Emma Lou is plagued by the color of her skin. She was born with skin that is too black. Her mother was a fairer-skinned African-American‚ as was the majority of her mother’s family‚ but her father‚ who left her mother soon after Emma Lou was born‚ was a dark-skinned black man. Her family constantly regrets the color of her skin. She and her family tried to lighten her skin with creams and bleaching‚ but to no avail. Emma Lou wishes that she had been a boy. Her mother has always told her "that a black
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Risk Financing Risk imposes costs in two broad forms – loss costs and the costs of uncertainty. Risk financing attempts to mitigate the impact of these costs by structuring the availability of funds to pay claims‚ aid recovery and enable the organization to maintain financial stability as it moves forward towards its mission. How risk financing occurs can vary. At one end of the scale‚ fully self-insured entities retain responsibility and‚ if risk-related costs arise‚ the entity directly bears those
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Understanding the Big Bug Movies of the 1950s." William M. Tsitsui states how Americans viewed the movie Them! “The oldest and most esteemed critical approach to movies like Them! is that they are all about nuclear fear‚ the widespread anxiety about the threat of atomic annihilation”(
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high residual value of cars and the second hand car market‚ which enables other forms of financing beyond pure unsecured loans. Car finance arose because the price of cars was out of the reach of individual purchasers without borrowing the money. The funding for personal car finance is provided either by a retail bank or a specialist car financing company. Some car manufacturers own their own car financing arms‚ such as Ford with the Ford Motor Credit Company and General Motors with its GMAC Financial
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BP’s Management Planning Presentation By Michelle Rollins MGT/230 1/20/14 Rick Benito Overview The planning function of management The influence of legal issues‚ ethics and corporate social responsibilities of British Petroleum (BP) The factors that influence‚ Strategic‚ Tactical‚ operational and contingency planning Planning For Rebuilding and Growth Exploration Deepwater Gas value and chains Technology Relationships Strategic goals Increase stock values Rebuild public relationships
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This means of financing has developed rapidly in the decades of sixties and seventies. At present this means of financing gained considerable importance due to its wide variety of applications and has gained a substantial increase in the sheer volume of transactions. Although this type of financing can be for long term‚ most lease financing is for periods of less than ten years. Under the subject of finance our concern is with financial leases rather than with operating leases. Hence we will study
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On October 18th‚ 1926‚ a person was born who would change the face of the music industry for decades to come. Chuck Berry‚ born Charles Anderson Edward Berry‚ was considered to be one of the most popular and influential performers of the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s. Even more so‚ he would go on to be known by many as the father of Rock n’ Roll. He had a new distinct sound that people really enjoyed as well as his clever lyrics that made people connect to the songs on a deeper more personable level. Throughout
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There are several reasons: (1) the two co-founders failed to finance sufficient funds from venture capitalists or angel investors; (2) the company had not yet employed the right number and profiles of executives for company expansion or financing; (3) at introduction stage‚ the total number of deals is low and the gross margin could not cover the operating expenses‚ including salaries and sales commission‚ contributing to a large sum of deficit; (4) the company did not employ a strong sales
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in order to manage risk factors are loss control‚ loss financing‚ and internal risk reduction. By using these three methods and knowing how they work a business can take to protect the company‚ the possible risks are easier to be contained and managed. Loss Control Loss Financing Loss financing is one of these techniques and is a “method used to obtain funds to pay for or offset losses that occur” (Risk Management Methods). Loss financing covers four different areas that help to achieve its end
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Case 3C RUG BUG CORPORATION A. L. Young has come a long way with his latest invention‚ the Rug Bug‚ a motorized wheelchair made especially for children. His lightweight‚ relatively inexpensive model has no direct competition in a field dominated by companies that produce scaled-down versions of adult models that are inappropriate to the needs of children. A working prototype has been built‚ office space and manufacturing capacity contracted‚ and an initial sales force recruited. The only element
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