American and Nigerian Culture American and Nigerian cultures are alike in some aspects of life‚ while being dissimilar in other aspects. This idea is clearly exemplified when one compares their own experience and knowledge of culture in America to that description and portrayal of Nigerian culture as seen through Buchi Emecheta’s novel‚ The Wrestling Match. Both of our societies can be looked at as parallel in how teenagers are typically stereotyped‚ rivalry among towns/villages‚ and the attainment
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2009‚ the financial system and the global economy appeared to be locked in a descending spiral‚ and the primary focus of policy became the prevention of a prolonged downturn on the order of the Great Depression. The volume and variety of negative financial news‚ and the seeming impotence of policy responses‚ has raised new questions about the origins of financial crises and the market mechanisms by which they are contained or propagated. Just as the economic impact of financial market failures
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REVIEW OF SOME EFFECTS OF NIGERIAN CORPORATE TAX REGIME ON INVESTMENT PROMOTION BY: Y.S.UTHMAN 1.1 INTRODUCTION: Neither the Companies Income Tax Act nor any Nigerian Tax Law provides for the definition of the term tax or corporate tax. In an Australian case of Mathews v. Chicory Marketing Board‚ a tax has been defined as “a compulsory exaction of money by a public authority for public purposes‚ or taxation is raising money for the purpose of government by means of contributions from individual
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CHAPTER 1 STOCK EXCHANGE 1.1 Key Terms in Stock Exchange • Shares: A company divides its capital into units of equal denomination which are offered for sale to raise capital. • Stock: The capital stock (or just stock) of a business entity represents the original capital paid into or invested in the business by its founders. It serves as a security for the creditors of a business since it cannot be withdrawn to harm the creditors. The stock of a business is divided into shares‚ the total
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such as banks deals in short term loan in different forms such as treasury bills and commercial bills. Short term loan means the duration of maturity is of one year or less than that. We need to be clear that equity instrument i.e common or preferred stocks both are not traded in money market. Similarly‚ we need to keep one thing in mind that money market is a intangible market where we deal over the phone or company‚ we just don’t enter the building of a company. Likewise‚ Capital market refers to
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Graham Condon Effects of Global Warming The effects of global warming are of concern–both for the environment and human life. Many effects thought to be unlikely are now being observed because of the dire consequences that may result if ignored. Here‚ we look at: melting of glaciers‚ increase of severe weather‚ and the social effects related to global warming. Because glaciers are made of fresh water‚ their melting will not only raise sea
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countries around the world. The stock exchanges‚ in developing countries have crashed and things look bleak for the financial markets. The people are drawing parallels with the Great Depression of 1929‚ but this time the world economy seems far more reliant and countries are far more intertwined with each other. Hit by an unprecedented series of multiple events and shocks‚ the Global Financial System is in a state of deep distress. One after another‚ large global banks have faced extensive losses
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Whether 2008 financial meltdown in the Unit States and the ongoing economic crisis in Europe have practically ended the era of economic globalization? Table of contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Discussion 1 2.1 Financial crisis 2008 in United States 1 2.2 Cause of financial crisis 1 2.3 Relationships between financial crisis in 2008 and economic globalization 2 2.4 The euro zone crisis 3 2.5 Cause of euro zone crisis 3 2.6 Relationship between euro crisis and economic globalization 4 3
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Aspin Corporation’s charter authorizes issuance of 2‚000‚000 shares of common stock. Currently‚ 1‚400‚000 shares are outstanding‚ and 100‚000 shares are being held as treasury stock. The firm wishes to raise $48‚000‚000 for a plant expansion. Discussions with its investment bankers indicate that the sale of new common stock will net the firm $60 per share. a. What is the maximum number of new shares of common stock that the firm can sell without receiving further authorization from shareholders
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THE CRAZE FOR CERTIFICATE BY NIGERIANS In recent years there is this general tendency that an increasing number of Nigerians seem to pay more attention on getting various certificates from undergraduate certificates to professional certificates. They are so many types of certificates‚ the growing tendency among Nigerians to get all kinds of certificates has now involved into a craze. The word craze means an enthusiastic interest in something that is shared by many people but that usually does not
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