before – MERGER & ACQUISITION of IBM and Pricewaterhouse Consulting 1. WHY – UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROJECT Over the past five years‚ IBM has quietly transformed itself into a "software‚ solution and services" company. With the transformation from a hardware vendor to a solution provider‚ it has entered the area of consulting services. IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) in October 2002 and became the world’s largest technology services company‚ with annual revenue of $40
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Greece Crisis: Analysis‚ Learnings and Takeaways Greece Crisis: Analysis‚ Learnings and Takeaways PGP28303 Aakanksha Sharma PGP28300 Abhishek Sivaraman PGP28302 Sandeep K. Singh PGP28301 Upasana Rustagi PGP28303 Aakanksha Sharma PGP28300 Abhishek Sivaraman PGP28302 Sandeep K. Singh PGP28301 Upasana Rustagi Contents Greek Crisis: Background 2 Greek Crisis: Consequences of sub-prime 3 Greek Crisis: Troika steps in 3 Should Greece leave the Euro Area? 4 Alternatives 5 Key
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certain economic objectives. Since its Independence in 1947‚ India has faced two major financial crises and two consequent devaluation of the rupee. These crises were in 1966 and 1991. The 1966 Devaluation Despite government attempts to obtain a positive trade balance‚ India has had consistent balance of payments deficits since the 1950s. The 1966 devaluation was the result of the first major financial crisis the government faced. Inflation had caused Indian prices to become much higher than world
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this paper is to show that the “regulatory capture” has played a role not easily measurable in causing the global financial crisis. To illustrate this‚ the first step will to describe the “regulatory capture” in its three possible qualifications; then‚ I will explain‚ providing some examples‚ how each of these categories played a possible role in posing the basis for the financial crisis. While illustrating the different forms of capture I will present some questions that leave space to different answers
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Subprime crisis Introduction The subprime crisis is one of the biggest disasters of the financial system. It originated in the US subprime mortgage market in 2006 and within a year it engulfed the financial sector of USA along with numerous mature economies. The weaker income groups comprising the Afro-Americans and the Hispanics suffered home losses. It is projected that the number of subprime foreclosures will reach 2 million‚ if measures are not taken to resolve the crisis. This
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to depend completely on the natural resources‚ before Iceland’s government began a broad policy of financial deregulation. In 2000‚ the Icelandic government started privatization the bank sector. The Icelandic economy entered the European free market. The currency policy has changed to let the krona float freely. (The Central Bank of Iceland) After these radical changes‚ the young Icelandic financial system grew faster than anywhere else in the world. The commercial Icelandic banks have attracted
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The Eurozone crisis (often referred to as the Euro crisis) is an ongoing crisis that has been affecting the countries of the Eurozone since late 2009. It is a combined sovereign debt crisis‚ a banking crisis and a growth and competitiveness crisis.[8] The crisis made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to repay or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties. Moreover‚ banks in the Eurozone are undercapitalized and have faced liquidity problems
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policies in China and the US tackling the international financial crisis In 1930s‚ with the financial globalization‚ interaction and integration‚ countries all around the world have gradually opened their doors to the whole world‚ which‚ means they are no longer isolated in their own financial market but now related to others. As a result‚ financial crisis became very contagious as well. The crisis erupted in one country affected not only the economy
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CAUSES OF POWER CRISIS IN BANGLADESH AND MEASURES TO ERADICATE THE PROBLEM INTRODUCTION 1. Electricity is the air and water of modern civilization. With the invention of electricity human life‚ culture and society has dramatically changed. Present day society demands electricity as the basic need in every moment of human life. It plays a decisive role in agricultural mechanization‚ industrialization‚ urbanization etc. Without electricity‚ communities are unable to participate in the benefits
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Is ASEAN prone to Another Financial Crisis: Risk and Policy Challenge? ♣ Bandid Nijathaworn 1. Introduction The last twenty years have been eventful for the economies of ASEAN in terms of financial crisis and policy management. Since the 1990s‚ the region had gone through two major financial crises‚ one as a region where a crisis began while the other as a recipient of a major crisis. Both provide the ASEAN economies with a wide range of valuable policy experience for assessing the region’s
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