The book Flash Boys tells in detail how the stock exchanges‚ the large banks‚ and especially high frequency trading have turned the financial markets into a casino where the house always wins‚ all in all a huge scam for small and medium investors. High frequency trading is sort of based on the fact that one receives an order one millisecond or two microseconds before or after hitting "enter‚" and this fact is important. For most institutional or retail traders‚ this may not be important‚ but high
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CHAPTER 2 Conflict analysis Purpose of chapter This chapter explains: l l what conflict analysis is and why it matters how to undertake an analysis Who should read it The chapter is aimed at practitioners in governments‚ civil society (local and international) and donor organisations concerned with development‚ humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding. The chapter may also be of interest to others (eg in the private sector‚ the diplomatic field‚ etc). Why they should read it Because
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Is Samsung Mobile Business Model sustainable in China facing the growing Chinese competitors ? “Change everything except your wives and kids” Lee Keun-Hee‚ CEO of Samsung group in 1993 after he visited an electronic store and saw Samsung products gathering dust behind Sony and Panasonic products. Introduction : Why did I choose this subject ? I have been following this company for 6 years so far. Recently‚ I have been really concerned by the fact Samsung has been losing market share and displaced
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Scaling the Movie 2.5.1 Problem You want to control how a movie fits in the Player‚ including the scaling. 2.5.2 Solution Use the Stage.scaleMode property. 2.5.3 Discussion The Flash Player defaults to a scale mode of "showAll" (except the test Player‚ which defaults to "noScale"). In "showAll" mode‚ the Flash movie scales to fit the Player while maintaining the movie’s original aspect ratio. The result is that the movie can have borders on the sides if the Player aspect ratio does not match
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Jumpin’ Jack Flash Jumpin’ Jack Flash Management Skills In the chapter closing case Jack Armstrong used many skills when he was a VP at the consumer products firm. Among the skills that Jack utilized was technical‚ interpersonal‚ diagnostic‚ communication‚ decision-making and time management skills. Jack used technical skills to understand what it was he needed to do within the company. Interpersonal skills were used when he was interacting with the designers and the people involved in the
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Schaeffer English Comp 1 Fridays 1230 11/03/06 Classification and Division The video game industry is a multibillion dollar a year industry‚ so it isn’t hard to understand why they go through great strides to protect their image. They provide entertainment to all ages‚ genders‚ nationalities‚ and ethnicities. Contrary to the opinions of the industries opponents‚ video games are not destroying our youth‚ they challenge‚ educate‚ and provide an escape from an oppressive world. There are
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for vocabulary enrichment is highly recommended to use flash card for students‚ they can add and remember vocabulary easily as looking at the pictures. Flash cards can be used to learn virtually any set of information. In elementary schools‚ they are often employed to assist students with memorization of basic math principles. When used to teach a foreign language‚ flash cards help students review vocabulary words and their meanings. Flash cards are an educational tool to help people memorize information
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Virgin Mobile has strategically shaped its marketing mix to appropriately target the younger demographic. First‚ lets look at it’s the product element. The younger demographic is more open to new things like text messaging‚ downloading information from their phones‚ ring tones‚ faceplates‚ graphics‚ having access to popular entertainment on their phone‚ etc. For younger people‚ phones are less of a tool and more of a fashion accessory or personal statement. To appeal to these needs‚ Virgin Mobile created
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PESTEL Analysis PESTEL analysis stands for "Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environmental‚ and Legal analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Political The mobile phone industry used to be a monopoly held by BT; however this was de-regulated in 1984 due to the telecommunications act. The current industry regulator is the telecomm regulator Ofcom. This was created to allow there to
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Looking at Education from three theoretical perspectives. If we do a survey there might be over 95% of people are interested to join school‚ get educated and study as far as they can. Education helps us foster the mentality in everyone that we have to be inclusive citizens. Most of the people make a good amount of income from schools‚ if we see the positive side it also create self-confidence for each individual. Let’s analyze the school from different prospective. Functionalist View of School:
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