billion (2012) | Profit | $ 16.97 billion (2012) | Employees | 94‚000 (2012) | Main Competitors | Apple Inc.‚ Google Inc.‚ Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd.‚ International Business Machines Corporation and many others. | Microsoft Corporation is one of the best-known software companies in the world. The company is famous for its Windows and Office software. In addition to software products the company manufactures and develops consumer electronics such as tablets and game system. You can find
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Friends are one of the most precious gifts in our life. Some friendships last forever while some ends as paths change. We always remember those friends with whom we had shared the most part of our life. In my opinion‚ it is more important to keep the old friendship strong compared to making new friends for following reasons. Firstly of all‚ trust in between two old friends is more strong compared to a recently developed friendship. Due to this it becomes easier to share our problems and feelings
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1. The most important problems of the modern (contemporary) world. The modern world‚ the world that we live in is exposed to many perils. Among the major problems are poverty‚ unemployment‚ wars‚ terrorism‚ racism‚ air pollution‚ climate change/global warming‚ and diseases. Poverty The gap between rich and poor nations is still growing. Although rich nations have provided aid and technical assistance to Third World nations‚ the developing nations face many obstacles in their drive to modernize.
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In the poem “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop‚ it is evident that the speaker has experienced much loss. Through diction‚ syntax‚ and verse form‚ the relation between the speaker’s attitudes toward loss in lines 1-15 and lines 16-19 can be clearly seen as the poem progresses from the different losses of things‚ places‚ and lastly “you‚” her lover (16). Both attitudes admit that “the art of losing” can be mastered‚ however‚ they have different ideas on whether a loss is disastrous or not. In lines 1-15
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an author was actually trying to say. There are several literary criticisms used to breakdown works. New Historicism has been informed through different kinds of criticism‚ including psychoanalytic criticism‚ feminist criticism‚ and especially deconstruction. This allows self identifying new historicists to be seen as feminist‚ Marxist‚ or deconstructionist. New Historicism is a literary criticism that allows us to connect events that occur in different time periods and locations. New Historicism
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information provided by accountants in making decisions. 2.0 COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completion of the course‚ students are expected: 2.1 to understand on the basic accounting concepts; the accounting cycle andprocess; and 2.2 to understand the important and usefulness of accounting information in decisionmaking. 3.0 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of this course‚ students should be able to know and understand: 3.1 the basic concepts of accounting; 3.2 the meaning‚ role and importance
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prospective about a society‚ one should study its major cities first. Major cities have always been the center of power‚ economy and politics in any civilization. People from all over the states migrates from their homes to a common place‚ carrying their tradition‚ culture and life-style along with them to their new dwelling. Creating the perfect place to find all cultural and traditional evolution that has ever happened. Take India for example. India (Mohinjo Daaro) has been one of the first civilization
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Examine the extent to which practical issues are the most important influence when selecting research methods and a research topic (20 marks) Practical issues are considered to be of most importance when choosing what research method to use. Different methods require different amounts of time and money which may influence the sociologist’s choice as large-scale surveys have to employ dozens of interviewers and staff costing a lot of money where as a small-scale project involving a lone researcher
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To understand the most important characteristics of a society‚ one must study its major cities. The speaker’s statement is one-sided. For one thing‚ the most important characteristics vary from society to society. While it may be that in some countries you can learn about the most important aspects by studying the major cities‚ this is not the case in every country. For another ‚ the convergence of major cities in different nations all over the world due to internationalization and modernization
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