Erinn Smith In Weed We Trust Marijuana is a gateway drug‚ or so they say. The legalization of marijuana is a common topic talked about in today’s politics‚ and it should be. People have gone back and forth on the pros and cons this decision could have. The fact of the matter is though‚ that the pros seem to outweigh the cons drastically. The spanish brought marijuana to America in 1545‚ and by 1611 it became a major commercial crop. However‚ marijuana didn’t really catch on till the jazz age
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Organizing Paper � PAGE �1� BANK OF AMERICA Bank of America is one of the biggest companies with a lot of employees. Bank of America was founded in 1874 known as the Nations Bank till its acquisition of a San Francisco-based Bank of America in which it assumed its current name. Bank of America is one of the leading financial companies in the world. When dealing with assets‚ it is the second largest. Bank of America has a profit of 31.61%. The factors that hurt the bank would be due to customers closing
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* Bank of America’s profit Margin stayed consistently on top of the Industry from the beginning of 2000 until the end of 2008. This shows that compared to similar firms‚ Bank of America had a greater control over its cost when compared to its rivals. From 2000-2008‚ Bank of America held a 5.439% higher profit margin than the whole Industry. Inversely‚ during 2009 Bank of America took a huge dip in its profit margin due to the economy having its worst recession in over 70 years. Thankfully‚ we were
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little information about the quality of the borrower (whether a good/safe‚ or a bad/risky borrower.) As a result‚ the bank cannot charge a higher interest rate to compensate the risk of the bad/ risky borrowers as those rates might not be viable for the safe borrowers. This adverse selection problem of the bank is solved by the Grameen Bank lending model. The crux of the Grameen Bank lending model is the feature of joint liability. This feature states that if a certain member of the group is unable
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INVESTMENT BANKS As with commercial banks‚ investment banks are highly leveraged entities that play important roles in both the primary and secondary markets. Investment banking activities include: • Raising funds through public offerings and private placement of securities. • Trading of securities. • Mergers‚ acquisitions‚ and financial restructuring advising. • Merchant banking. • Securities finance and prime brokerage services. The first role is assisting in the raising of funds by
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organisation‚ its staff and its services‚ and influencing our loyalty to it.” (Wirtz & Johnston‚ 2003‚ p.10) In relevance to the above quote‚ a RATER audit has been conducted on the customer service of the Commonwealth bank of Australia. The Commonwealth bank is the largest bank in Australia and has a leading customer base‚ so new or expert naive customers have a high expectation. Opening a new account can be a good example on how the commonwealth customer service works. Upon entrance to a commonwealth
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Banking: F209 A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities‚ either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank links together customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their importance in the financial system and influence on national economies‚ banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking‚
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Premier Bank Corporate Information Background The Premier Bank Limited is incorporated in Bangladesh as banking company on June 10‚ 1999 under Companies Act.1994. Bangladesh Bank‚ the central bank of Bangladesh‚ issued banking license on June 17‚ 1999 under Banking Companies Act.1991. The Head Office of The Premier Bank Limited is located at Banani‚ one of the fast growing commercial and business areas of Dhaka city. Corporate Information: Authorized Capital : BDT 6000.00 Million Paid up
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be known as the world’s local bank and this tagline reflects HSBC positioning as a globe spanning financial institution with a unique focus on serving local markets. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) was established in 1865 to finance the growing trade between China and the United Kingdom and currently‚ it is the second largest bank in the world. In spite of serving more than 100 million customers through 9500 branches in 79 countries‚ the bank works hard to maintain local
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Supreme Court exempts Co-Operative Banks from claiming under Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act The case of Greater Bombay Co-Op Bank Ltd. v. United Yarn Tex. Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.‚ decided by a three judge bench of the Supreme Court finally settles the long-ranging debate about the interplay between Debt Recovery Tribunals and Co-operative Banks that had brought about a series of conflicting High Court decisions. The question in this case was whether the mechanism for
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