RESEARCH ESSAY Cases under the law of mistake can be divided into common‚ mutual and unilateral mistake; however this discussion is based on unilateral mistake‚ as Stephen Graw said: “Operative unilateral mistake occurs when only one party in the contract is mistaken‚ the other party is or should be aware of that mistake and yet he purports to proceed with the agreement anyway.” Cases under unilateral mistake can be divided into three categories: Firstly mistaken identity‚ secondly mistake as to
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Corporate Transparency vs. Business Performance Throughout history‚ mankind has had innumerable moments of corruption and greed. From the City-State wars in ancient Greece to the organized crime during the prohibition‚ human beings have always been prey to the desires of wealth and power. While our current society may seem civilized compared to those eras‚ the shallow traits which haunted mankind then are still in play in today’s society. There are always going to be people looking for a way to
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I had a sweetly amusing experience recently while listening to an FM radio station on my way back home. A caller‚ probably a boy in his late teenage‚ was narrating how excitedly he was awaiting the coming of 14 April‚ i.e. the Pahela Baishakh. The reason was‚ this would be the first ever Pahela Baishakh celebration in Bangladesh as he had been born and brought up in a foreign land. I was touched by the passionate fervour of his voice that was more like the ecstatic impatience of a lover waiting for
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The crisis situation chosen for the assignment is about the Knight Capital Group’s trading issue in the third quarter of 2012‚ which wiped off over 75% of Knights’ market capitalization. Knight Capital Group‚ is a global financial services that provides market making‚ electronic execution‚ and institutional sales and trading for its clients. At its peak‚ the firm’s high-frequency trading algorithms accounted for almost 20% of all U.S. equities‚ with a market share of 17.3% on NYSE and 16.9% on
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political outcome‚ and even the time span of the revolution itself. In the case of the Russian Revolution‚ the starting-point presents no problem: almost everyone takes it to be the "February Revolution" of 1917‚ which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the formation of the Provisional Government. But when did the Russian Revolution end? Was it all over by October 1917‚ when the Bolsheviks took power? Or did the end of the Revolution come with the Bolsheviks ’ victory in the Civil War
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Chapter 3 continued... Every acct on adj trial bal is used only once in creating first 3 financial stmts. Point of closing is to bring RE up to date - in doing that‚ we zero out temp accts. 4 kinds of closing entries: 1) close out Revenue - debit Rev CR Income Summ (normal credit bal) (only exists long enough for closing entries) - companies may be closing hundreds of rev or exp accts 2) close out Expense accts - list every single acct DR Income Summ CR Exp accts 3) DR Income Summ
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Comparison and Contrast2 Westside Story vs. The Warriors In this paper I discuss similarities between Westside Story and The Warriors as well as differences. I will bring to life both movies to my audience and make value judgments about what make one better than the other. Westside Story is a ten time Oscar Award winning musical classic said to be adapted from the romantic tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. The movie was produced in the 1960’s when it was forbidden for women to be in gangs or even
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which was only available from 3 am to 3 pm the next day. For others who could afford their own trishaw‚ the working hours were more flexible. trishaws ensured the survival of “informal sector businesses” such as hawkers‚ street peddlers and petty traders by ferrying goods for them.20 Trishaws also played a crucial role in sustaining socially illicit activities like gambling and prostitution by ferrying patrons into the back alleys of shop houses where such activities took place. Trishaw riders have
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2.4 Galileo Galilei: Sixteenth-Century “New Scientist” 1. In your own words explain why Albert Einstein considered Galileo to be the “father of modern science” Albert Einstein considered Galileo to be the father of modern science because of how many of Galileo’s discoveries have become the basis of today’s science. 2. Why did Galileo choose to use a ramp to perform his acceleration experiment? Technology during Galileo’s time was still quite primitive. His experiment which required him to drop
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had a very interesting background along with a great record of accomplishments‚ he is just like a modern day Donald J. Trump. Hamilton’s mother was Rachel Fawcett Lavien who was married to John Lavien. Hamilton’s biological father was a Scottish trader named James Hamilton. John Lavien was a very abusive husband towards Rachel. He was so abusive that he threw her in jail for having an
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