BlackBerry aims to go private in $4.7bn deal with Fairfax Financial group Troubled smartphone maker‚ whose shares have plummeted in recent times‚ ready to be sold to Canadian buyer for $9 a share Heidi Moore in New York‚ The Guardian theguardian.com‚ Monday 23 September 2013 19.36 BST BlackBerry‚ the once-dominant maker of smartphones that fell on hard times in recent years‚ has found a suitor willing to pay $4.7bn for the troubled company. Fairfax Financial‚ a Canadian firm that already owns
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A Review of Edward N. Luttwak‚ The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century A.D. to the Third. Edward Luttwak’s The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century A.D. to the Third gives a militaristic analysis of the tactics used by the Roman Empire while also highlighting parallels between Rome and contemporary U.S. military policy. Luttwak divides his book into three chapters‚ a chapter for each of the 3 identified systems; the first chapter discusses Rome’s use
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Combating Terrorism Steve Elsey April 13‚ 2011 POLS 3100 Fighting terrorism has always been more than a physical confrontation; it also is a battle of ideas. Al Qaeda‚ for instance‚ has stated that “Hostility toward America is a religious duty‚ and we hope to be rewarded for it by God. To call us Enemy No. 1 or 2 does not hurt us. Osama bin Laden is confident that the Islamic nation will carry out its duty. I am confident that Muslims will be able to end
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Burger King’s grand strategyWhat are grand strategies? Grand strategies are comprehensive‚ long term plan of essential actions by which a firm plans to achieve its major objectives. Key factors of this strategy may include market‚ product‚ and organization development through acquisition‚ divestiture‚ diversification‚ joint ventures‚ or strategy alliances. There are three types of company implementing grand strategies‚ growth strategy‚ stability strategy and defensive strategy. Our company ‘Burger
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Terrorism Strategies Every terrorism attack is done with a different strategy. Individual terrorism attacks are done differently from a terrorist attack conducted by a terrorism organization. All terrorism organizations such as Al Qaeda or a certain individual plan their attacks differently‚ some use car bombings‚ suicide bombings or non- suicide bombings. At times the terrorist do not get to accomplish their goal and get nothing out of the attack committed. In general all terrorism organizations
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Assess the Grand Strategy of the Company As one of the oldest company in Malaysia‚ Eu Yan Sang has undergone growth strategies to expand its business through increasing the size of the company and transformation of branding and image‚ types of products‚ packaging and marketing method. Eu Yan Sang has comes a long way beginning offering traditional Chinese medicines to tin mine coolies in Malaya 133 years ago. Today‚ listed on the Singapore Exchange‚ Eu Yan Sang has more than 300 retail outlets
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Terrorism "Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme‚[12] and originally referred specifically to state terrorism as practiced by the French government during the Reign of terror. The Jacobins cited this precedent when imposing a Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.[14][15] After the Jacobins lost power‚ the word "terrorist" became a term of abuse.[8] Although "terrorism" originally referred to acts committed by a government‚ currently it usually refers to the killing of innocent
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prepare for disaster by developing a homeland strategy against terrorism. The author criticizes the government’s plan to prohibit the sharing of information on threats and vulnerabilities with the general public. Flynn notes that the government has isolated the department officials from the people they serve‚ a move he terms as the wrong approach to protecting the homeland. Flynn opines that the federal agencies are unable to detect and intercept acts of terrorism. Since the government has trained professionals
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Counter Trade Definition: Reciprocal trade in which goods or services are exchanged not for cash but for other goods or services. A large part of the internet commerce comprises of local and international counter-trade Countertrade means exchanging goods or services which are paid for‚ in whole or part‚ with other goods or services‚ rather than with money. A monetary valuation can however be used in counter trade for accounting purposes. In dealings between sovereign states‚ the term bilateral
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community. It is through this that human rights were able to be changed and recognised as a standard for global order‚ regulated through international law. The act of terrorism is not a new concept‚ and has been responsible for many innocent lives over many years‚ however not until the attacks on the United States‚ known as 9/11‚ has terrorism become such a globalized issue. It was through the symbolic destruction of capitalism‚ coupled with the vast media outlets to create witnesses that allowed for Western
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