The 2008 World Economic Crisis: Global Shifts and Faultlines The last months of 2008 witnessed what is being called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of 1929-30. The first indications of a serious crisis appeared in January 2008. On 15 January‚ news of a sharp drop in the profits of the Citigroup banking led to a sharp fall on the New York Stock Exchange. On 21 January a spectacular fall in share prices occurred in all major world markets‚ followed by a series of collapses
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Vice President Jejomar Binay also took the oath administered by Morales. In a brief but highly symbolic move‚ President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo formally relinquished her post to President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino. FIRSTS’ AND AMUSING FACTS ABOUT NOYNOY AQUINO President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III may have made history as the first chief executive elected in an automated election. But do you know he holds more firsts? In a document issued by historian and Aquino’s inauguration spokesman
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It is almost a month when we had our educational tour for our subject‚ History 23‚ which toured us in historical places of Batangas and Laguna. Packed with excitement to learn and to see ancestral things‚ I prepared my things up even before the exact date of our tour. It was on the first day of August 2012‚ Wednesday at 6:00 in the morning‚ when our journey which I called “time travel” begun. Our first itinerary was on the ancestral house of Dr. Jose Rizal in Calamba‚ Laguna‚ where our national
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Ma. Rhea C. Andaya 2010-24782 A Piece of the Real World It is always nice to listen to accomplished people talk about their life‚ how they began‚ how they persevered‚ and how they came to where they are now. Such is how I felt when I was listening to Mr. Diosdado “Ding” Salvador while he talked in class. True‚ there may have been times that my mind was wandering‚ but I believe I was able to pick up the valuable parts of his stories. Most of what I picked up is actually quotations from him
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The Kapitalism- our improved formula is a documentary produced by Solomon Alexandru‚ released on April 2010‚ presenting the Romanian transition throw two systems‚ from communism to capitalism considered the “improved formula”. Taking to the surface the old habits from the old system‚ The documentary is like an imagination exercise of “going into to the feature”. The narrator starts imagining Ceausescu‚ the leader from the communism system enjoying after 20 years in the capitalism system. In that
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Jose Rizal The movie tells the life and struggles of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ our national hero and martyr of the Philippines. It covers his life from his childhood to his execution at the hands of the Spanish forces colonizing the Philippines. The film show what kind of life we have under the Spanish colonizer and how the friars use the religion to control the Filipinos. Filipino’s life was full of misfortunes. The Filipinos were unfairly treated and discriminated by the Spaniards. This is the reason
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PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY The film was a great watch especially for techno-geeks like me. Not that I have each and every gadget ever made by man‚ but we can say that I am easily amazed and curious about a lot of things including computers and such. Pirates of Silicon Valley shows a part of the history of computers‚ how it develops‚ and a part of the rivalry between the two main competitors of this age‚ Apple and Microsoft. The film shows how Steve Jobs of Apple Computers is easily deceived
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WWW.JAGRANJOSH.COM SSC COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL (MAIN) EXAMINATION 2012 QUESTION PAPER SSC Combined Graduate Level (Main) Examination 2012 Question Paper 1. (a) ������ ������.������������������������������������ ������.������������������������������������ =? 9 44 27 44 (b) (c) 44 9 (d) 27 42 2. Complete the series 7‚ 26‚ 63‚ 124‚ 215‚ 342‚? (a) 481 (b) 511 (c) 391 (d) 421 3. A woman sells to the first customer half her stock of apples and half an apple‚ to
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The piece is about the effects of the declining English literacy in our country due to various reasons like mislaid nationalism and the media. The author wrote this article in order to let us recognize problems that our country is facing. It is indicated that‚ even though‚ us‚ Filipinos are regarded as one of the largest English-speaking countries‚ it cannot be denied that most of us do not seem to know how to speak English properly. And prior to this‚ rises a problem that has to do with many things
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The Blackbeard’s Seafood Island Marketing Strategy: Promoting Lenten Season Discount I. Viewpoint Blackbeard’s Seafood Island is one of the restaurants in the metro offering affordable seafood dishes that give a unique appeal to the market. Blackbeard’s Seafood Island is known for its boodle. Boodle fight is a military style of eating where foods were served in banana leaves‚ and eating with bare hands. This concept all started when the first branch opened at Market Market where it is
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