Banking on Argentina Background: London based HSBC derives its name from its founding members‚ the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited was established in 1865 and it permitted trading between China and Europe. After World War II HSBC expanded and diversified its business into Canada‚ Australia‚ and the United States; and in the 1990’s expanding further into Brazil and Argentina. HSBC entered into Argentina in 1997 because their GDP had just grown by 6.1% in the last 6 years
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Social factor Nowadays‚ using the smartphone is a trend‚ especially in Hong Kong. Everyone must have a smartphone even more than one. Smartphone penetration in Hong Kong has been rising‚1 from 35% in 2011‚ to 49% in 2012‚ to 63% in 2013. It reveals that there is a smartphone demand for Hong Kong people. In addition‚ according to the Google’s research report “2013 Our Mobile Planet: Hong Kong”‚ 96% of Hong Kong users browse the Internet daily with their smartphones‚ followed by Japan(94%)‚ Singapore(93%)
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Argentina Devaluation Raises Fears of a Crisis The issue raised by the devaluation of the Argentinian currency has brought uncertainty not only to the country but also to the rest of the world. Argentina suffered an economic crisis back in the late 1900’s – early 2000’s and it might expect another crisis in the near future. An exchange rate control was applied in this country many years ago which basically consists on not allowing citizens to exchange their Pesos for Dollars in the free market
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tabacco industry is one of most successful economic operations‚ tabacco products are associated with the most deaths more than any other product (1). The consumption of tabacco leads to numerous fatal diseases such as lung cancer‚ heart disease‚ stroke‚ chronic respiratory disease‚ and other conditions and approximately 4.2 million Canadians are smokers as of 2015 (4). The consumption of tabacco also has an economic impact of $17 billion dollars in annual social costs including $4.4 billion in direct
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and the scale of the war shocked Europe along with the rest of the world. World War I had many economic‚ social‚ and political causes‚ and many things happened because of this war. Nations fought in this war to solve many of the issues that caused it‚ but it did a poor job of actually solving those problems. World War I had many causes that were either economic‚ social‚ and political. The main economic cause of the war was the practice of imperialism. This system caused European nations to compete
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Is Homelessness Society’s growing problem? Homelessness is a serious and growing problem for the whole of Great Britain. It is not merely a ‘housing problem’ but a much more complex mixture of social and economic factors‚ together with ‘individual’ factors which need to be addressed and analysed in order to try and resolve the growing problem of increasing numbers of homeless people. One could question whether society acknowledges the depth and breadth of the problem within our developed
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All throughout history art has thrived in most prospering civilizations. These works of art are very often expressed the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions of the time period in which they were created. The Egyptian pyramids and the Gothic Cathedrals are the epitome of works of art that express political‚ social‚ and economic conditions. The Egyptian pyramids date back to Ancient Egypt from 3200 B.C- 500 B.C. The Ancient Egyptians created these pyramids for many reasons. They reflected
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main political‚ economic and social factors that are likely to affect Thomas Cook plc. Political factors that may affect Thomas Cook plc may include civil unrest for example in Syria. This may affect Thomas Cook as their sales may decrease due to the lack of interest in visiting that country in turn giving low profits. Thomas Cook could be affected in the same way by the introduction of terrorist attacks‚ potentially facing a decrease in sales and even flights taking place. Another political factor
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PEST Analysis of the UK Airline Industry The PEST Analysis of the UK airline industry must take into account the Political Economic‚Social and Technological environment in which the industry is operating in. It will alsoinclude how these environmental factors will impact on the airline operations. Political The political stability of the United Kingdom was severely tested by the London terroristbombings in the summative years of the last decade. This led to a slight drop in the fortunesof the
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assignment title here] [Insert assignment title here] Argentina Tango It ’s true that Argentina is in an economic crisis. The after-effects of the crisis are felt in every place‚ by every person‚ every moment. Foreign visitors will most certainly see the corroding effects the crisis has had on local Argentines‚ but this should not prevent them from having an entertaining vacation. For most tourists‚ the advantages of visiting Argentina far outweigh the disadvantages. The advantage is mostly
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