Case 1-1: E-Centives‚ Inc‚ - Raising Capital in Switzerland On October 3‚ 2000‚ E-Centives‚ incorporated in the United States‚ made an initial public offering on the Swiss Stock Exchange’s New Market. The company raised approximately US $ 40 million. The E-Centives offering circular stated that no offers or sales of the company’s common stock would be made in the United States‚ and that there would be no public market for the common stock in the United States after the offering. THE SWISS EXCHANGES’S
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Homosexual Adoption Our world today is full of unsolved and controversial issues. Most of them relate to our morals‚ ethics‚ and religion‚ creating a very strong yes and no or good and bad side. The idea in society is to raise children with a man and a woman. Every child in an orphanage dreams about being loved by parents. Although it may be argued that the current adoption policy is too specific‚ I believe that same-sex adoption should not be allowed into the adoption process. By providing an
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Who is Claes Oldenburg? Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor‚ best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Where is he from? Claes Oldenburg is from Stockholm. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm is the most
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Kheng Horng Gan Edwin IS-240.009‚ Disc6 2/23/14 Questions 2 – Evaluate the advantages of the relational database model A relational database model has many advantages such as increase flexibility‚ increase information security‚ increase scalability and performance‚ increase information integrity (quality)‚ and reduce information redundancy. Firstly‚ most of the companies use database because it can handle changes easily and quickly. There are two views used to understand the flexible database
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Need and importance of ssi In a developing country like India‚ the role and importance of small-scale industries is very significant towards poverty eradication‚ employment generation‚ rural development and creating regional balance in promotion and growth of various development activities. It is estimated that this sector has been contributing about 40% of the gross value of output produced in the manufacturing sector and the generation of employment by the small-scale sector is more than five
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Money Market on the Nigerian Economic Development Mr. Okpe Innocent Ikechukwu Department of Accountancy‚ Enugu State University of Science and Technology‚ Enugu‚ Enugu State of Nigeria Abstract The objective of this study is to examine the impact of money market on the Nigerian economic development; it has been prepared as a contribution to the quest for promotion of entrepreneurship as an engine growth. To access the multidimensional role and medium scale enterprises in bringing out rapid industrialisation
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ECONOMICS conimists- 16th and 17th centuries. hysiocrats (farmers) ercantalists (traders) Father of Economics/ Father of the classical school of economic thought- Adam Smith (In 1776‚ he wrote ’An enquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations’) According to Smith‚ self interest was an invisible hand which would work for the common benefit of the community. The Great Depression of 1929 was a phase in which supply exceeded demand. John Maynard Keynes (a British economist)
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Critical Literature Review: Water Wars INTRODUCTION: The term War as violent as it is in its connotation‚ should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities‚ war is a violent way for determining who gets to say what goes on in a given territory (Orend). With this said‚ conflicts over water have been the source of dispute since humans began cultivating food; hence the word “rivalry” comes from the Latin word rivali‚ “one using the same
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Water scarcity Water scarcity involves water stress‚ water shortage or deficits‚ and water crisis. The concept of water stress is relatively new. Water stress is the difficulty of obtaining sources of fresh water for use‚ because of depleting resources. A water crisis is a situation where the available potable‚ unpolluted water within a region is less than that region’s demand. Water scarcity is difficulty of obtaining water for use because of depleting resources. It occurs due to both Natural
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Sir John Hicks "An economy consists of nothing else but an enormous cooperation of workers or manufacturer to make things and do things which clients want." The Vital Functions of an Economy:- Production‚ consumption and growth are vital factors of economics. Economies might differ in the organization but all perform these three functions which are discussed below. 1. Productions:- The First vital process of an economy is manufacture which must go on incessantly. "Production comprises any action
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