impact on my personal growth. I also joined a study tour to Australia during the summer holidays. It certainly broadened my horizons. I spent around three weeks with my host family‚ which gave me an insight into the lifestyles of Australian. The reason why I went to Australia was to strengthen myself‚ be accustomed to and confident in communicating in English rather than just treat it as a sightseeing trip. In the three weeks‚ my spoken English become more fluent and the listening ability did improve
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A Reasonable Voice In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Haemon‚ a secondary character‚ proves to be a more significant piece of the play than expected. Although he is believed to be unimportant and useless‚ his role has a great influence on the outcome of the play. Most importantly‚ in desperate times he provides reasonable solutions to Creon’s unreasonable actions. In the end‚ Haemon is proven to be right. Therefore‚ contrary to what he appears‚ Haemon’s true nature is to be the voice of reason. Haemon’s
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VaR‚ Stressed VaR‚ and Expected Shortfall Jim Chen* This note summarizes the measurement of market risk in the trading book under the most recent accords of the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation‚ known as Basel II‚ 2.5‚ and III. Each of these three accords on global banking regulation has embraced a different primary measure of market risk: traditional value-at-risk (VaR)‚ stressed VaR‚ and expected shortfall. After introducing the mathematics of VaR and expected shortfall‚ this note will
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contributed mainly by the motorcycles segment which grew at a much lower rate of 9.2% (YoY) in Q3‚ 2011-12; even as the scooters segment continued to post 20%+ (YoY) expansion. Overall‚ the domestic 2W industry is expected to report a volume growth of around 13% in 2011-12 as the growth is expected to fade further in Q4‚ 2011-12 due to base effect. In an environment where the northward movement of inflation‚ fuel prices and interest rates has been the nemesis of the Indian automobile industry at large
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entitled I Wouldn’t Change a Thing that you find in the reading assignment. Based on what you have learned in this unit‚ answer the following questions: Tanksley reports about her young life up to this point that “if I had to do it all over again‚ I wouldn’t change a thing.” Can you use this as a point of departure for defining Nietzsche’s eternal return and showing how it works? Answer: Nietzsche’s eternal return " is a thought experiment in which one imagine that the life’s choice they make will
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foreign retailers in China to expand (1). Many retailers from all over the world will seize this golden opportunity‚ and Target should do so too. Target‚ a Minnesota based national retail company‚ has come a long way from being Dayton’s department store back in 1961 to being one of the biggest players in United States’ retail market‚ as we know it today. Over the last ten years‚ Target has experienced a continuous incline in growth year after year. Sales reached over $48 billion this past year‚ a 10
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2011 Annual Report TARGET 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Financial Highlights Total Revenues $69.87B $67‚390 $69‚865 $64‚948 $65‚357 $63‚367 EBIT $5.32B $5‚272 $4‚402 ( Earnings before Interest Expense and Income Taxes ) Net Earnings $2.93B $2‚849 $2‚920 $2‚929 $2‚214 $2‚488 Diluted EPS $4.28 $3.33 $3.30 $4.00 ’10 $5‚252 $5‚322 $4‚673 IN MILLIONS IN MILLIONS ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 IN MILLIONS
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and CEO of Target Corporation Prepared By: OnPoint Consulting Charles Buzzelli Alexandra Carhart Anthony Knaver Danielle Mandich Michael Serbin Tim Troutman November 29‚ 2012 1275 E. 10th St.‚ Bloomington‚ IN 47406 Gregg W. Steinhafel‚ CEO Target Corporation 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis‚ MN 55403 SUBJ: TARGET MARKET Dear Mr. Steinhafel‚ OnPoint Consulting is excited to have the opportunity to address some of the challenges that Target is currently
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[pic] King Saud University College of Administrative Sciences Strategic Management 597 BUS Case analysis Target Corporation Professor Dr. Nadia Ayoub Submit by Ghadeer Al- Mutawa Reem Abdul Jabbar 9‚ January 2007 Contents Introduction Vision Statement Mission Statement Strategy Analysis State 1: The Input Stage External
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