“The Five Year Plans were successful in strengthening the Economy before 1941.” Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. Though with many flaws Stalin’s five year plans did create a strong industrial base for Russia. Stalin’s aims for strengthening the economy could identify the successes of the five year plans. Stalin wanted to strengthen the economy to increase military strength due to the fear of foreign invasion he needed a well-developed industrial base especially of heavy industry
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Catastrophe Bonds By Kirill Graminschi The trouble with Catastrophe Bonds The article presents the difficulties insurance companies face when they are issuing catastrophe bonds. Do they efficiently hedge against large-scale disasters? It is very difficult hedging against catastrophic losses. Japan’s March earthquake‚ tsunami and nuclear disaster threat could cost the insurance industry between $21 and $34 billion. The catastrophe bonds are not helping much the insurance companies‚ although
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Chemical bond From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electrostatic force of attraction between opposite charges‚ either between electrons and nuclei‚ or as the result of a dipole attraction. The strength of chemical bonds varies considerably; there are "strong bonds" such as covalent or ionic bonds and "weak bonds" such
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A Yield Curve Analysis and its Impact on Future One Year Rates for the Week of 11/5/12-11/9/12 By: Ben Nihart I analyzed the yield curve each day throughout the week of November 5th-9th‚ and found some significant events that caused the movement along the yield curve. In this analysis‚ I will detail each event and explain its impact on US Treasury yields. I will also explain the impact these events had on the future one year rates. When I signed up to do this project‚ I signed up for this
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Chemical Bonds Chemical Bond: is the force that holds atoms together in a compound. They form because they lower the potential energy of the charged particles that compose atoms. Chemical bonds can be broadly classified into two types: Ionic and Covalent. Ionic: metal & nonmetal Metals have a tendency to lose electrons and nonmetals have a tendency to gain them. The metal atom becomes a cation and a nonmetal becomes an anion. The oppositely charged ions attract one another and form an ionic
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Exercise Solution – Day 8 1. Answer the following questions. 1A. What do the acronyms SDLC and DBLC mean‚ and what do they portray? SDLC = Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) DBLC = Database Life Cycle 1B. What is the relationship between the SDLC and the DBLC? The SDLC traces the history (life cycle) of an information system. The DBLC traces the history (life cycle) of a database system. Since we know that the database serves the information system‚ it
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EQUITY WARRANT BONDS Equity warrant bonds are bonds issued with equity warrants attached. Warrants are similar to share options‚ and give their holder the right but not the obligation to subscribe for a fixed quantity of equity stocks in the company at a future date‚ and at a fixed subscription price (exercise price). When bonds are issued with warrants‚ the warrants are detachable and can be sold in the stock market separately from the bonds. Investors might therefore subscribe to an issue of
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time. Five years ago‚ I was living in Ethiopia. Back then‚ I did not really care about school‚ all I cared about was what thin ages usually want‚ like my outrageous collection of outfits and accessories. I use to use my parents’ money to buy what I want. I had a weird obsession to fashion. Being a thin age‚ I usually cause trouble and run from problems. I play with friends and stay outside home late night. I got easily bored staying home. I did not really have any major goals five years ago. I
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Pablo Guere Chpt 14 acct241 Q 1‚3‚4‚13‚19‚21‚22 E 14-1‚ 14-4‚ 14-5‚ 14-10 P 4-6 (may1 to jan1 only) 1. (a) From what sources might a corporation obtain funds through long-term debt? (b) What is a bond indenture? What does it contain? (c) What is a mortgage? A) Bonds payable‚ long-term notes payable‚ mortgages payable‚ pension liabilities‚ and lease liabilities are examples of long- term liabilities. B) It is an agreement that often includes the amounts authorized to be issued‚ interest
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Yield management is defined as management of the room rates to maximize the room revenue under the conditions of fluctuating demand and where the products are perishable. Jauncey.S et al (1995). According to Jones.C et.al (1993) the two basics strategies on which the yield management is emcompasses on are: “When the demand is high the emphasis must be on receiving the highest rate possible for a room‚ ie maximum revenue When the demand is low‚ and/ or late booking demand is unlikely‚ the
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