ABSTRACT Gold acts as a catalyst in boosting the economy of any country and maintaining and stabilizing the exchange rate. Gold as being a risky asset‚ of which governments hold large stocks‚ it is vital to know the co-integration between countries. The research is done to study whether or not the Gold reserves of the world are co-integrated means that the gold reserves of the world co-move with each other. Data is extracted from the World Gold Council of past 62 years having a sample size of 32
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Blue Gold This is a documentary about the ever increasing water crisis in our world today; what is causing it‚ the consequences‚ and how to stop it. Ecologists everywhere began to take notice of the “desertification” of our planet and the dire consequences ahead if it is not stopped. The urgency of this issue is one that cannot be brushed off because it is not us destroying solely the planet we live on‚ but destroying our chances of survival on it. Desertification of the earth is caused
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Since the Middle Ages‚ silver and gold have been known as a universal form of currency. Over time‚ this widespread‚ voluntary acceptance of gold as currency is what ultimately led to the introduction of gold standard in the 1800’s. By 1853 Canada had readily implemented this standard‚ a standard that not only ensured less variability in its domestic price level but also acted as an international standard. Aside from certain short-term shocks‚ seemingly flawless long-term price stability continued
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The Gold Coast Cape Coast is a city in one of the ten regions of Ghana‚ located in the Western part of Africa. It is about a 122-square-kilometer-stretch of land‚ with a 14-mile-of-land that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean gives the natives their main occupation‚ which is fishing‚ and enabled the British missionaries and explorers to come over and exploit both the people and the land. Cape Coast was formerly known as the Gold Coast because it was so rich with gold‚ that gold was
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INTRODUCTION: The Australian gold rush affected Australian society in many ways. One example can be the Eureka Stockade‚ Australia’s only armed protest by gold miners POPULATION: The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the face of Australia. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of those had been convicts sent by ship over the previous seventy years. The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two
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In 1848‚ the Gold Rush was a major factor of the United States expansion. There was this massive open land with the promise of gold and no government or laws to tell people they could not have it. Numerous people from the East coast traveled to California to be a part of the gold. This brought more than men to mine the land. Businessmen and merchants also came to California. With all these people looking for gold they needed every day basics like entertainment‚ places to eat and where to leave
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Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but
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Problem Statement: Recruiting a new star analyst for RSH Research department in the semiconductor Industry domain while satisfying client‚ market and organizational expectations. Introduction to Company Rubin‚ Stern and Hertz(RSH)‚ an investment banking firm based in New York‚ is faced with the problem of hiring a replacement for their star semi-conductor analyst‚ Peter Thomson. Star analysts willing to shift companies are difficult to find in the present market scenario. But Stephen Connor
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1. One organization that I feel has the best longterm position in terms of their stock market price is Barrick Gold. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=ABX+Balance+Sheet&annual http://www.barrick.com/investors/annual-report/financial-highlights/default.aspx The most important factor in any organization from what I learnt is how much it can pay its shareholders in dividends. Barrick gold has increased per year their annualized dividend US cents per share from 48 cents per share in 2010 to 60 cents
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Gold Penny Lab Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to convert a regular penny into a “gold” penny. Background: Chemistry is a branch of physical science that studies the composition‚ properties and behavior of matter (www.acs.org). Sodium hydroxide is considered to be a strong base because it breaks up in water. When mixed with certain metals it produces potentially explosive hydrogen gas. Many alchemists believed that doing certain chemical reactions that they would be able
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