A09-04-0012 Wal-Mart Stores Inc.: Dominating Global Retailing Mr. Lee Scott could afford the look of confidence. He had just spoken to investment analysts about the phenomenal results from the second quarter of 2003. Despite the general weakness in the world economy and the uncertain environment that prevailed‚ Wal-Mart had reported sales growth of 11%‚ amounting to $6.4 billion. The company’s associates were indeed doing the Wal-Mart cheer in faraway places like Germany‚ South Korea‚ China
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In effect of section 10 and 11 of contract Act 1950‚ the courts held in the cases of Mohori Bibee V Dharmodas Ghose (1903)‚ Tan Hee Juan V Teh Boon Kiat (1934) and Government of Malaysia V Gurcharan Singh (1971) that all such agreements are void. Therefore‚ all contracts entered by a minor is generally void and a minor cannot sue or be sued on such void contracts. However‚ there are some exceptions towards a minor binding a valid contract. Under section 69 of Contract Act 1950‚ it is said
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ever sit back and think of how you as a human being hurt the earth? In both The Lorax and The mystery of Easter Island people fail to realize how they’re setting themselves and the earth up for disaster. How did they hurt me? Why do they hurt me? The earth wants to know. If I ask you to go build a statue and then bring it 500 miles across the land‚ how would you do it? The residents of Easter Island had their own idea. The islanders used trees to drag the statues across the land‚ cool right? No‚
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Republic of Austria v. Altmann 124 S.Ct. 2240 FACTS: In 1998 it evidence was discovered that certain works in the Austrian Gallery archives in Vienna‚ Austria had not been obtained from their rightful owners. These works were believed to have been seized by the Nazis or expropriated by the Austrian Republic after World War II. Prior to the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938‚ the paintings had hung in the Vienna home of Maria Altmann’s uncle‚ Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Mrs. Altmann claims ownership
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Determinant Expansion by Minors Also known as "Laplacian" determinant expansion by minors‚ expansion by minors is a technique for computing thedeterminant of a given square matrix . Although efficient for small matrices‚ techniques such as Gaussian elimination are much more efficient when the matrix size becomes large. Let denote the determinant of a matrix ‚ then where is a so-called minor of ‚ obtained by taking the determinant of with row and column "crossed out." For example‚ for a matrix
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Marginal revenue‚ marginal cost‚ total cost and profit-maximizing are some of the concepts that are analyzed when making business production decisions. Marginal revenue is the total revenue that is changed when one more unit of output is produced. The total revenue is determined by multiplying the unit price by what quantity the company can sell. The total revenue increases when the first unit is purchased and equals the marginal revenue. When the second unit is produced‚ the total revenue will
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privately held car rental company. It is engaged in vehicle leasing‚ fleet management services and sale of used cars. The company operates in the US and Canada. It is headquartered in St. Louis‚ Missouri and employs 65‚000 people. The company recorded revenues of $10‚100 million during the financial year ended July 2008” (Datamonitor. 2009). Customers First Nowadays‚ customer service is one important part of a company because good services can increase customer loyalty and attract new customers
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to some of the energy crisis. I believe that wind and solar power will only continue to grow in popularity as time goes on. James Tera‚ I would agree with you and disagree with you to a point. You stated that you don’t believe the people of Easter Island understood that they were exploiting and depleting the island’s resources at an unsustainable rate. I would agree that they did not understand or realize they significance of how quickly they were depleting their resources. However‚ were I
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The League of Nations‚ a former international organization‚ was formed after World War I to promote international peace and security. The basis of the League‚ also called the Covenant‚ was written into the Treaty of Versailles and other peace treaties and provided for an assembly‚ a council‚ and a secretariat. Because the peace treaties had created the League of Nations‚ the League was bound to uphold their principles. but however‚ it became apparent that some of the terms of the treaties were harsh
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knew the danger because of the wet weather. Judgement : The High Court considered all circumstances and then rejected to apply the traditional approach of occupiers’ liability in this case and stated that the general duty of care described in Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) MKHL 100. It should be applied to all cases. On 26 Aug 1928‚ Mrs. Donoghue went to the Wellmeadow Cafe in Paisle‚ her friend ordered a ginger beer for her. When she was drinking the ginger beer‚ she discovered a dead snail in the
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