The article discusses statistics related to poverty and income inequality in the U.S. The author includes data from the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau Population Survey showing that 15 percent of Americans‚ roughly 46.5 million people‚ live at or below the government-defined
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Summary:Working at McDonalds In the article‚ Working at McDonalds‚ Sociologist‚ Amitai Etzioni speaks about how teenagers don’t benefit as much from a McDonalds job. Etzioni start off by saying there are over two-thirds of high school students who works at McDonald‚ and many believe fast food is a good first step in the right direction. Fast food restaurants‚ pay more than an average teenagers job‚ but there are downfalls to it. Etzioni has a few examples‚ to prove his claim. He believes there are
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According to a June 5‚ 2013 news article in the MSNBC Post‚ “China’s strength could become its weakness”‚ by John W Schoen talks about why China is imbalanced. China economy is based on very little regulations. China is trying to allow market forces to set interest and exchange rates and encourage greater competition from privately owned companies in Beijing. Considering this was to happen‚ China would then need to look into protection of intellectual property. That’s when it becomes a problem for
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engagement ring‚ which Janis accepted. Unfortunately a year later Rodger broke the engagement off again and asked the ring back. This time however Janis refused to give back the ring. Rodger sued and Janis appealed. The main purpose of this article is to decide whether the receiver of an engagement ring must return the ring or its equivalent value when the donor breaks the engagement. Pennsylvania law treats the giving of an engagement ring as a conditional gift. “ A gift given by a man to woman
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DOING GENDER ARTICLE • 1960s‚ 1970s- sex: ascribed to biology by anatomy‚ hormones and physiology. Gender: achieved status: constructed through psychology‚ cultural and social means • Sex didn’t seem given in ambiguous / conflicting criteria‚ gender less achievement in ant/psyc/social imperatives- division of labour‚ formulation of gender identities‚ social subordination of women by men • Gender socialization theories: gender achieved by age 5 was fixed‚ unvarying and static like sex • Purpose:
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International Marketing – Article Summary & Analysis Going Global with Innovations from emerging economies: Investment in Customer Support Capabilities Pays Off by Susanna Khavul‚ Mark Peterson‚ Drake Mullens‚ and Abdul A. Rasheed Journal of International Marketing‚ Volume 18‚ Number 4‚ December 2010 The authors argue that firms with IPs (Intellectual Property) and strategic intent to internationalize invest in international customer support capabilities to satisfy the demands of their
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Ozone Our Global Sunscreen By Mike Carlowicz t’s not often that scientists get to conduct experiments that seem like they come out of a science fiction novel or a video game. Yet‚ that is what some researchers at NASA did a few years ago. Atmospheric physicists Paul Newman and Luke Oman built a simulation of the Earth’s atmosphere and then proceeded to strip away our protective ozone layer. Their computer model reproduced the chemistry and circulation of the air; natural variations in temperatures
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Marketing Myopia Part A. Basics Concepts and Ideas 1. Near sighted (myopic) view of marketing that focuses on products rather that customers’ needs and wants results in company’s failure to adjust to changes in the market and leads to business’ decline 2. Too narrow definition of the market prevents companies from foreseeing threats from substitution and put them at risk of obsolescence 3. Success of a company depends on human organization and leadership. Part B. Implications
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Introduction Information technology plays an important role to support the relationships between customers and suppliers in financial industry. Different industry faces different competitive and different business practice. Besides‚ we can use information technology to determine the opportunities and threats to the relationships between customers and suppliers. In this research‚ it focus on the financial service industry that is motivated by three factors which are the paucity of research
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Framework for financial reporting: trying to make a new standard (or framework) for the reporting of assets and liabilities‚ changing from historical cost to a fair market value. However‚ hard to agree on what fair value is. Can be exit price (how much you would sell the asset/settle the liability) or entry value (cost of replacing). ! ! Good judgments: We are unconsciously biased which can hurt auditing. Affected by first impression‚ taking the easy route‚ believing what we are told and
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