For over 100 years‚ electricity was a regulated industry in the United States. This practice required consumers to purchase electricity directly from monopolized utility companies where prices are regulated by the government. A law was enacted in California that called for the deregulation of energy. With deregulation‚ consumers would be able to select their preferred suppliers and prices would no longer be governed by a regulatory body. Although consumers in California believed that they would
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the Autos.yahoo.com and the Autotrader.com are two similar websites; they both provide information about the new and used cars. Both websites are visited very often‚ but the web traffic volume of the Autos yahoo is two times larger than the Auto trader. So‚ what makes people choose between those two websites? Appearance‚ usability and navigation are three main principles in the intensity of any website. These principles make to impress about the company and figure what website people should use
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are a slave trader. Why are you in this business? What are your feelings towards your slaves? Do you regard them as people‚ or property‚ or both? How would you justify feeling this way about your slaves? As a slave trader I’m in the business for trade‚ I have no remorse for the slaves I’m dealing with. Therefore‚ I do this for business and for business purpose only. There are times in life when you have to make difficult life-changing decisions to make money and being a slave trader is thought-out
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asset for a certain price at a certain time in future. 2. Explain carefully the difference between hedging‚ speculation‚ and arbitrage. Ans: A trader hedges when he/she has an exposure to the price of an asset and takes a position in a derivative to offset the exposure. In the case of speculation‚ the trader has no such exposure to offset. The trader is simply betting on the future movements of the asset. Arbitrage involves taking a position in two or more markets to lock in a profit. 3. Can
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Analysis of Wireless Security Vulnerabilities‚ Attacks‚ and Methods of Protection Abstract - The rapid adoption and highly distributed nature of wireless networks has made it vulnerable to attacks and calls for innovative strategies of defense for network security. The lack of cables and transfer of information over airwaves makes data exchange more susceptible to interception. Furthermore‚ it is difficult to implement effective methods of security without sacrificing the quality and speed of network
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There was much diversity between Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean trade. For example‚ in the Mediterranean‚ sailors used square sails and long banks oars to maneuver among the sea’s many islands. But the traders of the Indian Ocean built sails the shape of triangles and did not use oars. Another example would be that the Indian Ocean ship builders would make the ships by piercing and tying planks of wood and then caulking them together with bitumen. The shipbuilders of the Mediterranean‚ however
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scale traders. The purpose of this research proposal therefore will be to assess the challenges facing small scale enterprises in Kenya‚ the extent to which government policies affects the growth of small scale enterprises and the contributions of small scale enterprises to the economy. A descriptive research design will be adapted for the study. The population of the study shall consist of small scale traders at Wajir Soko Mjinga market. A simple random sample will be taken from the traders at Soko
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Ernest Hemingway is the author of the Spot the Dog Novels. Well‚ that is a bit inaccurate. The real author is Eric Hill. However‚ a rogue edit on Wikipedia changed the information to portray Hemingway as the real writer of the much beloved Spot the Dog Novels that are aimed primarily at kids. The good news is that Wikipedia editors quickly noticed the inaccurate edits and they were undone. No longer was Spot the Dog a whiskey drinker that liked to light up smokes and muse his problems in a bar. The
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and oligopolies (Colander‚ 2010). Trader Joe’s is a grocery store that offers upscale grocery fare such as; organic produce‚ nutritional supplements‚ and health foods. Trader Joe’s was founded by Joe Coulombe and started in 1958 as a small chain of convenient stores in Greater Los Angeles Area called Pronto Markets. Since then‚ Trader Joe’s has expanded and now has around 375 stores in 30 or more states ("Trader Joe ’s Company Competition‚ 2012). Trader Joe’s market may be viewed as a monopolistic
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African Civilizations But many Bantu people also stayed in West Africa. For instance‚ there were certainly people living at Djenne-Djeno‚ in modern Mali‚ far up the Niger river in West Africa‚ around 250 BC. By 300 AD‚ the men and women of Djenne-Djeno were trading along the Niger river with other West African communities to get iron and good stone to make grindstones. They buried dead people in tall pots that stood in between their houses. By 500 AD‚ there were about 20‚000 people living in Djenne-Djeno
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