McRae Capital Management‚ Inc. Investment Counsel Number 48 April 2007 COMMENTARY Investing abroad by staying at home Putting your money into foreign stocks is like vacationing in other countries: The lure is intriguing‚ but where you go and how you go about it make all the difference. by Peter McRae ost people like foreign travel. And why not? It broadens your perspective. You see things you’ll never see in the U.S. You’re exposed to different people and different cultures
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Incident 4.2: You supervise 12 engineers. Their formal training and work experience are very similar‚ so you move them around on different projects. Yesterday‚ your manager informed you that an overseas affiliate has requested four engineers to go abroad on extended loan for six to eight months. For a number of reasons‚ he argued and you agreed‚ this request should be met from your group. All your engineers are capable of handling this assignment; from the standpoint of present and future projects
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Studying in Australia Studying abroad in a different country can be a great experience at a low and affordable cost. In addition‚ you can stay with another family. A great place for me to study abroad would be in Australia because they have seven of the top 100 universities‚ strong academic credentials‚ and more than one culture to study. Australia has seven of the top 100 universities in the world. Melbourne‚ for example‚ is one of the leading universities in Australia with over 22‚000 courses
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most people who go abroad studing faced many difficulties on all aloassad from social problems to economic one and we shouldnt foget the educational problem . We will start explain this problems and let the prospective students not fall in its traps . As mentioned social problems we can say that its most dangerous problem for our student especially that this student age respong with their pleasure and desire ‚But they shouldnt friendship the Bad friends and take care from them‚ Because they push
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but they also help in pruning the all-rounder abilities‚ and developing healthy habits. These activities provide an opening for the future versatile nature of the youth. School holidays are meant to be family time. The regular schedule does not allow children to intermingle with their parents and families. Holidays are a time for family out-door activities too. In this time‚ parents can take children on an expedition. Such out-door fun activities enhance the knowledge and widen the scope of thoughts
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They say there’s no substitute for experience. This applies to more than the critical down in a playoff football game‚ the diagnosis of a patient presenting compounding symptoms‚ or the split second you have to react when avoiding a potentially fatal car accident. Experience allows you to take action confidently during key moments when reading something in a book‚ seeing pictures‚ and watching film cannot prepare you. Categorizing my twenty one years of life as “filled with new and exciting experiences”
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a rich family. Because of the exchange rate‚ students have to fork out enormous sums of money just to have meal. Study locally do save a lot of expenses. In conclusion‚ studying overseas has its own good side and bad side. If we decided to study abroad‚ we have to take a risk like money
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Luba Msuku Holidays Holidays are for being lazy. And watching TV all day and night. They are for surfing on big waves. Playing in mud and getting dirty. Watching DVD’s. They are for spending time with your family. Swimming with your friends. Making cupcakes with your mom. And flying kites. Having picnics with your family. Watching clouds. Or sitting under a tree. Playing with your brother. Spending time with sister. And going to the beach. And collecting sea shells. Making necklaces. Picking flowers
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HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS American Holidays People in every culture celebrate holidays. Although the word "holiday" literally means "holy day‚" most American holidays are not religious‚ but commemorative in nature and origin. Because the nation is blessed with rich ethnic heritage it is possible to trace some of the American holidays to diverse cultural sources and traditions‚ but all holidays have taken on a distinctively American flavor. In the United States‚ the word "holiday" is synonymous with "celebration"
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USA Holidays Memorial Day is a legal holiday‚ observed annually on the last Monday in May in most of the United States‚ It honours the nation’s armed services killed in wartime. The holiday‚ originally called Decoration Day‚ is traditionally marked by parades‚ memorial speeches and ceremonies‚ and the decoration of graves with flowers and flags. Memorial Day was first observed on May 30‚ 1868‚ on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the American
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