News Article Analysis Topic: Demand and Supply Headline: Used- car shortage looms as curbs bite Source: The Strait Times Date: 25th May 2013 Summary Supply of used-cars has decreased from 7000 to 2400 because MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) lifted loan curbs on these vehicles for 60 days. Moreover‚ suppliers are unable to increase supply of used cars since owners are not selling due to future loan restrictions. Under the old scheme‚ car buyers can borrow up to 100 percent of the purchase
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Title of the Articles: “Trump is doing things right‚” “Messing with Mexico is a dangerous idea‚” “Trump refugee mess previews failures ahead” Author of Articles: Duncan Hunter‚ David A. Andelman‚ Marc Ambinder A controversial argument debated among the United States citizens is how Donald Trump will perform as president. Several articles present different standpoints‚ providing examples and opinions proving their viewpoint on similar topics concerning the president. In the Article “Trump is doing
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the country is swamped with cheap but quality Chinese goods. What is Chinese philosophy all about‚ how did it evolve‚ what was Buddhism’s impact on China? A book on Comparative Philosophy by Prof P.T. Raju helped me find some answers. Here is an article based on inputs from that book. Notes talk about historical and philosophical developments follow it. Do not miss reading them. General characteristics of Chinese philosophy (CP) are – 1. Chinese Philosophy is neither inward looking nor outward
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Article Reference Newel‚ P (2005) ‘Citizenship‚ accountability and community: the limits of the CSR agenda’‚ International Affairs‚ 81 (3) May‚ pp. 541-557. Objective of Article The writer attempted to highlight the benefits and limitations of CSR‚ the challenges facing its implementation particularly in poorer communities that do not enjoy a good relationship with their local corporate industry due to the absence of strong state socio-economic agencies‚ poor legislation‚ and access to NGOs
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treatment with any pathology is not happening anytime soon‚ but their positive impact and usefulness in the medical field is becoming hard to deny. In the article‚ “The Magic of the Placebo”‚ author David Bjerklie attempts to explain the growing change in the scientific use of placebos and the neuroscience that supports their use. In the article the author explains the original use of the placebo as‚ “inactive controls in randomized clinical studies…” In a typical scientific experiment‚ a placebo
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In the business world‚ strategy is probably the most often used and the most often confused term. The article ‘Why Business Models Matter’ clarifies and elaborates on crucial element of any organization. The Author‚ who also wrote‚ ‘What Management is’ asserts that the business model and strategy is the basis of any organization whether it be profit or non-profit. Magretta shows the outlines of business model and strategy. To make a big success in business‚ the first step is making a business model
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Distant Dilemmas The article‚ “Distant Dilemmas‚” by Mark McGraw discusses the business risks related to sending an executive expatriate to other countries and the role of HR in mitigating such risks. McGraw highlights recent surveys by Ernst & Young to provide some color to the level of unethical business practices that occur outside the Unites States. Based on a survey conducted in Europe‚ half of the respondents felt that one or more unethical business practices were acceptable‚ with half
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had pledged their loyalties to the Queen and Canadian Government and who had even tried to stop the aggressions‚ were wrongfully prosecuted in turn suppressing the Aboriginal people for generations‚ changing the course of Canadian history. This article gives us a subjective view of Canadian history. The official account of this uprising is quite different to the picture that Stonechild paints.
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Summary of a wall street journal article on starting school later. How could a mere 30 more minutes added to a teenager’s sleeping schedule be so beneficial to day-time students? According to Judith Owens‚ the director of the pediatric sleep clinic Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence‚ it was a controversial question weather it would be beneficial to the students to start their school days at 8:30 a.m. rather than 8 a.m.. Dr. Owen’s who was the lead author who ran a study at a private
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cultures have different perceptions of critical behaviours required for effective teams‚ and whether team members from different cultures assign the same values to the categories of interaction behaviour. A number of other studies mentioned in this article indicate that the cultural dimensions developed by Hofstede (2007) increase the likelihood that virtual teams with different cultures perceive different interaction behaviours for contribution to team outcomes. Dekker & Rutte (submitted for
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