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     you  want  others  to  follow‚  learn  to  be  alone  with  your  thoughts   By  William  Deresiewicz   The  lecture  below  was  delivered  to  the  plebe  class  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy   at  West  Point  in  October  of  last  year.       My  title  must  seem  like  a  contradiction.  What  can  solitude  have  to

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    Pages 552-565: Compulsory Liquidation Remedies 1. Introduction * Deficiency of current law: (1) despite introduction of statutory derivative action‚ formulation is unclear and scope is uncertain (2) focus on single act/transaction rather than whole picture/pattern/period (3) remedies are directed to particular transaction and confined to restraint of conduct‚ Recovery of property or ordering of financial compensation * Statutory remedies fall into 2 categories a. Compulsory liquidation

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    headlines these days cover a scam or corruption conducted by the very people who have been entrusted with a responsibility to make or protect the laws of the land. And sadly‚ the extent of such transgressions is increasing with each passing day. In the wake of such woeful commentary on the state of affairs in our country‚ I am bound to be one with the fact that “Law Makers are now Law Breakers”. The rot of our society has been going on for years and we kept looking the other way. Power started acting

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    Stakeholders vs. Shareholders The definition of business strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of goals or objectives. Stakeholder is a person‚ group‚ or organization that has direct or indirect stake in an organization because it can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives‚ and policies. Shareholder is someone who owns shares of stock in a corporation or mutual fund. For corporations‚ along with the ownership comes a right

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    BAKHTYAR Topic: Does a business have any social obligation beyond profit motive? Sources Used: Arthur Miller‚ All My Sons‚ Ferdinand Tonnies‚ The Argument The Ethics of Business‚ The Economist Profit Motive‚ The Guardian Consideration of social responsibility is an important concern for the successful operation of a business. A business can be structured with the sole intention of maximizing profit‚ or it can be structured in a way in which social obligation beyond profit is considered. The two

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    Book Review of Beyond Punjab -by Prakash Tandon Submitted By – Beyond Punjab -By Prakash Tandon Beyond Punjab is one of the three volumes – Punjabi Century (1857 to 1947)‚ Beyond Punjab (1937 to 1960) and Return to Punjab (1961 to 1987) - authored by Prakash Tandon. These volumes collectively known as Punjabi Saga tell the story of five generations of a Punjabi family. The Saga is part autobiography‚ part social and business history of India during the last decade under the British‚ part

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    4/26/13 Do You Believe In Miracles? Do you believe in miracles? I find it rather intriguing that some people still try to use science or any number of other disciplines as a way of explaining‚ give meaning or rationalizing the question of miracles or the existence of a higher power. I find it hard to understand why humans deny at least the possibility that everyday life presents us with mysteries that cannot simply be explained by human reasoning‚ rational explanations‚ the laws of science

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    2. Why is it necessary to separate the irregular items in the income statement? How are extraordinary items different from some other irregular items that you occasionally see on a corporate income statement (e.g.‚ items such as restructuring costs‚ currency gain on foreign exchange transactions‚ etc.)? According to accounting standard it is necessary to present irregular items in the income statement separately. Otherwise they can make confusion to user of income statement. Extraordinary items

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    Mass media doesn’t tell you what to think‚ but it tells you what to think about Body 1 According to Stanley J. Baran’s (2002) definition of Agenda setting‚ it is a theory that argues that the media may not tell us what to think‚ but the media tells us what to think about. Since the media cannot tell us what to think‚ it cannot dictate ones’ opinion on a subject. An example of this is the subject of taxes. This issue is commonly discussed by the media‚ but it is up to the audience’s interpretation

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    To what extent do you think that Great Expectations is about ‘a search for a father’? Although Pip’s biological father died when Pip was young‚ Pip never went short in terms of paternal figures to guide him through his earlier years or later in adulthood. It could be argued that Pip actively found these father figures after having grown up with Joe to guide him‚ then finding him lacking when Pip’s expectations changed‚ therefore going to look for alternative father figures. There are few things

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