multimedia‚ social media and the Internet of Things (IoT) will fuel exponential growth in data for the foreseeable future. The use of big data will become a key basis of competition and growth for individual firms. On the other hand‚ according to Goldman Sachs study2 projects that spending on cloud computing infrastructure and platforms will grow at 30% from 2013 to 2018 compared with the 5% growth for the overall enterprise IT. In the same line‚ Cisco is predicting that by 2018‚ 59% of the total
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McGraw-Hill Irwin. Boardman‚ A. E.‚ Greenberg‚ D. H.‚ Vining‚ A. R.‚ & Weimer‚ D. L. (2011). Cost-benefit analysis concepts and practice (4th Ed ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ‚ USA: Pearson Education. Dodds-Frank‚ A. (2011‚ March 2). Rajat Gupta and Goldman ’s insider trading bombshell. Retrieved from The Daily Beast: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/02/rajat-gupta-at-center-of-wall-streets-biggest-insider-trading-scandal-ever.html Dow‚ S Ghoval‚ D. (2014‚ August 21). How to run a $1 billion
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2000 issue of The Progressive‚ Howard Zinn argues that people must recognize unsung heroes and replace many national idols such as Andrew Jackson‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and Theodore Roosevelt with more honorable people such as John Ross‚ Mark Twain‚ Emma Goldman‚ and Helen Keller. According to Mr. Zinn‚ historical figures‚ which are seen as national idols in America today‚ are presented to the public opinion in over-simplified form without inconvenient details. Mr. Zinn declassifies the essence of our national
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est. US$1‚700 (adjusted by purchasing power parity). According to the International Monetary Fund‚ Bangladesh ranked as the 44th largest economy in the world in 2011 in PPP terms and 57th largest in nominal terms‚ among the Next Eleven or N-11 of Goldman Sachs and D-8 economies‚ with a gross domestic product of US$269.3 billion in PPP terms and US$104.9 billion in nominal terms. The economy has grown at the rate of 6-7% per annum over the past few years. Exports of textiles and garments are the
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What are the sources and limits of MNC power? 1. Introduction The purpose of this essay is to give a (more or less) detailed overview over the sources and limits of the power of multinational corporations (MNCs)‚ as MNCs are getting increasingly important as actors in political bargaining. Many other important aspects‚ such as the history or the financial management of MNCs‚ would by far exceed the scope of this paper. To make the topic clearer I want to start with some definitions in the
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From 1914 to 1945 a social reform took shape to increase the availability of contraception. The U.S. aimed to educate society on birth control and then legalize it. This reform began with a group led by Mary Dennett‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Emma Goldman. This reform came about due to the struggles many women faced during this time period due to pregnancy. There were a high number of low-income women becoming pregnant that simply could not afford to have a child. The idea of contraception was unheard
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In-arrears swap Also known as a delayed reset swap‚ an in-arrear swap is an interest rate fixed for floating swap that has its floating leg that pays at the regular payment date a rate that has just reset (usually that has reset two business day ago for Euro JPY and USD swap and that has just reset for GBP swap). In the case of swap paying every six months‚ the reset rate at the payment date would be fixed six months and two days ago in a regular swap only two days ago in the in-arrear version
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Meritocracy & Popular Culture Alger’s book‚ Ragged Dick‚ tells the story of an ambitious‚ industrious‚ and honest boy who through hard work and some luck climbs the ladder to a better life and a higher social status. According to Alger‚ he does this not by taking advantage of other people‚ but by keeping an eye out for opportunities‚ working hard‚ and improving himself. The picture I chose was drawn by Clay Butler in 1994. It depicts a Frankenstein-like creature standing on top of a pile of dismembered
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Simpson‚ and her friend Ron Goldman had many irregularities. This case became known as the “Trial of the Century”; many Americans followed the case throughout the trial because O.J. Simpson‚ who was once a pro-football player as well as an actor‚ was indicted on two counts of murder following the aforementioned deaths. In this paper I will highlight many of these and further explain the circumstances surrounding them. The bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were found in the entrance
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Wednesday it had reached a deal to acquire the North American investment banking and capital markets businesses of stressed US investment giant Lehman Brothers for $1.75 billion. 22 Sept *The Federal Reserve approved applications on Sunday from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies‚ putting them directly under the regulatory supervision of the US central bank‚ the latest step to restore calm to chaotic financial markets. Update of July 21‚ 2008: So why did Richard
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