7bn for the troubled company. Fairfax Financial‚ a Canadian firm that already owns 10% of BlackBerry‚ has agreed to join forced with an unnamed consortium of other buyers to acquire the company for $9 a share. The move would take BlackBerry private‚ removing it from a public listing on Nasdaq‚ where stocks have fallen from a high of $148 in June 2008 and now languish at about $8 a share. On the announcement‚ BlackBerry stock rose a modest 2% to $8.85 a share‚ giving the company a market value of
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nursing theories were introduced‚ middle range theories and situation-specific theories. The current stage of nursing theories is depicted as diversity in thought. All nursing theories are not same as they are used at multiple level. For an example‚ grand theories play an important role in defining nursing discipline whereas‚ middle-range theories play an essential role in nursing research. The situation-specific theories play a vital role in nursing research and practice with diverse populations and
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Out of all the famous food and nutrition professionals‚ I chose to do my historical biography research paper over a woman by the name of Jean Nidetch. Jean Nidetch was an overweight homemaker who became a slim‚ successful business woman by being the founder of one of the biggest weight loss programs‚ called “Weight Watchers.” With her personal experience and struggles of being overweight‚ she developed a program to help and teach other people how to do it themselves. I chose to research her because
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Comparative Essay Dating the Rocks of the Grand Canyon (Old Earth Comparative Essay 1 Dating the Rocks of the Grand Canyon (Old Earth vs. Young Earth) Dating the rocks of the Grand Canyon is a scientific way to find out the age of this mysterious landmark. The age of the Earth and the Grand Canyon is a question both of a biblical interpretation and scientific investigation. It can be viewed by an old earth creationist and young earth
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Jean paiget put forward one of the most complex and through account of cognitive development. He believed that children’s intelligence develops through interaction between their biological makeup and the world around them. He also believed that children gain a better understanding of the world through exploring on their own and active engagement and trying out different actions and seeing what effect they had. All the knowledge and new experiences are organised into schemas. Schemas are mental structures
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Comment on Milton’s grand style. John Milton was highly ambitious to be the rival poet of all the classical masters namely – Homer‚ Virgil‚ Tasso‚ Boccaccio‚ and Dante. With this end in view‚ he mastered all poetic arts to write his long desired epic poems‚ Paradise Lost‚ and Paradise Regain. Though he was completely blind at the time of writing these epic poems‚ his poetic faculty was quite aright. During his prose period‚ he already achieved necessary learning of poetic style for which
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• Which‚ if any‚ of the three social media plans should Foley pursue? Why? o I would suggest that Foley pursue advertising on all three social media outlets proposed. They are all good places to reach their target demographic and the cost isn’t that high to leverage those outlets. Their buyers are social media users and they should try to reach them there. I would suggest running all three for a year and see which are return best and then she could re-evaluate from there. • What benefits would
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JEAN RHYS WIDE SARGASSO SEA. This essay will explore the post colonial text Wide Sargasso Sea. It will pay particular attention to the identity of the protagonist Antoinette Cosway‚ in Jean Rhys’ most popular book. It will explore the alienation and confused identity of Antoinette and whether this confusion was self inflicted or instigated by the actions of others. Wide Sargasso Sea is a text that is classed as‚ ‘re-visionary’ writing and this genre of literature will be explained by Peter Widdowson
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Within Dostoyevsky’s The Grand Inquisitor and Herman Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener are expressive figures facing problems of an existential nature. Consumed by an inability to find purpose in life‚ their actions and reactions become characterized by absurd and illogical streaks. The characters begin to align with the ideas surrounding existentialism‚ most notably with the “sense of disorientation and confusion in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd world." As they attempt to understand
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Problems 3 1. Contingency Theory 4 2. Leadership Styles 5 3. Empowerment 7 4. Decision Making 8 5. The influence of culture 8 Recommendations 11 General Manager 11 Middle Managers 12 Employees 12 References 13 Introduction The Regency Grand Hotel is one of the most prestigious and luxurious hotels in Bangkok‚ Thailand. Since its inception‚ it has earned a brand name in the industry owing to the exceptional salaries and benefits offered. The hotel staff and managers felt privileged being
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