org‚ 2001). The word‚ genre‚ refers to the "types or categories into which literary works are grouped according to form‚ technique‚ or‚ sometimes‚ subject matter" (Brown‚ 2002). As it will be adduced in this essay‚ Dahl is able to utilized conventions of realism and fantasy in complementary ways that make the existence and experiences of Mr. Fox believable within a known reality‚ yet enable the human reader to closely identify with the animal-protagonist beyond the dictates of a known reality
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court[1] compelling NCR and defendant Korala Associates Ltd. ("KAL") to arbitrate NCR’s claims against KAL‚ pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 206[2] part of Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act‚ see 9 U.S.C. § 201‚ et seq.‚ which implements the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards‚ June 10‚ 1958‚ 21 U.S.T. 2517‚ 330 U.N.T.S. 38. I. BACKGROUND NCR is one of the largest providers of Automatic Teller Machines ("ATM") equipment‚ integrated hardware and software systems
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other similar schemes‚ Madoff’s Ponzi scheme also scammed wealthy and investment savvy individuals that Madoff associated with. Bernard Madoff is a former financier‚ American hedge-fund investment manager‚ chairman of the NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) stock exchange‚ and chairman of the firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. He is the main conspirator of the history’s largest investor fraud committed by a single person. As a result of his
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market by both the conventional and Islamic players. The system of Principal Dealership applies to the government issued bonds; there are currently 10 principle dealers for Islamic bonds‚ the same parties as those for conventional government bonds. The principle dealers are obliged to make market for Government Islamic instruments by quoting 2 way prices‚ and in addition‚ respective lead arrangers will make the market for the Islamic private debt securities. The Islamic bond
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The Bernard Madoff’s Fraud How Madoff Executed the Fraud Madoff’s scheme to defraud his clients at Bernard Lawrence Madoff Investment Securities began as early as 1980 and lasted until its exposure in 2008. Bernard carried out this scheme by soliciting billions of dollars under false pretenses‚ failing to invest investors’ funds as promised‚ and misappropriating and converting investors’ funds to benefit Madoff‚ himself‚ and others without the knowledge or authority of the investors. To execute
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Case study: HK Parkview Group and Cofco Corp http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/09/23/cofco-land-in-hong-kong-reverse-takeover/ http://www.financeasia.com/News/358191‚cofco-to-inject-properties-into-hong-kong-listed-parkview.aspx Hong Kong Parkview Group Ltd is planning to issue shares to buy property assets in China from a unit of its parent‚ Cofco Corp in a reverse takeover that will give its Chinese affiliate greater access to global capital markets. HK Parkview said it would buy 12
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terms of country of issuance‚ Germany makes up ¼ of the market followed by Italy at 13%‚ France at 11% and other Euro area at 15%. Two thirds of repos have a maturity of one month or shorter with the rest up to one year (ECB‚ 2010). US Primary Dealers are the most active participants in the US market and have used repos to finance most of the growth of their balance sheets‚ creating pro-cyclical leverage and an exposure to refinancing risk. In particular the top US Investment banks funded roughly
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fund has many characteristics‚ which are listed below. Investors and backers purchase shares in the mutual fund from within the fund‚ or through a broker or fund agent‚ and cannot buy the shares from other backers on a secondary market such as the NASDAQ stock market or New York Stock Exchange. The amount that investors purchase their mutual funds shares for is the estimated net asset value or NAV per share in addition to any fees that the fund may charge at the time of purpose‚ such as sales charges
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PACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Zipcar is expanding rapidly since it was established in 2000. According to its latest 8-k form‚ for the 2012 first quarter‚ revenue increased 20% to $59.1 million compared to $49.1 million in the prior year period. Revenue growth resulted primarily from a 23% year-over-year increase in membership to more than 709‚000 members at quarter end. But does it really have a sustainable growth to support its expanding and operation? We implement a rough accounting and financial
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newly issued shares in Facebook Inc (FB.O) may have a hard time in the coming week if lead underwriter Morgan Stanley stops supporting the stock and managers lower down in the IPO book who were hoping for an early surge decide to get out before going underwater. Facebook on Friday sold 421 million shares of stock in a deal that valued the company at more than $100 billion. But investors‚ expecting a first-day pop in price‚ instead saw it close just 0.6 percent above the IPO
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