The largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century is the 1960 Valdivia earthquake‚ also known as the Great Chilean earthquake which occurred on May 22‚ 1960 and hit approximately 100 miles off the coast of Chile‚ which is parallel to the city of Valdivia. With a rate of 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale‚ this earthquake occurred in the afternoon and lasted approximately 2 minutes (brit). After just thirty minutes of the major earthquake‚ a foreshock shook the area near the towns of Valdivia and
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minus imports that occur within a country. GDP is used as a measurement of economic growth and shows a country’s economic situation. The GDP of Chile is reported by the World Bank and‚ though it fluctuates around the trend‚ shows a relatively stable growth. The GDP was last recorded at $9447‚07 in 2012. From 1987 until 2013 the annual growth rate of Chile averaged 5.5%. The global economic slump had a relatively small effect on the country which resulted in negative economic growth in 2009. After
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Telefónica and Telecommunications: An In-depth Look at Chile and Brazil Telefónica is a multinational broadband and telecommunications company‚ that is mainly present in the United States‚ South America‚ and Europe. Since its creation in Spain in 1924‚ Telefónica has grown into the 5th largest mobile network provider in the world. The most prominent services that Telefónica offers include fixed and mobile telephony‚ Internet services‚ and digital television. While Telefónica offers a variety of
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Case Study: Unibrew in the Belarus Market 1. Introduction Royal Unibrew (“Unibrew”) is the second largest brewery group in Denmark with foreign operations in selected Western and Eastern European countries as well as export activities to more distant locations‚ such as the Middle East and Africa. The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX and currently has more than 16‚000 shareholders1. Furthermore‚ they have a broad product range which includes beer‚ soft drinks‚ soda water‚ mineral water‚ and fruit
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the construction of civilization allowed for the creation of the rights and wrongs of sexual relations‚ suppressing people’s natural instincts. It is clear to see that the social body that is the religious culture of Santiago in The Earthquake in Chile epitomizes Freud’s idea that civilization suppresses human sexuality. In his book‚ Civilization and Its Discontents‚ Freud explores the different ways in which living together in a society strips away humans of their most natural
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33 Chilean Miners Trapped Anita Stevenson Carrie Miranda BCOM/275 33 Trapped Chilean Miners Trapped On August 5‚ 2010‚ San Jose Mines collapsed trapping 33 Chilean miners 2‚300 feet underground‚ owend by Minera San Estaban Primera. The devastating mishap has been accessed and officials have stated the 33 trapped miners will not be rescued until after Chile’s Independence day celebration‚ Fiestas Patrias held on September 18 a mere 13 days after the collapse‚ but hopefully before
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Alive In 1972 a plane full of rugby players on their way to a big match Crashed on route from Uruguay to Chile after being blown off course when they experienced bad turbulence. There were 37 on board 45 including the crew 29 survived the crash into the Andes mountains. There were a good few injured and needing help. One of the players got a metal pole stuck in his stomach and another player who was training to be a doctor pulled it out. And tried to help others who were also injured‚ he told people
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Market Research Report Employee Benefits in Chile ©reportscue Synopsis: The report provides in-depth industry analysis‚ information and insights into employee benefits in Chile‚ including: • An overview of state and compulsory benefits in Chile • Detailed information about private benefits in Chile • Insights into various central institutions responsible for the administration of the different branches of social security • The regulatory framework and recent regulations relating to Chilean employee
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Home Depot in Chile: Case study * Constanza Bianchi<img alt="Corresponding author contact information" src="http://origin-cdn.els-cdn.com/sd/entities/REcor.gif">‚ <img src="http://origin-cdn.els-cdn.com/sd/entities/REemail.gif" alt="E-mail the corresponding author"> * Escuela de Negocios‚ Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez‚ Presidente Errazuriz‚ 3485‚ Las Condes‚ Santiago‚ Chile * http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.09.013‚ How to Cite or Link Using DOI * Permissions
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Chile is one of the South America’s most stable and prosperous nations. In Chile‚ spray/aerosol products dominated the home insecticides in the past years. The value sales are drive by the dual-use insecticides used in the home and in the garden. Nuclear family‚ modern lifestyle‚ and increase in working women have attracted products‚ which simplify home care. Pests cause damage to plants‚ humans‚ animals or pets. These pests can be living organisms such as rats‚ mice‚ insects and others at home‚
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