Should people be concerned of the food they consume daily? What exactly‚ is food? New Oxford Dictionary Second Edition calls it “any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink‚ or that plants absorb‚ in order to maintain life and growth.” That doesn’t help so much unless you define nutritious. Nutritious food‚ it says here‚ “provides those substances necessary for growth‚ health‚ and good condition.” Many people nowadays does not too concerned on the food they consume. According to
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SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT? The greenhouse effect‚ by definition is the process by which the atmosphere is assailed by an excess of carbon dioxide. What happens is that carbon dioxide released in large quantities by industry collects at the lower part of the earth ’s upper atmosphere. Because of this‚ part of the heat that is reflected from the earth is absorbed by this carbon dioxide and returned to the earth as heat. This shield‚ so to speak‚ lets the sunlight through
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The power of shareholders. ‘’Being shareholders has two sides‚ One side is being a financier of the company. The financer is mostly a investor looking for a place to drop his money and make money. On the other side the shareholder is the owner of the company’’ - Peter Blom‚ CEO Triodos Bank. This is a sustainable bank founded in the Netherlands and also located in the United Kingdom‚ Belgium‚ Germany‚ Spain and France. In this company I did my internship in the fall semester of 2013. It is a
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CONCERNED PARENT As a parent of an eleven year old student who is now preparing to write the examination for entry into secondary school‚ I would like to share with you my views on the issue of extra lessons. Your school offers extra lessons on five evenings of the week and half day on Saturday. I think this is outrageous. Do you believe hat there is a real need to give extra lessons? Do you believe that after children have been subject to whole day’s teaching‚ they are mentally alert to
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2.6 Is Shareholder Value Maximization the Right Objective? In their widely cited book The Value Imperative—Managing for Superior Shareholder Returns‚ McTaggart‚ Kontes‚ and Mankins (1994) write‚ Maximizing shareholder value is not an abstract‚ shortsighted‚ impractical‚ or even‚ some might think‚ sinister objective. On the contrary‚ it is a concrete‚ future-oriented‚ pragmatic‚ and worthy objective‚ the pursuit of which motivates and enables managers to make substantially better strategic and organizational
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investigated under two different approaches on corporate value maximization: Shareholder Approach and Stakeholder Approach. So‚ firstly both approaches are defined briefly. Secondly‚ compare and contrast of shareholder and stakeholder approaches is made. Keywords: Purpose‚ Corporation‚ Value Maximization‚ Shareholder Approach‚ Stakeholder Approach. Shareholder Approach on Value Maximization: Shareholder approach on value maximization focuses the corporation’s purpose on maximizing
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we are going to explain the role of shareholders‚ directors and partners in the different types of business; and then we will see the importance of legal constraints on decision making within business organisations. 1- THE ROLE OF THE SHAREHOLDERS: There are no shares in the sole trader and partnership ownership; that is why shareholders do not apply in these two types of businesses. In Private Limited Companies‚ there must be at least two shareholders but no maximum number. The principal
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Majority shareholders own more than half of outstanding shares in the company whilst minority shareholders own less than 50% of the share capital. Majority shareholders are usually also the directors of the company. They in effect control the operations of the company and their actions may be to their benefit. The law therefore‚ in light of this possibility provides various legal remedies available to the minority shareholder. In this case Ergan‚ Arif and Moshe the minority shareholders are unhappy
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Requirements for Valid Action at a Shareholder Meeting * Read statute‚ bylaws and articles * 1. Authority for the meeting * 2. Proper notice (or waiver of notice) * 3. Quorum * 4. Required number of votes cast in favor 1. Authority for Meeting * The meeting must be authorized * Look to statute and bylaws for authorization * Annual meetings MBCA §7.01 * Special meetings MBCA § 7.02 * Court ordered meetings MBCA § 7.03
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One of the most widely used concepts in finance is that shareholders require a risk premium over bond yields to bear the additional risks of equity investments. While models such as the two-parameter capital asset pricing model (CAPM) or arbitrage pricing theory offer explicit methods for varying risk premia across securities‚ the models are invariably linked to some underlying market (or factor-specific) risk premium. Unfortunately‚ the theortical models provide limited practical advice on establishing
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