Discovery Channel’s global strategy takes it to the top of ratings CEO David Zaslev explains why he is glad to be welcoming Oprah to the world of the subscription market In June 1985‚ the Discovery Channel launched in the US. It had only 156‚000 subscribers and no original programmes. This month‚ Discovery Communications celebrated its 25th anniversary – now the world’s number one non-fiction media company‚ with 1.5bn subscribers in 170 countries. The secret to its success‚ says its president
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“Social Sector Expenditure and Human Development Index Ranking of States in India” Dr. Subhash A. Jadhav* Mr. Ranjit A. Todkar ** ABSTRACT Social Sector Expenditure of the States is playing very significant role in socio-economic development of India in general and States in particularly. The prime objectives of social sector expenditure of the States are to improve the standard of living of the peoples and to achieve maximum social welfare. This Social Sector Expenditure in India includes expenditure
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Barbados foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings were downgraded by the US based rating services Standard and Poor both for the long-term and short-term. The long-term was downgraded from BBB-; a lower medium grade to BB+;non investment grade speculative and the short-term from A-3; upper medium grade to B; highly speculative grade. According to www.businessdictionary.com sovereign credit rating is an appraisal of a country’s ability to meet its financial responsibility. This report
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RESIDENTIAL BUNGALOW FOR GREEN RATING Abstract:- The concept of green building is so much talked about but not so much implemented on the larger scale. The main aim of optimization of architectural design is to make efficient use of resources in optimum way which includes study of renewable energy‚ embodied energy of materials‚ solar radiation incident on building‚ and water efficiency especially through rain water harvesting. This study also leads to emergence of green rating which will help to assess
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Running head: HEZBOLLAH Hezbollah Dwayne Cook Excelsior College 8 February 2009 Ben Prybutok Abstract Before 11 September 2001‚ one terrorist organization killed more Americans than all others: Hezbollah‚ better known to many as the “Party of God.” I believe they are more dangerous than al Qaeda although‚ very little is known by Americans about their internal workings‚ past accomplishment‚ and future strategy. One reason it is somewhat unknown is that Hezbollah is not just a
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2. How credit ratings affect the capital structure of a firm Credit ratings is the assessment of the credit worthiness of a firm based on historyof borrowing and repayment. Credit rating is the credit worthiness of a debtor. The debtors ability to pay back the debt. Companies with high rating (AAA) have a good market reputation and logically would avoid not being in favor of more debt in capital structure to save them from any adverse circumstances. High credit ratings expose a firm to obtain
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into different types‚ such as comedies‚ thrillers or romantic movies. Even though movies are popular‚ people have different choices of their own. In addition‚ movies are divided into three ratings‚ G-rated R-rated and X-rated. Most movies are G-rated‚ comedies and romantic movies are more often in this rating. There are no bloody scenes or sex in the movie‚ it is mostly full of laughter and tears. Every age is able to watch this kind of movie. Click is a typical G-rated movie‚ no bloody scenes
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End of Studies Thesis What is the role of the credit rating agencies‚ which part did they play in the recent Financial Crisis and how can their efficiency be improved? Thesis Supervisor – David Menival Emmeline Beauchamp – Cycle Franco- US – March 2013 Acknowledgments I would first like to thank RMS and especially the CESEM to have taught me a lot‚ helped me to grow and open up and gave me this incredible opportunity of studying two years in the United States. None of this phenomenal
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Things – What College Rankings Really Tell Us by Malcolm Gladwell The main argument of this article is that it doesn’t matter who comes out first place in a certain ranking‚ it all depends on who’s doing the ranking and on what variables the ranking is taking place. Malcolm Gladwell believes that a ranking can be heterogenous (diverse in content)‚ as long as it doesn’t try to be too comprehensive (including all or nearly all aspects of something). He also believes that a ranking can be comprehensive
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Online Casino Ratings KeyToCasino.com is a comprehensive database of online casinos‚ bonuses and games that provides unbiased automated casino ratings. All the information available in this database helps the players to select trustworthy casinos thus enhancing their gambling experience. Arlington‚ VA‚ May 14‚ 2014 /PressReleasePing/ - KeyToCasino.com introduces a multipoint Key Rating for every online casino in the database. The rating is based on 109 individual item ratings that are summarized
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