The Bank for International Settlements (Bank for International Settlements‚ BIS) is the oldest international financial institution in the world‚ having been in operation since 1930. With its headquarters in Basel‚ Switzerland‚ the BIS assists central banks regarding the investment of cash reserves‚ provides a forum for international monetary cooperation‚ acting as agent or trustee in the execution of international loan agreements‚ and engages in extensive economic research. The BIS is involved
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Aboriginals have always had a strong link between them and the land with the belief of the Dreamtime and the art‚ symbols‚ rituals and totems that came with it. After the white settlement‚ the way in which aboriginals lived their everyday life took a dramatic turn. It had affected their culture for many generations with a disconnection with the land to them. Captain cook arrived to Australia in 1770 and it was believed that there was at least 750 000 Aborigines living in 600 different tribes in
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Spanish Settlement In 1492 Columbus landed on Hispaniola‚ territory that belongs to the Caribbean Islands. The discovery of a new continent aroused curiosity among European nations. As a result‚ many of them traveled to explore the New World in search of resources. These explorations led to the colonization of America‚ which began one year after the discovery of Hispaniola. By 1502‚ the Spanish explorer Nicolas de Ovando established a base in Hispaniola. This represented the beginning of the Spanish
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The controversy that I’ve chosen is the Marvel/Kirby settlement agreement. The family of the comic book legend Jack Kirby sued Marvel for rights to the characters that he had created over the years. The Kirby’s had sought to terminate grants of copyrights to the characters‚ under section 304 (c) (2) of the copyright act of 1976. According to Jacob Reiser (2014)‚ “This copyright act will grant an author or his/her descendants the right to recovered an author’s copyrights granted or transferred to
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Turkey and the Dispute Settlement Mechanism The Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) of the WTO constitutes the guarantee of the legal structure arising from the WTO Agreements. This mechanism is only applied to trade disputes between WTO Member states and arising from government policies but the disputes between person and firms are out of the scope of DSM. The main purpose of the mechanism is to ensure that WTO Members act in accordance with the WTO Agreement‚ to protect the rights and obligations
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My ambition is to become a Architect. Architecture (Latin architectura‚ after the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton – from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder‚ carpenter‚ mason") is both the process and the product of planning‚ designing‚ and constructing buildings and other physical structures. Architectural works‚ in the material form of buildings‚ are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements
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The displacement of Indians and the enslavement of Africans tarnished the early history of European settlement in the New World’. Illustrate this statement by discussing the African slave trade and relations between European settlers and the various Native American peoples. America was regarded as the continent of new opportunities‚ religion freedom‚ new ideas‚ innovation. In other words‚ it was claimed to be the New World. Many people headed to America hoping to give a new beginning to
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Reducing Foreign Exchange Settlements A company that regularly conducts business in multiple countries must spend a considerable amount of time settling foreign exchange transactions. It may buy and sell the same currencies many times over as it processes individual payables and receivables. There are three ways to reduce the volume of these transactions‚ depending on the number of parties involved: Unilateral Netting: A company can aggregate the cash flows amongst its various subsidiaries to
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At Moore River Settlement‚ the sun beats remorselessly down on the red earth beneath my feet‚ a harsh reminder of how far I am from home. It’s been more than a year since they took me from my family. That day was really like an etching in my mind: the panic in my mother’s voice‚ the men dragging me‚ and the burning feeling of confusion and anger as I drove further from everything I had known. They say it’s for our own good‚ to teach us to live like white people and give us a better chance. But in
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In the early settlement of America‚ disease and forced labor played a significant role. In the Spanish colonies from Florida and Southward‚ smallpox took an enormous toll on the conquerors and the native peoples. The so-called “black legend” regarding the Spanish and Portuguese was actually somewhat true‚ but also somewhat misleading. The concept held that “the conquerors merely butchered or tortured the Indians (‘killing for Christ’)‚ stole their gold‚ infected them with smallpox‚ and left little
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