primary concern of Arab leaders in this hostile environment is not the interests of their states‚ but rather their own survival in power against both internal and external threats.”(Lynch‚ 315). Prior to the 2011 uprisings‚ which engulfed the Middle East‚ Libya and Saudi Arabia are evidently similar states on a number of grounds. Both Saudi Arabia and Libya are Middle Eastern countries and most of the population belong to the Sunni Muslim faith. However‚ unlike Libya‚ Saudi Arabia is a monarchy. In
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Larisa Warren‚ the owner of East Coast Yachts‚ has decided to expand her operations. She asked her newly hired financial analyst‚ Dan Ervin‚ to enlist an underwriter to help sell $30 million in new 20-year bonds to finance new construction. Dan has entered into discussions with Robin Perry‚ an underwriter from the firm of Crowe & Mallard‚ about which bond features East Coast Yachts should consider and also what coupon rate the issue will likely have. Although Dan is aware of bond features‚ he
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as suffrage‚ employment‚ and civil liberties. Though gender equality is a global problem‚ this issue is especially complex in the Middle East. The Middle East‚ located in Asia‚ includes eighteen countries in western Asia‚ as well as Egypt. The dominant religion of the Middle East is Islam‚ and many of the countries in this region are devout. In the Middle East‚ women may‚ in many cases‚ have limited civil rights and face dramatic discrimination or violence. In some countries women are often mistreated
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permanent current assets with long-term financing costing 10 percent. Short-term financing currently costs 5 percent. Lear’s earnings before interest and taxes are $200‚000. Determine Lear’s earnings after taxes under this financing plan. The tax rate is 30 percent. Answer: Earnings after taxes is $23‚875 b. As an alternative‚ Lear might wish to finance all fixed assets and permanent current assets plus half of its temporary current assets with long-term financing. The same interest rates apply as in
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Homosexuality in Modern Day Middle East Abstract Homosexual marriage is a public concept that should be acknowledged in the Middle East. Yet the idea can’t be acknowledged without a few key phases. The government is one of the main reasons why gay marriage is not permitted in the Middle East. Most Arab people abide by the law‚ and religion‚ and hence do not approve of homosexuality. If the rules and regulations were to change‚ there may be a change in how people view homosexuals. Moreover
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The objective of this research project is to identify the financial institutions that are involved in financing the companies undertaking two major oil and gas projects in Burma. These projects are known as Block M and the Shwe Reserve (including the Arakan-Yunnan Pipeline). The consortium companies undertaking the Block M project have a production sharing contract with Burma’s 100% state-owned Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise (Burma). The consortium includes Chinese and Singaporean companies: CNOOC
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After creating a Bill of Rights‚ the new United States congress turned its focus to the issue of financing the new government. Alexander Hamilton was hired to be the Treasury Secretary by president George Washington. Hamilton made it his duty to develop an economic structure for the United States that would ensure public confidence in the government’s financial affairs. Hamilton didn’t want to implement the constitution verbatim rather using the loose interpretation of it. He believed that a solid
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For many people in Europe and North America‚ the Middle East represents an area of danger and disorder – mainly described as a site of wars‚ poverty‚ tyrannical governments and lack of women`s rights. At the moment Middle East is seen as an eruption point of migrants and violent extremist groups and‚ therefore‚ as a threat to the security and stability of the West. Concerns over this region have been raised in the awake of 9/11 and the Madrid and London transport bombing. In addition to the region`s
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Short Term Finance What is Short Term Financing? Short term financing is basically refers to additional money for a business which requires for running its business for short terms which is usually a period of one year. There are some sources of short term finance which are as following:- Overdraft Overdraft bank basically means a facility that the bank provides to its customers where the customer is given permission to draw money from the banks in surplus of their balance in their heir
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Review of India’s Look East Policy “India’s Look East Policy is not merely an external economic policy‚ it is also a strategic shift in India’s vision of the world and India’s place in the evolving global economy. Most of all it is about reaching out to our civilisational neighbours in South East Asia and East Asia”-- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Introduction In many ways the post Cold War external environment of a globalizing world‚ without rival political alliances‚ gave India the
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