and seeing a 528.1% increase in the total internet user population since 2000 computer have not only been a way that people now conduct their business but is now the main line of communication. With over two billion people on the internet‚ and the number growing parents and the government became increasingly worried with what and who children could access and could access them; this led to the FTC intervening and creating COPPA. With technology advancing and more children are having access to the
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and nearly a quarter of the population missing‚ the Irish Potato Famine left a massive imprint in history (Irish 1). Most people underestimate the destruction of the Potato Famine because 1 million does not look like very many in today’s population numbers. Back in the 1800’s‚ less than 8 million populated Ireland. With their largest food source destroyed‚ the Irish looked upon Britain for help‚ in which they never received. There have been many debates as to how‚ or why this event occurred‚ and why
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George Siao Kian Ty ------------------------------------------------- George S.K. Ty is a Chinese-Filipino tycoon and the founder of the universal bank‚ Metropolitan and Trust Company or Metrobank. He is the Chairman of the Metrobank Group‚ Metrobank Foundation‚ Toyota Motor Philippine Corporation and the former Chariman of Toyota Autoparts Philippine Corporation. In 2010‚ Forbes ranked him as the ninth richest Filipino with a networth of USD805 million. --------------------------------------------------
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more than INR 1000cr. Mass Grocery and Apparel are two of the fastest growing organized retail segments. In both these segments there are large domestic retailers who could be potential joint venture partners for foreign retailers. Food and Grocery followed by Apparels‚ accounts for a significant proportion of the expenditure of Indian Consumers. With a large young working population along with increasing middleclass and working-women population and emerging opportunities in the services sector are
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holds 6.2 people. Despite the lack in sanitation‚ 85% of households own a television set‚ 75% own a pressure cooker‚ 56% a gas stove and 21% have a telephone. Also the people themselves are generally happy with their circumstance. The area has a large social atmosphere and many choose to work together and help each other. The area itself is a hub for recycling and production business. 85% of residents have a job in the local area. It is said the settlement generates an annual turnover of $650 million
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Punjabi रूप्यकम् (rūpyakam) in Sanskrit (Devnagari) रुपियो (rupiyo) in Sindhi ரூபாய் (rūpāi) in Tamil రూపాయి (rūpāyi) in Telugu روپے (rupay) in Urdu However‚ in the Assam‚ West Bengal‚ Tripura and Odisha the Indian rupee is officially known by names derived from the word टङ्क (ṭaṇkā)‚ which means "money".[4] Thus‚ the rupee is called টকা (ṭôkā) in Assamese‚ টাকা (ṭākā) in Bengali and ଟଙ୍କା (ṭaṇkā) in Oriya. The amount (and the word
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the victims. Relative Concepts: This news article mainly discusses how GM and Pontiac filed bankruptcy and went out of business. It also explains how Pontiac had a poor corporate strategy and how consumer’s tastes changed. Pontiac ruined its brand name by trying to cut costs by producing less reliable automobiles with below standard parts. Pontiac also eventually cut out advertising which really hurt the company because consumers began to think of the company as less reliable. Foreign competition
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to keep pace with the reduction of accidents due to environmental and mechanical factors. In fact‚ humans have been an increasing casual factor in both military and civilian accidents as mechanical equipment have become more reliable. Today every large percentage of all aviation accidents is attributable‚ directly or indirectly‚ to some form of human error. Human error system Most aviation accidents do not happen by one reason; they are the results of chain of events often culminating with the
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consumer analyst website Gartner.com people around the world spent 2 trillion dollars on digital entertainment in 2010‚ over 2.1 trillion in 2011‚ and they have projected an increase to only just below 3 trillion by 2015. Entertainment has always been a large profit pie‚ but the advent of digital distribution is proving to be the whipped cream that ties the whole dessert together. 1. Netflix started in 1997‚ founder tired of late fees a. began with only the DVD mailing service b. largest
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------------------------------------------------- 2012 National Budget ------------------------------------------------- By sector For 2012‚ social services will receive 31.7 percent of the national budget‚ which is almost one-third of the proposed amount. It has the same share as last year but is equivalent to P575.8 billion‚ compared to P521.4 billion this year. The sector’s share is higher than this year’s budget by 10.4 percent. Under this sector is the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
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