Whether or not Puerto Rico becomes the 51st state is an important issue that has been thought about for the last century. Maintaining Puerto Rico’s current status as a commonwealth would be beneficial because it would not lead to any drastic repercussions. Puerto Rico is an island closer to the Dominican Republic than it is to the U.S mainland. It is about three times the size of Rhode Island‚ and has almost four million residents. In July of 1898‚ near the end of Spanish-American War‚ U.S. forces
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economies of Cuba and Puerto Rico are very similar during the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands‚ because everyone was set to search for gold. . This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto Rico for mining gold
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How is the Puerto Rican experience similar to that of the other Latin American immigrants to the U.S.? The experiences in the video portraying Puerto Ricans had several similarities to that of other Latin Americans immigrating to the U.S. The interviewers had similar stories as to either coming to the US with their parents or by their own choice. The one thing the two groups have in common is the experience of a language-barrier. Puerto Ricans are primarily Spanish speakers and English is a second
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Recognizing and Minimizing Tort & Regulatory Risk Plan The purpose of the Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Plan to explain how regulatory risks and common torts describe specific measures on how an organization can manage and minimize each individual risk. The preventive‚ detective‚ and corrective measures for each are explained below. The situation in the Business Regulation Simulation is that Alumina Inc. was involved in some regulatory issues and Alumina Inc. social responsibility
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Recognizing Differences - Week 4 Kevin A. Froy XACC/291 February 19‚ 2014 Shontell Chrisman Recognizing Differences - Week 4 According to Weygandt‚ Kimmel‚ and Kieso (2010)‚ in accounting valuation means a company is establishing a value‚ or estimating a value of an item. The resources can be assessed as an asset or a liability. Bonds are an example of a liability‚ and stocks‚ patents‚ and trademarks are assets. To get an accurate valuation‚ one has to determine the dependability of the
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Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Plan University of Phoenix Business Law LAW 531 Charlisa Edelin October 11‚ 2010 When operating any business‚ the company always has the potential of facing allegation about the quality of their product‚ their environmental impact‚ and many other forms of complaints. Alumina Inc is such a company. Alumina Inc is facing a possible law suit over allegation about their environmental record. Alumina Inc is facing possible law suit for negligence
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avoiding potential troubles with the law in the future. There are many risks that companies can be prepared for including structuring effective business contracts‚ avoiding lawsuits on business torts‚ minimizing product liability risks‚ avoiding employee lawsuits and avoiding risk in domestic and international sales transactions. Business Contracts Contracts contain a common element which is a promise. A contract is a legal relationship that consists of the rights and duties of the agreeing
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government in cloud computing. Cloud computing: opportunities and challenges for Australia‚ pp. 13-19. Bein‚ D.‚ Bein‚ W. & Madiraju‚ P. (2010). Web applications and cloud computing. The impact of cloud computing on web 2.0‚ pp. 1-6. Curtis‚ W. B.‚ Heckman‚ C. & Thorp‚ A. (2010). Security and Privacy Considerations. Cloud computing: e-discovery issues and other risk‚ pp. 1-5. Catteddu‚ D. & Hogben‚ G. (2009). Top security risks. Cloud Computing: Benefits‚ Risks And Recommendations For Information Security
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out of Regulatory Risks Regulatory risks are risks associated with the failure to comply with a whole host of governmental regulations. Such risks impact a company’s existing assets‚ earnings‚ and often‚ reputation. In the context of tort liability arising out of non-compliance of government regulations‚ it is in every company’s business interest to allocate resources to identify those risks‚ and to implement action plans to avoid such risks. In the event those risks do materialize‚ the
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Managing Risks Managing Risks Phase 1 Discussion Board 2 Patrice Strong- Register MPM420-1004A-01 Colorado Technical University Professor Nancy Brennan October 10‚ 2010 Managing Risks In every team there will be different interpretations of information that is presented. This is why it is important that we meet and share our thoughts and ideas of how a project is determined‚ managed and executed. In the subject of risk management‚ we all must know what the definition of risk is and
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