THE VIETNAMESE STOCK MARKET By Roberta S. Karmel Thirty years ago‚ I never imagined I would be visiting Vietnam and be warmly welcomed as an American‚ witnessing a nation enjoying economic growth and increasing prosperity‚ despite some of the lingering ill effects of Agent Orange in the countryside. Yet‚ last month‚ as part of a delegation from the Financial Women’s Association‚ I had the good fortunate to travel to Vietnam and meet with government officials and others and learn about business developments
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rallies. I first believed that protest songs must directly address an issue that the artist or group of people wish to see changed in the near future. After doing some research I found that protest songs do not explicitly state that they are wishing for change. The song “Paper Planes” by M.I.A‚ or Mathangi Arulpragasm‚ is by my definition of the phrase‚ a protest song. This song was written in 2007‚ just a year after Mathangi Arulpragasm could not get a work visa into the United States due to racial profiling
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When a sub-ordinate nation is ruled by a more dominant nation‚ the dominant nation passes on most of its cultural traits‚ most notably language‚ onto the sub-ordinate nation through power. This transfer of one culture onto another‚ is what we call‚ cultural imperialism. The language that is believed to be the dominant language today is the ‘English’ language‚ which obviously comes from the western culture. In today’s world you see English spoken almost everywhere‚ in India its even the co-official
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Scottish Independence and the Referendum A general overview of the upcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. Introduction Described as Scotland ’s "biggest choice since 1707" (McLean et al‚ 2013‚ p. ix)‚ the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence will provide a pivotal event for the current and future populations of Scotland as voters get the opportunity to decide whether or not they are to remain a part of Great Britain or become an independent nation. As McLean et al (2013) have
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homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbf The impact of bond rating changes on corporate bond prices: New evidence from the over-the-counter market Anthony D. May * Price College of Business‚ University of Oklahoma‚ 307 West Brooks‚ Norman‚ OK 73019‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t I study the information content of bond ratings changes using daily corporate bond data from TRACE. Abnormal bond returns over a two-day event window that includes the downgrade (upgrade) are negative
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To what extent was Facebook ’right’ to become a PLC Facebook is a social networking service‚ which was controversially started in the United Sates by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. The website’s membership was initially limited to Harvard students‚ but was expanded to other universities‚ and gradually globalization. In 2012 Mark Zuckerberg decide to convert the structure of Facebook from a Private Limited Company to Public Limited Company. Facebook values shares at ￡24 each‚ and Facebook shares began
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In recent years human resource (HR) managers have been encouraged to play a more strategic role in their organizations‚ especially in the case of extensive organizational change processes such as international mergers and acquisitions (IM&As). Today this requirement is even more acute since the past decade has been characterized by enormous growth in IM&As. In addition‚ it has been argued that the challenge in making M&As work is the management of people. In a case of IM&As the role of HR managers
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Energy crisis in Pakistan and its solutions admin July 3‚ 2012 1 Pakistan is facing a big and serious energy crisis which is increasing with the passage of time and the government of Pakistan has remained fail to control this and fix this issue. In spite of the growing ratio of economical growth in the entire world‚ Pakistan is stuck with the same energy crisis specifically from the last 5 years. Government has conducted many National Energy Conferences on provisional and national level‚ but they
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. Acquisition of Business ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS BY A LIMITED COMPANY‚ GENERALLY‚ REFERS TO THE PURCHASE OF A NON-CORPORATE BUSINESS LIKE SOLE- PROPRIETORSHIP OR PARTNERSHIP FORM OF BUSINESS BY A COMPANY. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT A LIMITED COMPANY CANNOT ACQUIRE THE BUSINESS OF A CORPORATE BODY‚ I.E.‚ ANOTHER LIMITED COMPANY. BUT STRICTLY SPEAKING‚ THE ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS OF A LIMITED COMPANY BY ANOTHER LIMITED COMPANY COMES UNDER THE PURVIEW OF “AMALGAMATION‚ ABSORPTION AND
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billion takeover offer after a battle that lasted more than 180 days. In June 2008‚ InBev made an offer to acquire Anheuser for $46.3bn‚ valuing each share at US$65. But the Anheuser Board rejected the offer saying it undervalued the company. The case explores the circumstances that led to Anheuser accepting InBev’s offer and provides a detailed account of the deal. Issues: » Understand the issues and challenges in Mergers and Acquisitions‚ particularly those involving a hostile takeover. » Analyze
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