order to create a legal relation. Basically there is a need for a contract to be supported by consideration. In other words‚ in English law of contracts it is required that the parties bring something valuable in exchange for the promise that they have made in that agreement. Therefore a legal consideration converts a social agreement into a legal agreement. According to Lord Pollock’s definition‚ consideration is “An act or forbearance of one party‚ or the promise thereof‚ is the price for which the
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paying for unnecessary medical care. The latest attempt sounds perfectly reasonable until you consider who will bear the burden. Problem: Last year federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they would no longer reimburse hospitals for treatment of new pressure sores in Medicare patients. The ruling‚ known as the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule‚ adopts a new Medical Severity Diagnoses Related Group (MS-DRG) classification system that expands the current
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Background on Greece’s Debt Crisis “You cannot spend more than (what) you earn…you should not borrow more than (what) you can afford.” This‚ according to an editorial published by the Greek newspaper Kathimerini‚ may be the lesson Greeks are now learning the hard way.1 Unrestrained spending of successive Greek governments over a long period may have driven the country’s budget and current account deficits.2 Greece borrowed heavily from international capital markets to finance public sector jobs‚
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|Strayer university | |Systems Consideration in HRIS | |Week 3 Assignment – HRM520 | |
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and making connections with instructors and other students. Step 1 Watch the “Responsible Borrowing (Financial Aid)” video on the orientation website located here: http://www.phoenix.edu/student-orientation.html. Respond to the following questions: What is financial aid? Financial Aid is any grant or scholarship‚ loan‚ or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expenses. Such aid is usually provided by various sources such as federal and state agencies‚ colleges
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Student Loan Debt Crippling Local Economies? Research suggests that increased student loan debt is creating a negative‚ ripple effect on local economies‚ because graduates are starting families later‚ buying homes later‚ and are repaying loan debt with their professional earnings rather than spending back into their local economy. About half of all students (49%) graduate college with a total debt count of over 30‚000 dollars in student loan debt alone. When you add all this debt together‚ college
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Over the past few years‚ Greek’s ability to pay its sovereign debt became a major issue facing economies worldwide. The downgrade of Greek debt to “junk bond” status made Greek default seem inevitable‚ causing alarm to permeate financial markets worldwide. Unsustainable spending by the Greek government through the creation of a “welfare state” in Greece was a principle cause leading to the Greek debt crisis‚ which affected even the United States’ economy. High-paying public jobs‚ excessive pensions
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3 THE PAYMENT OF BONUS ACT‚ 1965 Learning Objectives In this Chapter‚ the students will understand the♦ Applicability and non-applicability of the Act to certain classes of establishments and employees ♦ Computation of profits for the purpose of calculation of allocable and available surplus for the purpose of determination of bonus ♦ Set on and Set off of allocable surplus ♦ Percentage limits for minimum and maximum bonus ♦ Other miscellaneous provisions 3.1 Introduction This is an Act intended
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Bond Interest and Principal Payments A bond is a type of long-term debt that is issued by a corporation and is purchased by an investor for cash. A formal contract is issued by the corporation that states the legal terms of the bond. The advantages of issuing a bond from a corporation is that the ownership interest of the bondholders will not be diluted and those bonds are available at lower costs than the common stocks available. After a bond is issued by the corporation‚ the bondholder is promised
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The 2001 documentary Life and Debt examines the impact of IMF and World Bank’s ‘structural adjustment policies’ (also called ‘conditionalities’) on Jamaica. The IMF started lending to Jamaica in 1973‚ after years of extreme poverty were followed by the ‘oil shock’ that created a global economic catastrophe‚ eventually leaving the country about $4.6 million in debt. The loans were front-loaded with conditions‚ requiring Jamaica to “enact major economic reforms‚ including trade liberalization (The
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