Priority Development Assistance Fund scam I. Issues on Problems: The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam‚ also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam‚ is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF‚ popularly called "pork barrel")‚ a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government‚ mostly
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reduction: through combinations of similar business and economy of scales - Sales increase: a) cross-promotions of each company’s brand and utilization of each company’s channels‚ and b) cooperation in international businesses. 2. Which of the two firms (Viacom or QVC) would make a better fit with Paramount? -Viacom: Overlap in the business creates synergies regarding cost and revenue. However‚ cannibalisation may happen in the near future. -QVC: Small rooms for synergies (cost reductions
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INV3701/101/3/2012 Tutorial letter 101/3/2012 INVESTMENTS: EQUITY ASSET VALUATION INV3701 Semester Course Department of Finance‚ Risk Management and Banking This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code Open Rubric CONTENTS 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME ............................................................................................... 3 Tutorial matter .....................................................................
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Equality in the Rape of the Lock and Paradise Lost There are a lot of things these two poems can offer. Both the Rape of the lock and paradise lost are epics. They tell tales of characters that once lived and show the human nature. Some would say that the poems don’t offer a sense of equality amongst the characters. Let it be because of sex‚ intelligence‚ and society they just don’t seem to have the same value. Sex being a factor because of how the hierarchy was placed in both stories. The
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Interview questions for capital market & NSE What is capital Market? Capital market is a market of securities. Where a company and government raise long term funds. it is a market where money invested more them one year. In this we include the stock market and bond market Definition of ’Debt’ An amount of money borrowed by one party from another. Many corporations/individuals use debt as a method for making large purchases that they could not afford under normal circumstances. A debt arrangement
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intruders off your home is to lock your house with quality locks. There are many service providers out there who can make locks for you. However‚ these locks may not be up to standard. This is the reason you should seek the services of a reliable service provider when getting your locks made. Baldwin is a lock company that is known to make good locks. Many people have hired its services before and have enjoyed the results. The following are some of the reasons why Baldwin a good lock company: 1. It has been
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about the effects of smoking cigarette. So when a person reads this especially those who smoke‚ he or she may quit or lessen smoking because he or she will know the bad effects of cigarette smoking. Discussion Cigarette Smoking Smoking is a highly addictive trend in 21st century America. It is responsible for any array of illness including a multitude of cancers‚ heart disease‚ emphysema‚ and chronic bronchitis. Although the whole body is negatively affected by smoking‚ the hear t and lungs
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RAPE OF THE LOCK”---MOCK-EPIC POEM: The epic is a narrative poem of supposed divine inspiration treating of a subject of great and momentous importance for mankind‚ the characters of the story are partly human and partly divine‚ and the language and style in which the incidents are related are full of elevation and dignity. If a long narrative poem should satisfy all the tests of epic poetry‚ but if the subject which is celebrated be of a trivial nature‚ like the cutting off a lock of a woman’s
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showing us… how grand and poetic we are in are cravats and highly polished boots’ (Baudelaire).” (Childs and Fowler 2006: 144). The Rape of the Lock is an example of an evolved form of a mock-heroic epic. As Broich says (1990: 113)‚ in comparison to works of Boilaeu‚ Garth‚ or Crowne it has developed its own distinctive style in the aspect of combining the two major elementary genres. Pope’s success in merging the epic and the social comedy led to achieve certain originality that cannot be mistaken
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What are the differences between common stock and preference stock? There are a few notable differences between each. Common Stock Common stock is ownership in a company‚ just the basic stock that we’re used to trading. Companies sell common stock through public offerings‚ and it’s traded among investors on the secondary market. Those who hold the stock hope to earn dividends from their share of company profits. However‚ many profitable companies don’t pay dividends‚ and never have any intentions
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