Davey Oetting 12/1/06 History of St. Louis St. Louis was acquired from France by the United States under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803‚ as part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was founded by the French in 1764 when Auguste Chouteau established a fur-trading post and Pierre Laclède Liguest‚ a New Orleans merchant‚ founded a town at the present site. They named it after King Louis XV of France and his patron saint‚ Louis IX. From 1770 to 1803‚ St. Louis was a Spanish possession‚ but it was ceded
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1) Go to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s Webb site (www.bea.gov) and locate the gross domestic product data. Compare the annual figure for the last four years. What do the figures indicate for the next couple of years? In 2007 it was 4.9%‚ in 2008 it was 1.9%‚ in 2009 it was -2.5%‚ in 2010 it was 4.2%. 2011 is not yet out. These numbers indicated a rapid decrease and a rapid bounce back. I think for the next couple of years‚ the figures will rise again before a decrease comes again. 2) At
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CS 1 Functions of Reserve Bank of India 1. Information. Fights against economic crisis and ensures economic and price stability in the country 2. Promotional Functions 3. Promotional of banking habit and expansion of banking systems. Provides refinance for export promotion. Expansion of facilities for the provision of agricultural credit through NABARD 4. Extension of facilities for the Small Scale Industries. 5. Helping the co-operative sector. 6. Prescription of minimum statutory requirements
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Congress created the Federal Reserve System‚ which is the central bank‚ on December 23rd‚ 1913; it revolves around 12 Reserve Banks and 7 Board of Governors. The 12 banks the Fed is separated into are not equally divided—they are based on the importance of their financial activities. The role of the Fed in the U.S. economy revolves around monetary policy by purchasing and selling government securities‚ increasing or decreasing the required reserve ratio‚ and using the discount rate. It also focuses
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Identical looking men in black suits with black sunglasses driving around black cars. That’s what comes to mind when everyone thinks of the FBI. The Federal Bureau of Investigation makes it no secret that they like secrets but sometimes‚ these secrets slip out into the public. Should we say the word "secret" one more time? Anyway‚ now it’s our turn to do a little investigation on America’s most infamous government agency. You’ll certainly think differently about them by the end. THE FBI PROBABLY
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Introduction In the fall of 2014‚ Ferguson Missouri‚ a suburb 10 miles north of downtown St. Louis‚ became the sight of a full-blown riot‚ after the police killing of Michael Brown. Once the global media caught wind of the killing‚ the news spread like wildfire throughout America‚ as well as foreign nations. The purpose of this paper is to show how decades of corrupt politics‚ segregation‚ and deceptive real estate practices helped fuel the tension and fire of‚ not only Ferguson residents‚ but
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Evaluation of Sources The St. Louis was a German transatlantic liner. On May 13‚ 1939 the St. Louis and it’s captain‚ Gustav Schröder‚ departed Hamburg‚ Germany with 937 passengers that were all searching for a better life in North America. After being turned away by the government of Cuba the refugees hoped to be accepted by the United States‚ however‚ president Franklin D. Roosevelt also turned them away. So now the question is‚ was FDR responsible for the fate of the St. Louis‚ and how did his reaction
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St. Louis City Museum I know it’s impossible to turn back time‚ but don’t you wish that you could relive your childhood? Last week‚ during my visit to the St. Louis City Museum‚ I got a chance to do just that. Today‚ in this speech‚ I’ll take you on a short tour of the City Museum. As I walk you through this tour of the museum‚ I’ll focus on three things: the building style‚ the different attractions‚ and my overall experience at the City Museum. Let’s start with the building style‚ or architecture
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“St. Louis Blues” from 1922 was composed by William Christopher “W. C.” Handy. It is a blues jazz song. Handy was known as “The Father of the Blues”. The blues is a musical genre whose origin is from the African-American communities. The blues songs were jazz songs‚ rhythm and blues‚ and rock and roll. “St. Louis Blues” remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians’ repertoire. Handy wrote this song mainly inspired by some memories of his life. He remembered hearing a woman walking down the street
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U.S. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy The purpose of this assignment is to prepare a paper U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy that characterizes the state of the economy. This paper will describe the primary concern in which the Federal Reserve currently has in regard to the economy. In addition‚ this paper will provide the stated direction of recent policy as it affects the economy. Finally‚ an explanation of the current actions by the Federal Reserve that confirms the stated direction
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