LEAVES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS? A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD1 AND F. LUTZONI Department of Biology‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ North Carolina 27708 USA Abstract. Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear‚ but the scale of their diversity‚ host range‚ and geographic distributions are unknown. To explore the putative hyperdiversity of tropical leaf endophytes‚ we compared endophyte communities along
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Business Description LG Corp. is a Korea-based holding company engaged in the management of its subsidiaries. As of December 31‚ 2011‚ the Company had 15 subsidiaries‚ including LG Electronics Inc.‚ engaged in manufacturing of consumer electronic products; LG Chem Ltd‚ engaged in manufacturing of petrochemical products; LG CNS Co.‚ Ltd.‚ engaged in the software development and information technology (IT) outsourcing business; SERVEONE‚ engaged in the engaged in purchase agency business; LG Siltron
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Beck Manufacturing Bernadette Giene Cain BU644: Operations Management Professor Vanessa Washington June 23‚ 2015 The expansion of a company’s production equipment can be very costly‚ and the decision to expand is made off the assessment of the product demand behavior. The expansion must be profitable enough to minimize future decreased demand‚ and help alleviate production issues in order to increase production growth. Expansion can also be utilized in order to compete within a market‚
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Summary This study covers the analyses of the TEXTRON CORPORATION— BENCHMARKING PERFORMANCE Textron’s Board of Directors (Thundersbird School of Global Management‚ Graeme Rankine- TB0043‚ September 9‚2009) had launched a new initiative to assess the company’s supply chain and the company’s working capital needs. First step was to benchmark the company’s recent financial performance against other aerospace and defense firms to determine the areas in which the company’s performance could be improved
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Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984. This merger was the largest merger till that time in the history of the United States and it doubled the oil and gas reserves of the company. Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001 & formed a new company named ChevronTexaco. Texaco was one of the branches of Chevron family. It was formed in 1901 in Beaumont‚ Texas. To convey a unified presence in the world‚ it was again renamed to Chevron in 2005. Chevron strengthened its position by acquiring Unocal Corporation in 2005.
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Engineering in Plants In the 1920’s‚ a man named Henry Wallace founded a company called “The Hi-Bred Corn Company.” He began selecting corn plants that flourished in certain aspects and bred them with other prosperous plants to make a hybrid. After pollenating the female silk of one plant with the pollen of another; the resulting offspring displayed both traits. This idea of ‘selective breeding’ would go on to become the norm in that era of agriculture because it produced bigger and better plants. Because
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The history of Nokia History of Nokia - one of the most incredible sagas of business 90-x of the last century. As written magazine BusinessWeek‚ in the early 90’s Finnish conglomerate bothered far removed from cellular problem: then began to decline sharply sales standing at the threshold of collapse of the Soviet Union ... toilet paper. And by the end of the millennium the same Finns shifted toward cell phones‚ surpassed by new market and Ericsson and Motorola. Nokia quickly enough became one of
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“The Private Life of Plants: Traveling” was a useful documentary to help clarify my understanding on how plants manage to spread their seeds and germinate. I enjoyed watching the different time lapses for the species of plants and it helped me to see exactly what happens rather than reading it in a book or seeing a simple picture. I was amazed at all the different mechanisms plants used to travel around and not stick to just one area. I did not expect the pointy spines of plants to allow them to grip
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1. What is the status quo of the UK manufacturing? http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk-manufacturing-statistics/ SECTORS: Aerospace Industry: UK has 17% global market share (largest in Europe) This industry contributes about £11.4 billion to the UK’s GDP Turnover: £24.2 billion (2011) (Title: The Aerospace Industry‚ Author: John Bardens and Chris Rhodes‚ Last Updated: 20 November 2012) Automotive Industry: makes 1.58 million cars and commercial vehicles annually Turnover: £59 billion
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of the client ’s business and operations. Consideration should be given to reading available financial information regarding the prospective client such as annual reports‚ registration statements‚ Forms 10-K‚ other reports to regulatory agencies and income tax returns. 2. Inquire as to the general reputation of high ranking employees‚ influential directors and shareholders‚ as well as the entity itself. Carefully consider any matters that may negatively reflect on management ’s integrity‚ ability
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