Background Ikea was founded in 1943 when Ingvar Kamprad was given the Ikea name by his father. Ikea stands for; Ingvar Kamprad elmtaryd Agunnaryd‚ the son ’s first and last name and the farm and village where he grew up. The first Ikea sold small items such as pencils‚ table runners and nylon stockings‚ all for exceptionally affordable prices. Ingvar knew he had found a system that worked‚ by 1945 he had expanded. Ingvar started advertising in local newspapers and began a do-it-yourself mail
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Dan Keegan Current Event 4-29-05 Lately‚ there has been a surge of bills throughout the nation regarding homosexual rights. In Texas and Alabama‚ either the House or the Senate decided to "narrow their rights." On the same day‚ Connecticut became the first state to approve "marriage-like civil unions" without a court order. Vermont and Washington State remain relatively torn‚ but the pending bill in Washington regarding equality for gays in housing‚ insurance‚ and employment was rejected
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Erin Powers Mrs. Runkle Economics- E Period February 26th‚ 2013 Current Event #1: International 1.) Source money.cnn.com‚ http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/27/news/economy/minimum-wage/ index.html 2.) Summary of Article According to CNN news tabs‚ Americans in the United States who possess the ability to work for minimum wage has dropped in the past year. From 2012 to now in 2013‚ the estimated amount of people who have minimum wage paying jobs has lowered from 3.8 million to 3.6 million. In some states
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threw his weight behind the super-commissioner idea‚ but nevertheless recalled that‚ in 2003‚ Germany has been one of the first countries to break EU deficit rules. "It doesn’t sound very good‚" he added. "Markets could take this as a sign that current instruments do not work." Both prime ministers claimed their recession-hit countries did not currently need a soft bailout that would allow the ECB to start buying bonds to bring down borrowing rates‚ though Rajoy was prepared to admit a request
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Abigail Hernandez has been especially interesting to the media because of the specific facts and details of the case. At first it was a case that was considered a run-away case that turned into a missing child case that seemed very suspicious. Events in the case have been told and then stated as wrong‚ but the details are always attention grabbing. News reporters and articles have focused on the mothers first time speaking since her daughter’s disappearance‚ and how odd it seemed. Abigail’s mother
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Why is America involved in the Egypt peace protests? America first became involved in January when President Obama made a speech addressing the current issues in Egypt. He stated that “If Egypt falls‚ the Middle East falls. Egypt isn’t the only nation revolting. It is wide spread throughout the Arab areas.” America has also been allies with Egypt for many years‚ so now they are just helping out a “friend”. America is strong enough
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HIV. Researchers say this gene could be a new target for effective‚ less toxic treatments where the body’s own natural defence system is movable against the virus. The work was supported by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London. Scientists carried out experiments on human cells in the lab‚ introducing the virus to two different cell lines and observed the effects
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Article: Facebook Reveals Vulnerability in Mobile Name of Publication: The Wall Street Journal Date of Publication: May 10‚ 2012 The article talks about the ad trends and growth with Facebook mobile. The issues raised in the article are the fact that people use Facebook on their phones rather than computers and it is negatively affecting Facebook’s financial results because there are no ads on the Facebook mobile app. They have seen a trend of user growth but a flat line in ad business.
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Kevin Medina Period 4 2/27/2013 Section 1 1. Yahoo.com 2. Colo. kids stranded at school overnight by snow 3. 2/27/2013 4. COLLEEN SLEVIN Section 2 Snowstorm - A heavy fall of snow‚ esp. with a high wind. Disrupt - Causing or tending to cause disruption. Whiteout - A dense blizzard‚ esp. in Polar Regions. Section 3 Main Idea A snowstorm moving across the Midwest forced about 60 students to spend the night at their Colorado school Details On the plains in the eastern
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Surgical Treatment and Survival in Patients with Liver Metastases from Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies 1.) What do you think of the science behind this article? What did you learn about after reading this article? I thought this article was very hard to read and understand. I didn’t know a lot about what it was talking about‚ but I learned about meta- analysis and how it is used to contrast results from different studies to try to find patterns among study results
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