McCann v. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Louisiana Eastern District Court 210 F.3d 51 (1st Cir. 2000) Fact: Debra McCann and two of her children (Jillian‚ and Jonathan) were shopping in Bangor‚ Maine Wal-Mart on December 11th‚ 1996. After about an hour and a half‚ the McCann’s paid for their purchases and proceeded to leave the store. On the way out two Wal-Mart employees (Jean Taylor and Karla Hughes) blocked their path to the exit and stood in front of the McCann’s’ shopping cart. Note Taylor may have
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Le Barron v. State 145 N.W. 2d 79 (Wis. 1966) History David Le Barron was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempted rape. He appealed and the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Facts Jodean Randen‚ a housewife‚ wass walking home when she crossed paths with the Le Barron. He grabbed her and demanded her purse. She gave him the purse and started quickly walking away. When he discovered the purse was empty‚ he went after her‚ grabbed her‚ and told her not to scream. He then
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Review Energy Trading. 1) Other than price & quantity there are three common characteristics of any contract. Identify each of these three and discuss their relevance to valuation of commodities. Form: What exactly is being delivered‚ Cost of transformation: taking one form and transforming to another form. Riskless trade capturing the full cost of transformation. Space: Location for delivery of the contract‚ driver is the cost of transporting an asset from one point to another. Riskless
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VOLUME No. 2 (2013)‚ ISSUE No. 5 (May) ISSN (Online): 2320-0685 Investor Perception towards Online Trading in Chennai D. Anitha Kumari Lecturer - Dept of Management Studies Sri Ramanujar Engineering College Vandalur‚ Chennai‚ India G. Ramasamy Librarian Sri Ramanujar Engineering College Vandalur‚ Chennai‚ India K. Sandhya Research scholar‚ Dept. of Management‚ Vels University‚ Chennai‚ India. Abstract Online trade share market has emerged as one of the greatest and
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Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Linda Ray Webster University Abstract Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services is a sexual discrimination case in which the Fifth Circuit court ruled in the case of the defendant Sundowner Offshore Services that same sex discrimination was not pursuable under Title VII. The US Supreme Court reversed that decision by stating that any discrimination based on sex is actionable so long at it places the victim
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Zippittelli v. J.C. Penney Company‚ Inc. Zippittelli v. J.C. Penney Company‚ Inc. The plaintiff‚ who is 63 years old‚ brought this employment discrimination suit against her employer‚ J.C. Penney‚ after the company failed to promote her to the position of shift operations manager at the company ’s Moosic‚ Pennsylvania Customer Service Center. She alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She brought these claims against both
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Generation Y: They’ve arrived at work with a new attitude By Stephanie Armour‚ USA TODAY They’re young‚ smart‚ brash. They may wear flip-flops to the office or listen to iPods at their desk. They want to work‚ but they don’t want work to be their life. Jennifer Lewis‚ 22‚ finds it awkward that older employees report expenses to her. By Eileen Blass‚ USA TODAY This is Generation Y‚ a force of as many as 70 million‚ and the first wave is just now embarking on their careers — taking their
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Equity Correlation Trading Silverio Foresi and Adrien Vesval Goldman Sachs NYU‚ April 2006 Outline • • • Equity Correlation: Definitions‚ Products and Trade Structures Rationale: Evidence and Models Opportunities: an Historical Perspective Correlation Products Building Blocks: Vol Products • Realized variance: RV • 1 = n ∑ T t =1 St (ln( )) S t −1 2 OTC products to trade realized variance: – Delta-hedged options (straddles) – Volatility swap – Variance swap
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education and diminished intelligence. The accused is unable to read or write and according to his testimony is not even able to count money. As a result‚ this has made his testimony unclear and there are several inconsistencies. The result of the case was that the appeal was dismissed and the guilty charge was
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INTERNET TRADING / ONLINE TRADING 1 What is online trading in securities? Online trading in securities refers to the facility of investor being able to place his own orders using the internet trading platform offered by the trading member viz.‚ the broker. The orders so placed by the investor using internet would be routed through the trading member. 2 How can one start trading online? To start with‚ investor needs to identify a trading member who offers internet trading facility and register
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