Biofuels Coal and crude oil are non-renewable resources. They take so long to form that they cannot be replaced once they have all been used up. This means that these fossil fuels are likely to become more expensive as they begin to run out. Petrol‚ diesel and other fuels produced from crude oil make a range of harmful substances when they are burned‚ including: carbon dioxide carbon monoxide water vapour particulates (solid particles) sulfur dioxide oxides of nitrogen or NOx. Biodiesel Biodiesel
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THE STORY OF "GREENFREEZE" In the spring of 1992 Greenpeace brought together scientists who had extensively researched the use of propane and butane as refrigerants‚ with an East German company DKK Scharfenstein. The company had been producing refrigerators for 50 years and was the leading household appliance manufacturer in the former East Germany. After reunification‚ however‚ it faced severe economic problems and was due to be closed down. The meeting between the scientists and DKK Scharfenstein
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GLOBAL WEALTH REPORT 2011 _36 Wealth of nations Countries differ greatly in the levels and pattern of wealth holdings. The following pages provide a picture of the variety of country circumstances and the range of experiences. While data quality is good in the rich countries that have most of the world’s wealth‚ when we look more broadly‚ quality is far from uniform. On the following pages‚ we highlight some of the most interesting countries. All of these have data on mean household wealth and
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Strategic Management. Shareholders Report. Merck Co Inc. Merck Co Inc. (hereinafter referred as “Merck”) is US pharmaceutical company which have had created‚ manufactured and made various distribution models of drugs avalaible. One of the german Mercks’ chemists Anton Kollisch was the first to synthesize 3‚4 metilendioxide-N-methamphetamin (also known as MDMA. Merck was the first company to get the patent to MDMA numbered 274 350 in 1914. Firstly‚ the competitive advantages that Merck
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Community Cultural Wealth by Dr. Taray-Yosso cultural wealth is defined as an areal of knowledge‚ skills‚ abilities and contacts possessed and utilized by communities of color to survive and resist operations. Although cultural wealth deals with the many skills aspects of economic growth‚ both of which are crucial to the attainment of higher education nonetheless cultural wealth can be categorized into three defiant groups known as cultural ties‚ cultural capital and cultural wealth. The success of
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Strategic Alternatives Available to the Organization First‚ we want Nike to play a role in effecting positive‚ systemic change in working conditions within our industries. If our efforts lead to a workplace oasis -- one solitary and shining example in a desert of poor conditions -- then we’ve not succeeded. Even if that single shining example were to exist (and we’re not claiming it does)‚ we’ve learned that positive changes won’t last unless the landscape changes. Our challenge is to work with
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MOTIVATION OF WEALTH: In the Great Gatsby there is a motivation of wealth for Gatsby‚ he is a man who thinks that he can win over Daisy by resorting to crime to do so. His idea is that if he gains money and has parties and becomes glamorous like Daisy is‚ she will come back to him‚ for this was a time where social status mattered and Daisy was in the same social place as Tom‚ making them a perfect match. Gatsby grew up poor‚ but when he met Dan Cody with his yacht and abundance of money he started
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BY jitesh kundalia “WEALTH MANAGEMENT WITH REFERNCE TO ANAND RATHI FINANCIAL SERVICES” A REPORT ON 2013 A REPORT ON “WEALTH MANAGEMENT WITH REFERNCE TO ANAND RATHI FINANCIAL SERVICES” BY JITESH KUNDALIA 12BSP0525 A report submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements of PGPM Program of IBS BANGALORE. Date of Submission: 13th June 2013. DECLARATION
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Mary Political Economy January 10‚ 2010 Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Pose a Security Threat to Western States? Sovereign wealth funds have been on the international economic scene since the middle of the 20th century. The Kuwait Investment Authority‚ for example‚ was created in 1953. (Lyons‚ p.25) However‚ until lately they had gone either unnoticed or ignored by the majority of political commentators. Several factors have brought them to the center of attention in economic and political
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Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value The goal of countless corporations around the world is to create value for their shareholders in the most profitable ways possible. In this article‚ Rappaport put together some familiar business wisdom to present ten simple principles to help company to create the most effective shareholder value. The first principle urges companies not to manage earnings or provide earnings guidance. Companies unable to adopt this principle of shareholder value are unlikely
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