cutting costs to improve profitability. Cost reduction‚ should therefore‚ not be confused with cost saving and cost control. Cost saving could be a temporary affair and may be at the cost of quality. Cost reduction implies the retention of essential characteristics and quality of the product and thus it must be confined to permanent and genuine savings in the costs of manufacture‚ administration‚ distribution and selling‚ brought about by elimination
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CASE STUDY and ANALYSIS * CASE 1 With regards to the comment of the junior consultant‚ I could say that although it is better for a consultant t to maintain the confidentiality as a result of professional relationship‚ it should be noted also that consultants do have ethical requirements being followed in the conduct if work. Moreover‚ a consultant cannot be deterred from performing its professional duty to disclose this information to the external auditors who have the greater responsibility
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A defense of the ontological argument Daniel Andrews In this essay I will first explain the ontological argument and my reasons for choosing it. I will then discuss why I believe it is a better account for the existence of god than the teleological argument and the cosmological argument. I will then move onto discuss various theologians that oppose the ontological argument and critique their responses. The aim of the essay if to show the strength of the argument and to expose some key weaknesses
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NUTRITIOUS NESTLÉ MILO® AT MORE AFFORDABLE PRICES Petaling Jaya‚ 23 February 2009 Malaysia’s favourite nutritious chocolate malt drink NESTLE MILO® has 10 good reasons why it is not just any chocolate malt drink. Now‚ Nestle MILO® is made more affordable in an effort to make the popular beverage even more accessible to Malaysians. Nestlé Malaysia made the announcement of the new prices for MILO® powder range during the official visit by Y.B. Dato’ Shahrir Abdul Samad‚ Minister of Domestic
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Study Guide: Lesson 13 Justification‚ Part 1: Noetic Structure Tasks View and take notes on the presentation‚ “An Overview of Issues in Contemporary Justification‚ Part 1.” What are 3 characteristics of a person’s noetic structure? The sum total of everything that person believes It recognizes the differing degress of certainty‚ firmness‚ and conviction with which people hold their beliefs. Characterized by how beliefs are related together. Explain coherentism and the 3 problems with
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