Expansion of the Panama Canal & Heartland Barge The Panama Canal enables the ships sailing from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean (and vice versa) to save time and fuel by avoiding the travel around the tip of South America. The savings in time equal half of the time previously taken by ships to do the same. The size of ships that are used in shipping containers has drastically increased due to the container revolution. To enable the new and bigger ships such as Maersk Triple E Class to
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Marine Corps History On November 10‚ 1775‚ the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that "two battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces with the fleet. This established the Continental Marines and marked the birth of the United States Marine Corps. Serving on land and at sea‚ early Marines distinguished themselves in a number of important operations‚ including their first amphibious raid on foreign soil in the Bahamas in March 1776‚ under the command of the Corps’ first
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Jollibee foods corporationProtected by his office air conditioner from manila’s humid august air‚ in mid-1997‚ Manolo P.( “Noli”) Tingzon pondered an analysis of d emographic trends in California. As the new head of Jollibee’s international division‚ he wondered if Philippine hamburger chain could appeal tomainstream America consumers or whether the chain’s proposed U.S. operations could succeed by focusing on recent immigrants and Philippine expatriates. On the other side of thepacific
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The Peace Corps‚ established by President John F. Kennedy‚ operates as an independent agency within the executive branch of the U.S. government. The purpose of the Peace Corps is to assist in the development of underprivileged nations through volunteer service. Since the formation of the Peace Corps in the 1960’s‚ the organization’s popularity has increased with younger generations. Peace Corps volunteers are currently serving around the world in countries on all seven continents. In addition‚ the
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imagine the Marine corp where Marines were not held accountable for their actions? Where Marines could do whatever they wanted and not have to face the repercussions. I think its safe to say that the Marine Corp would be pretty chaotic. Marines have to be held accountable for their actions‚ It ensures mission completion‚ a high quality of work‚ and it makes you a better overall marine. With out accountability the quality of the Marine Corp would drastically decrease. In the Marine Corp there is nothing
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9-709-466 REV: DECEMBER 8‚ 2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE RENEE KIM HTC Corp. in 2009 Peter Chou‚ HTC Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer‚ returned to Taiwan with a sense of exhilaration and pride from Mobile World Congress 2009‚ the world’s leading exhibition for mobile phones. HTC generated a buzz for revealing two new handsets‚ as well as surprising the world with the announcement of HTC Magic‚ the second phone that ran on Google’s new mobile platform‚ Android. As Chou claimed‚ “We got lots of press
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setup of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary with a view to using a “Focus” and “Differentiation” strategies. Last but not least‚ the recommendations are provided for Oroton in terms of how the company can enter into China’s market and further develop its international business efficiently. 1.0 Introduction Oroton was founded in 1938 in Sydney and built their success on luxury products with a relaxed style and high quality. Today‚ Oroton sells a wide range of products‚ from various clothing to jewellery
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Easy Corp was awarded a five year contract to provide program office support to a government agency. In the first year of the contract‚ the enterprise has raised concern with the contracting officer’s representative (COR). Easy Corp has habitually submitted erroneous and often late invoices‚ as well as late and incomplete management reports. Moreover‚ both the COR and Easy Corp employees rarely see the program manager for the contract. The purpose of this paper is to identify the ramifications
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CASE LAW REVIEW: VTB CAPITAL PLC v. NUTRITEK INTERNATIONAL CORP & ORS INTRODUCTION The concept of forming of corporations by registration and restricted liability of stake holders of corporations dates back to mid nineteenth century. The concept in its very basic sense means that a company is a separate legal entity‚ in other words‚ it is a juristic person. The company can buy and sell property‚ can sue and can be sued; these are some of the basic legal implications of separate legal entity
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History of the Armor Corp This roots of the Armor Corp are based from the The National Army Tank Corps (also known as the “American Expeditionary Force”) which was formed in world war one by the Tank Service of the National Army of 15 February 1918 by the 65th Engineers at Camp Meade‚ later it was removed from the engineers and formed its own branch known as the Tank Corps. The leader of these Tank Corps was Brigadier General Samuel D. Rockenbach in 1917. In 1919 it was handed over to General
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