Tobacco Giant ’s Unethical Research Throughout history many industries manage to be successful enterprises‚ recreational substances like alcohol and tobacco have been under scrutiny in modern times. The detrimental impact on the health of our society has become a matter of concern of our government. Tobacco is responsible for more than six million each year. World Health Organization (2012) The origin of tobacco is ancient it is believed to have begun growing in the America’s in 6000 BCE. Borio
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In This American Life’s “Giant Pool of Money” two biases are present‚ the regression to the mean and the confirmation bias. Almost everyone thought that the housing market would increase forever‚ all the while intelligent people who knew better‚ kept listening only to what they wanted to hear. By dissecting these two biases we can gain a better understanding of what was driving the actions that lead to our most recent credit crisis. In doing so we can learn to make our own decisions without these
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this analysis is to maximize profit of Giant Motor Company which has 3 lines of products and offers 3 brands of cars namely Lyra‚ Libra and Hydra which corresponds to subcompact car class‚ sporty car class‚ and luxury car class respectively. Currently the company has 3 manufacturing plants and each of them is dedicated to a specific product line. For future planning‚ the company has an option of retooling its manufacturing capacity which would bring a major expense
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In Malaysia‚ Giant will step into the age of 66 in year 2010; they are pioneer in the concept of modern supermarket shopping and has been ranked 11th of Most Valuable Brand in year 2007 and 12th in 2008‚ they also rewarded as the Top Retailer in Malaysia and Best of the Best in Asia Pacific Retailer’s Award for 2 consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. They also succeed in the Best Brands in Consumer (Hypermarkets)‚ Brand Laureate Award 2007/208 for Corporate Branding and also the Excellence Service
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China Myths‚ China Facts China Myths‚ China Facts Globalization has changed a lot of ways corporations are operating these days. It has been very hard for most of the companies to adjust in this new environment. One of the countries that these companies had challenges was China. Businesses are learning every day that successful managers need cross cultural skills and training to succeed in a position outside of their country. In his new book‚ “What Chinese Want”‚ Tom Doctoroff‚
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Oscar Wilde’s ‘Selfish Giant’ Oscar Wild (1854 – 1900) ‘Selfish Giant’ is one of the short stories beautifully written by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and author of short stories. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams‚ his only novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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China‚ officially the People’s Republic of China‚ is a country located in East Asia. It is the world’s most populous country‚ with a population of over 1.3 billion. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China‚ with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces‚ five autonomous regions‚ four direct-controlled municipalities‚ and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions . The PRC also claims Taiwan – which
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1. What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? Starting with President Suharto‚ after 30 years in office left Indonesia an economic wreck. Internal dissent was suppressed. He also used “crony capitalism” to advance his family’s businesses and friends’ as well. 1997 marked the bottom for Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund gave Indonesia $43 billion. Of course Suharto took this money for personal gain. The political
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My belief was formed about ten years ago when I was around eight years old in elementary school at Allentown. I was a small and short child in my younger age with not many friends. My closest friend Jason was always with me during my hours at school so I considered him to be a close friend. We didn’t hangout out of school much but it didn’t really bother me. We were both in school one day and the biggest kid in our school (Jake) was sitting with us at lunch. Jake knew that Jason and I dislike him
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Ecological role of giant kelp: Depending on the fauna species‚ the ecological role of giant kelp varies from providing food for grazing invertebrates‚ or hosting fish seeking shelter. Also‚ Sea otters like to stay around and in the kelp forest looking for sea urchins‚ their favorite food. The giant kelp forests provide food and habitat for hundreds of species including fish and invertebrate animals that belong to several groups including crustaceans‚ starfish‚ mollusks‚ anemones‚ sponges and tunicates
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