can be said for the top managers. Managers understandably fear that they will not be able to find a way through the bad times. Employees too have fears. They will easily sense that times are not what they were. They too read newspapers‚ listen to news‚ know something about markets and talk with each other. They pay attention to managers’ nonverbal communication that says times are bad‚ perhaps really bad. Employees feed on each other’s fears. Employee/People have a right to know the truth. Often
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I. INTRODUCTION Located just southwest of St. Louis‚ and 2 miles east of Eureka in an old flood plain used for farming‚ lies a ghost town called Times Beach‚ Missouri. Originally being marketed as a summer hideaway‚ one could purchase a 20 x 100 ft. lot for $67.50 in 1925 and even receive a six-month newspaper subscription. After the Great Depression and gas rationing during World War II‚ the town became a small community of low-middle-class economic citizens. In 1983‚ due to a dioxin contamination
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Case: Goldberg‚ Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York v. Kelly et al. (1970) Facts: This case was a class action lawsuit brought brought by residents of New York City against the commissioner (Goldberg) of the Department of Social Services (DSS) and state officials of DSS. These residents were receiving financial support from the city in the form of the federally funded Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and/or the general Home Relief program of New York State. In other
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The average temperature in New England is predicted to increase by 2-4 degrees Fahrenheit‚ which seems small‚ but this could have drastic effects on the biodiversity of the ecosystems. Due to this potential‚ threatening change‚ the Lloyd Center for the Environment was put in charge of the Southcoast All Taxa Biodiversity Initiative‚ which is an initiative created to address the conservation concerns in New England’s future. First the Center established monitoring stations on the Slocums River and
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buses are most of the time so unsanitary that it’s unbearable. Many times when we are on the train we find ourselves switching the cart we are in‚ and with all hope‚ searching for a better one. As it turns out‚ we are always stuck with the same old dirt. This is a New York City phenomenon. Why should we travel to work surrounded by piles of filth daily? I initially encountered this problem when I first started going to high school. This was the first time I had started taking the
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1. What was the strategic rationale behind the merger of Mellon and Bank of New York? The main rationale for the merger is that it fits well with the strategies of both banks. Bank of New York and Mellon are both well-managed firms with specific strategies for growth that complement each other well. Although slightly different in their core functions‚ both banks are focused primarily on Asset Management and Securities Servicing; Mellon having a stronger market position in the former and BNY the
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Its time America stopped filling their bodies with all these sugars‚ and there’s no better place to start than NYC where millions of Americans visit each year. At least two thirds of American adults are overweight‚ and forty percent of New York’s public elementary are obese. With the mayor New York Michael Bloomberg’s law to ban all sugared beverages larger than 16 ounces in restaurants‚ mobile food carts‚ movie theaters‚ and sport stadiums it’s said to decrease the percentage of overweight or obese
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Am I obese? That’s the first question that you should ask yourself when it comes to the issue of posting calorie counts in New York restaurants. This issue should not be a debate since it is clear that people need be informed about what they are consuming. Having calorie counts in NY restaurants will allow people to make a decision about how many calories they want to consume. The United States has become one of the top countries in the world with an obesity problem. That is because now a day’s
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Volkswagen’s decision to switch advertising agenciesfrom DDB Needham to Arnold Communications (AC)was a critical step in the company’s comeback bid. After all‚ AC was the one who came up with the "Drivers Wanted" campaign. As stated in the case study‚ after AC won the Volkswagen account‚ they did some in-depth research on consumer and dealer perceptions of Volkswagen. They discovered thatVolkswagen consumers are younger‚ slightly more affluent‚ and more educated than the average car purchaser;
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government is a desperate position. “By 1786‚ the national government was so desperate for funds that it sold the navy’s ships and reduced the army to fewer than a thousand soldiers-this at a time when British had an army in Canada and Spain had one in Florida‚” (Patterson 2010). Another domestic issue occurred when New Hampshire established a Navy along its 18 mile of coastline. On
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