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Andy Warhol Campbell Soup
1,371 wordsThe life and work of Andy Warhol has inspired many writers to tell of the artist's secrets in published writings. However, Carter Ratcliff accomplishes this feat in a unique fashion, profiling Warhol's work in Andy Warhol. A must-read for anybody interested in the origins of American Pop art, Ratcliff's book touches on all aspects of Warhol's work. Segmented chronologically, Ratcliff explains the influence and significance of select paintings, as well as sections devoted to Warhol's sketches, ph...
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Y 2 K Big Problem
1,134 wordsAs the new millenium approaches the biggest fear everyone has is over the Y 2 K bug. Y 2 K stands for y = year 2 K = two thousand. The fear is that on Dec. 31, 1999 at twelve o clock all computers around the world will go crazy. Every mechanical device that is computer controlled could go on the fritz. Social Security checks could be cancelled along with car payments, mortgages could read 100 years. Telephone conversations could be calculated mistakenly to have lasted for a 100 years. What is ca...
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Search For Emma Story Search For Emma Book
477 wordsThe Search For Emma's Story isn't really a book; it is kind of a how to guide and a fable in one. In each chapter there is a section entitled " Emma's Story. " To me this is like reading a children's book where the characters are just being given something to do and not having any real rhyme or reason. Also included in each chapter entitled "Portfolio of Evidence. " The portfolio of evidence is very different from any other book I've ever read because it goes through the whole thought process of...
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S P 500 Money Market
451 wordsFor the first time since 1990, the taxable bond market, as measured by the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, appeared nearly certain to outperform the U. S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500. The former was up nearly 10 % year to date through November, while the S&P 500 was down by approximately the same amount. Disappointing corporate earnings and uncertainty concerning a president-elect toppled the stock market late in the period. While it's impossible to predict the future directio...
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Private Sector Financing Transport Infrastructure State
879 wordster>Sam Vaknin's Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites The role of government in facilitating transport projects is inevitable. But governments are monopolists and largely cannot be trusted with the efficient allocation of resources, not to mention the problem of corruption. So, the less the state is involved the better off everyone is. Transport has gone a full circle. Until the beginning of the 17 th century it was largely privately fina...
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Analysis Of How Microsoft Should Spend Its Cash
1,041 wordsMicrosoft has a nasty problem: figuring out what to do with $ 31. 6 billion in cash. We can picture a sleep-deprived Bill Gates and a red-eyed Steve Ballmer toiling away night after night, trying to get Microsoft out of this predicament. It must be tough. So we decided to help them out by making a few suggestions on how Microsoft should spend its cash hoard. We " re going to propose a variety of acquisitions. While the company hasn't historically had an acquisitive culture, that seems to be chan...
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Earnings Per Share Mergers And Acquisitions
312 wordsIn this assignment I will be discussing on the fundamental measures in which companies improve corporate strategy in order to improve shareholder value. And whether (advantages and disadvantages) of having a meta-fund manager (company manager) deal with the portfolio investment and divestment's or leave this to fund manager (investors) as John Kay puts is. The strategies of enhancing performance of the asset of a company involves; mergers, de mergers, organic growth and acquisition. A merger is ...
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Corporate Culture Resource Management
880 wordsXerox is one of the largest companies in the document processing products and services industry. Xerox held a virtual monopoly in the plain-paper copier market until the Federal Trade Commission intervened. In 1975 Xerox was forced to forfeit patent protection and had to license to competitors. Xerox's markets share dipped from 80 % in 1976 to 13 % in 1982. In order to become more competitive, Xerox began to use benchmarking, Leadership through Quality and employee involvement initiatives. These...
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Building A Radio Empire Chancellor Media
1,242 words... e stations appealing primarily to 18 to 34 or 25 to 54 year old men and / or women, the demographic groups most sought after by advertisers. '; OUTDOOR ADVERTISING Chancellor is the fifth largest outdoor advertising company in the United States. Chancellor Media owns over 42, 500 billboards and outdoor displays in 38 states. MEDIA REPRESENTATION 'Katz is a full-service media representation firm that sells national spot advertising time for its clients in the radio and television industries t...
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Boeing Company Development Plan
590 wordsA solid business case is highly dependent upon a strategic and intelligent technology research and development plan, or portfolio, in the early phases of product design. The embodiment of a strategic technology development plan is the identification and subsequent funding of high payoff technology areas that can maximize a companys return on investment, which entails both performance and economic objectives. This paper describes an approach whereby the high payoff technology areas may be identif...
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Eighty Percent Standard Deviation
885 wordsDo you think a Taiwan Index fund is a good long-term investment? Indexing is one of the most popular investment techniques among investors in plenty of developed markets. Lets try to make a prognosis, whether a Taiwan index fund is a good long-term investment. iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund is a non-diversified fund that makes investments in stocks that are mainly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and uses a sampling strategy aimed to track its index. According to information from Business Wee...
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Majority Of People Wal Mart
1,790 words... much from life as possible is absolutely justified, because we only live once. Thus, we can think of consumer culture as descendant of Renaissance values, which were materialist in their essence. People have always existed as consumers, throughout the history; therefore, being a part of consumer culture is absolutely natural to them. Consumer culture provides people with a choice, when it comes to selecting products. In Communist countries, consumerism has always been referred to as somethin...
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One Of The Worlds Marlboro Cigarettes
882 wordsAltria Corporation Altria Corporation is one of the worlds largest tobacco corporations, the parent company of Philip Morris International, Kraft Food, Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and Philip Morris USA. It was founded in New York in 1919. The companys headquarters are based in New York, U. S. A. Through its subsidiaries Altria Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and sales of tobacco products both in the U. S. and international markets. The products are sold to the wholesalers, large...
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California Public Employees Retirement System Corporate Governance Policy
737 wordsCalifornia Public Employees Retirement System corporate governance policy CalPERS strongly believes that each market throughout the world should adopt corporate governance principles that are appropriate for that market. Ideally, these principles should be developed by the markets participants themselves, through cooperative action and consensus What is CalPERS? The California Public Employees Retirement System manages pension and health benefits for more than 1, 4 million California Public empl...
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Capital Asset Pricing Model
757 wordsCapital Asset Pricing Model Financial concept named the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is aimed to estimate the value of securities, stocks, assets and / or derivatives in the context of related risk and expected return. The main formula of the CAPM is the following: Expected Security Return = Risk-Free Return + Beta x (Expected Market Risk Premium), where Beta is overall risk at particular market, and Risk Premium is additional return, expected to be received by investors as a result of add...
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Buying And Selling Gordon Gekko
840 wordsWALLWall Street Johnny Cockrocker WALL STREET In the big city of New York there always exist those who push the envelope a bit, and stretch the law. One such man played by Michael Douglas makes money buying and selling others dreams. He is a stock speculator; but one that succeeds based on illegal inside information. As he puts it I make nothing, I own Released in 1987, Oliver Stones Wall Street is a representation of bad morals and poor business ethics in the business world. It also shows the n...
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Artistic Talent Computer Animation
1,403 wordsAnimation Computer Animators Computer Animators Animation as an art form has been around for almost one hundred years. From the earliest days of hand drawn cels, individual pictures strung together, to the complex rendering of 3 -D virtual worlds, animation packs peoples lives. Do you wonder how the computer-animated movies are made or want to become a computer animator? Computer Animation is a fast growing field. There are many different areas to of animation, computer animation is what this pa...
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Primary Schools Childrens Book
817 wordsIts a small world Theres a course in Wrexham, north Wales, requiring fieldwork in toy departments, bookshops, primary schools and zoos. On it, artists learn to harness their childhood obsessions and emerge with a portfolio to impress the most jaded of childrens book editors or art directors. The UKs first and only BA in illustration for childrens publishing, now in its fourth year, owes its existence to Sue Thornton. It was her experiences as a lecturer in general illustration that convinced her...
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Poetry Ive Written Poem My Mind Read
333 wordsLamson 1 Alyssa Lamson Mrs. Miller English Honors 9 block 1 16, May 2001 Reflection of the Poem My Mind is Like a Mirror I selected the poem My Mind is Like a Mirror because it was my favorite piece. It isnt the best, but I liked it because it is the first poem I have ever written and let someone else read that wasnt superficial. Every other poem I have written for school was funny and told a story, but didnt tell the reader anything about me. In this poem, I actually wrote about how I dont like...
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Mutual Funds Investment Decisions
668 wordsThe Company AIM Funds is one of the nations largest and most successful mutual fund companies. Over the years, such funds as AIM Weingarten Fund, AIM Constellation Fund, and AIM Value Fund have become household words for millions of investors. AIM funds are sold through financial advisors as a reflection of the companys belief that investors can benefit significantly from having the advice and guidance of a professional who can create investment plans to meet the individual needs of their client...
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