GST – Boon or bane for the Malaysian economy? Amirul Ruslan Finance Feb. 17‚ 2014‚ 9:00 AM It’s been a whirlwind year of Malaysian price and tax increases. Right at the centre is the controversial Goods and Services Tax at a flat 6%‚ revealed in the 2014 Budget announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. We look at the facts of the GST and how it will impact the economy. PRO: A replacement tax‚ not an additional tax In all the arguing and debating about the GST‚ it’s worth noting
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Brazil Trade Patterns and Overview The world ’s seventh wealthiest economy (2011 GDP US$2.2 trillion)‚ Brazil is the largest country in area and population in Latin America and the Caribbean. Brazil was one of the last to fall into recession in 2008 and among the first to resume growth in 2009. Brazil ’s GDP grew 7.5% in 2010 and 2.7% in 2011‚ because of the new global slowdown. The Growth Acceleration Plan (PAC‚ its acronym in Portuguese) was launched in 2007 to increase investment in infrastructure
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL Password pattern analysis‚ measuring password strength from CSDN leaked passwords Inducement of this problem: "On 21st‚ Dec‚ 2011‚ Account information for more than 6 millions registered users of online community Chinese Software Developer Network (CSDN.net) has reportedly been leaked online. Industry sources today added that account information has also been leaked for 8 millions and 20 millions users‚ respectively‚ of the 7k7k and 178.com gaming websites. CSDN has confirmed
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A critical summary of the article “Patterns in strategy formation” written by Henry Mintzberg‚ published in Journal Management Science Vol. 24‚ No. 9‚ (1978) A short overview The paper‚”Patterns in strategy formation”‚ outlines a new kind of description to the much misunderstood process of strategy formation in organizations. After giving a short summary of the theme‚ the author‚ Henry Mintzberg‚ describes the term “strategy” and shows how the definition leads to the choice of a research methodology
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TRADE PATTERN OF PAKISTAN TRADE At the international level‚ trade means both export and import. The word ’Export’ can be defined as commercial sale of goods‚ services and financial assets in the international market. Export refers to the value of goods and non-factor services that one country produces and sells to the rest of the world. It includes merchandise‚ freight‚ insurance‚ travel‚ and other non-factor services whereas the repetition of the same phenomena with the intention of purchasing
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THE LIFE span of human beings is marked by successive change of events beginning from gestation and ending in death through successive periods of infancy‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ adulthood and senescence. The process of growth starts with the uterine life and ends around twenty years post natal life when all linear increments of the body stop and the internal organs fully develop. Almost a decade later‚ the body starts losing all vital capacities gradually and it is believed to be the onset of ageing
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Read the following text and proceed to develop a linear outline (you may refer to Week 1 Lecture Slides) based on the criteria required in the outline sheet. Social networking – good or bad? A social networking site is a web-based platform that is geared towards building and strengthening social networks or relationships between people. These sites allow individuals to create an online representation of themselves‚ known as profiles‚ and to engage in various forms of online communication such as
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Nowadays social media plays an important role in teenagers life. The vast majority of teenagers in the United States are daily social media users. There are countless of social networking sites that have created broad connections among teens. For example‚ Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Twitter‚ Skype‚ YouTube‚ and the like are used quite frequently. According to Shea Bennett‚ one out of every seven minutes spent online is on Facebook. But does social media have positive impact on teens? To me the answer is
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Bora Bora Research Paper Bora Bora is easily said to be the most beautiful place on Earth. It is full of white‚ sandy beaches but also some very mountainous terrain. Some of the most interesting things about Bora Bora is its origin‚ geography of the island‚ and other great facts (“Bora-Bora”). The beautiful island Bora Bora has a lot of tourism. Bora Bora was also was named a colony of the French in 1842 and was actually named after one of the other colonies. Although we pronounce Bora Bora with
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The benefits of social media as a learning tool. 1.) It is a familiar tool. Most of students are on social networking platforms‚ and these services are already tools that students are generally comfortable with and they can probably show you a thing or two in return. 2.) Improve your own knowledge and skills as an educator. By learning how to use these platforms as a teacher‚ you are making yourself more aware of issues surrounding students today. If a student tells you a classmate is harassing
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