Inhaling also takes longer for the drug to take affect. Injecting powder cocaine to get a better and faster high became very unpopular with advent of the A.I.D.S. crisis. Powder cocaine is frequently cut or mixed with a variety of substances in order to raise profit mar- gins of drug dealers. This has made purchasing powder cocaine more hazardous for the drug abuser as they cannot be sure of the content of the drug they are buying. Finally‚ freebasing was thought too dangerous a prospect for
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1. [Financial Risk and Return Considerations] Explain how you would choose between the following situations. Develop your answers from the perspective of the principles of entrepreneurial finance presented earlier in the chapter. You may arrive at your answers with or without making actual calculations. A. You have $1‚000 to invest for one year (this would be a luxury for most entrepreneurs). You can earn a 4% interest rate for one year at the Third First bank or a 5% interest rate
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CHAPTER 19 Property Management » 19.01 INDIVIDUAL MANAGERS VS. MANAGEMENT COMPANIES The financial success of any lodging facility is largely dependent on the skill and ability of on-site management. Hotel operators face a number of unique problems‚ ranging from booking convention business to running a high-energy lounge to installing night audit financial controls. While the skills needed to handle such problems can be acquired through college-level training and operational experience
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Alternative Web Browsers Leana Matthews Alternative Web Browsers As you undoubtedly know‚ a web browser is simply a piece of software that requests and then decodes and displays the files that make up Internet pages. Certainly Microsoft ’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla ’s Firefox are by far the most commonly used browsers‚ but there are probably at least 50 to 70 others that are available for public use‚ and virtually all of them have their staunch fans and supporters. Two other major players
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2 World Order America‚ for many years‚ was ripe with discrimination against everyone who was not white. It was almost like a tangible attempt to create a new world order. Politics and laws assisted this negative thought process‚ but on the surface were displayed to unify our country. Underneath the surface‚ people of different nationalities were treated as a sub-species‚ less than human‚ and not granted the rights given by the constitution
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The film The Return of Martin Guerre is based on a true story about a young man‚ Martin Guerre‚ during the mid-16th century. It takes place in a small peasant town‚ Artigat‚ located in southwestern France. Martin is married off at a young age but is unhappy with his life. He decides to abandon his family and join the army. After several years gone‚ he finally returns to the village. The village is ecstatic of his return‚ especially his wife Bertrande. However after a disagreement with his uncle over
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“Alternative sources of Energy" In the not-too-distant future -- with regard to history’s time-line -- there will come a point when oil that is fossil fuels will have been depleted. However‚ waiting until supplies are exhausted would place a major hardship upon future energy demands. Even the existence of other conventional sources such as hydropower‚ wind energy and biomass will not suffice keeping in mind the rapid advancement. It is therefore imperative to look for alternative sources of energy
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CHINESE INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA China’s growing involvement in Africa has raised concern from western countries for the past decade. China claims to have distinguished itself from western countries with regard to its Africa policy by a great financial involvement based on “political equality and mutual trust‚ economic win-win cooperation‚ and cultural exchange”[1]. Indeed‚ as Hu Jintao says‚ “China and Africa are good friends‚ good partners and brothers”[2]. Chinese “investment” in Africa involves
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International Investment and Risk Assignment Semester 1 / 2013 1) Using the price series provided in the spreadsheet assignment_data.xls calculate the monthly returns for Westpac (WBK)‚ Wesfarmers (WES) and Rio Tinto (RIO) for the considered time period from January 2nd‚ 2012 to January 1st‚ 2013. (25 Marks) a) Considering a possible investment in WBK and WES‚ calculate the mean (monthly) return‚ the standard deviation of return and the coefficient of correlation between the returns. Using Excel
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1."Why is expected return considered forward-looking? What are the challenges for practitioners to utilize expected return?" (Cornett‚ Adair‚ and Nofsinger‚ 2012‚ p. 246). Expected return is “forward-looking” in the sense that it represents the return investors expect to receive in the future as compensation for the market risk taken. The challenge is that practitioners cannot precisely know what the future holds and thus what the expected return should be. Thus‚ we create methods to estimate the
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