LinkedIn Corp.‚ 2008 Question #1 Network effect is seen as a phenomenon where a network service (SNS or PNS) becomes more valuable as the number of users increase. This phenomenon encourages continually increasing membership within the network. This can happen when a user adopts a network service initially to connect with current users‚ or later‚ when “everyone” is using the network service. Network effect exists in both social and professional networking (Majon International‚ 2010). Both
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corporations and wealthy individuals‚ so we can say that a Merchant bank is that which providing Private equity activities of banking. There are two types of banks which provides these private equity services and they are Merchant banks and Investment Banks and the main difference between these banks is merchant bank invest its own capital in a client company whereas an investment bank is act as a distributor of the securities of the company in its capital raising role. First bank that providing these
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‘Goldman Sachs’ bonus pool totaled $16 billion—an average bonus of $650‚000 very unequally distributed across Goldman’s 25‚000 employees.’ (DiNapoli‚ 2009). Loses began to escalate in 2008 causing the five largest independent investment banks to lose their independence. Even so‚ about ‘700 employees of Merrill Lynch were given bonuses in excess of $1 million from a total bonus pool of $3.6 billion‚ in spite of the fact that the firm lost $27 billion.’ (Wall
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“Banking‚ Finance‚ and Money: a Socio-economics Approach” L. Randall Wray‚ Professor of Economics and Director of Research at Center for Full Employment and Price Stability‚ University of Missouri—Kansas City; and Senior Scholar‚ Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. This paper will briefly summarize the orthodox approach to banking‚ finance‚ and money and then will point the way toward an alternative based on socio-economics. It will be argued that the alternative approach not only fits
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There is not one specific reason for the financial crisis‚ but rather a combination of many events that caused the unusual market collapse of 2008. One explanation can be traced back to 1995 when the Clinton administration attempted to improve the Community Reinvestment Act‚ which required banks to distribute more loans in lower income areas. If the banks failed to abide by this new law‚ they would face harsh penalties‚ such as receiving limits on approvals for mergers and could even be hit with
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CHAPTER 18 Investment Decisions: Ratios Test Questions 1.Income multipliers: a. are useful as a preliminary analysis tool to weed out obviously unacceptable investment opportunities. 2.The overall capitalization rate calculated on a potential acquisition: a. is the reciprocal of the net income multiplier. 3.The operating expense ratio: c. expresses operating expenses as a percent of effective gross income. 4.The equity dividend rate: b. expresses before-tax cash flow as a percent of the
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The advantages and disadvantages of investment in gold: Like investment in any other precious metal‚ investment in gold also has many advantages as compare with other kind of investing such as bond and stock. • It may not be the most obvious choice for a new investor‚ but it always is the safest choice. When choosing an investment‚ there are many factors to consider and every investor has to make sure that the investment he chooses is suitable for his budget and also for his financial goal
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Start preparing for a BANKING career along with PO Coaching A bank probationary officer is the starting level for class I officers in banking sector. The candidates are selected through written examination followed by GD and Interview. Probationary officers are trained to work in different functions such as admin‚ operations‚ accounts‚ marketing‚ finance‚ investment‚ etc. Thereafter candidates are posted as Asst Manager in any of the bank branches. Industry estimates suggest 20‚000 to 50‚000 PO
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Reserve was slow to raise the interest rates after the US economy recovered from the 2000/01 recession. As the interest rate continued to remain low‚ the interest rate effect on aggregate demand encouraged greater spending on investment goods. In the case of many Americans‚ investment goods equated to housing and thus many took out mortgages to purchase houses purely on the basis that they could resell them for a profit. This was made possible in large part due to the prevalence of subprime loans and
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An Executive Development Program on ’Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh’ was organized by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) on September 28‚2010 at the Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower in the city. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan‚ Managing Director of the Bank‚ Prof Dr Bandana Saha‚ Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was present in the program as Chief Guest. The key discussion was presented by Dr Shah Md Ahsan Habib‚ Associate
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