Raising Standards in Mathematics Education: Values‚ Vision‚ and TIMSS Author(s): Donald MacNab Reviewed work(s): Source: Educational Studies in Mathematics‚ Vol. 42‚ No. 1 (2000)‚ pp. 61-80 Published by: Springer Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3483276 . Accessed: 17/01/2013 04:00 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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of Bank Debt and Senior notes. Advantages of Bank debt Bank loans money to the business on the basis of the business and its capacity to service the debt by making timely payments. Banks do not take any ownership position in the company. Bank never gets involved in any aspect of running a business to which a bank grants a loan. Once the loan is paid off then there is no relation or involvement with the Bank. The interest on the Bank loans is tax deductible. Disadvantages of bank debt Bank loans
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CASE 6 Asian Journal of Case Research 1(2): 183 – 192 (2008) Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s Debt Woes NORDALILAH ABD AZIZa‚ ANNUAR MD NASSIRb*‚ AZHAR MOHD NASIRc‚ AND ABU SOFIAN YAAKOBd ABSTRACT Currently‚ as a result of global price escalation of coal and fuel/gas‚ TNB faced a challenging time dealing with increased operational costs as well as managing the existing high debt to support its daily operations. Because of these high borrowings‚ TNB was exposed to excessive financial risks in particular
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raising Intercultural Awareness Nowadays‚ media increasingly become an important sours of raising people’s awareness of different threats and necessities‚ which modern societies rely more and more on it to arise and discuss their news and issues. Moreover‚ one of the important issues a raised by media are those issues related cultural aspects especially subjects linked to culture diversity ‘Multiculturalism’. This will be discussed in depth‚ as it is the core topic of this paper.
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Debt market India Debt market refers to the financial market where investors buy and sell debt securities‚ mostly in the form of bonds. These markets are important source of funds‚ especially in a developing economy like India. India debt market is one of the largest in Asia. Like all other countries‚ debt market in India is also considered a useful substitute to banking channels for finance. The most distinguishing feature of the debt instruments of Indian debt market is that the return is fixed
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Raising the minimum wage is a topic that often brings about much debate. But in the overall aspect‚ what such changes would it bring? People often fight over if it would be more of a good thing or more of a bad thing‚ throwing around misconstrued ideas before actually doing their research just because they heard it somewhere else. Well after much consideration‚ research‚ and discussion it does appear that it would be more beneficial to raise the minimum wage because it wouldn’t only lead to economic
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In her article “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” Carol S. Dweck (2015) Claims that a way to raise smart kids; it to make them focus instead of telling them they have talent or a gift; for this makes them develop a different mindset that could hinder their learning ability and eventually make them more susceptible to failure. Carol S. Dweck is a psychology graduate from Yale university‚ and she has been researching the effect of different mindsets in children to find a way to raise smarter kids.
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Red Bull Brand Equity According to Keller (2008‚ p 53)‚ brand equity is the strong‚ favorable and unique brand associations in the memory of customers. He goes on to identify (p 54) two sources of brand equity: 1.) Brand Awareness; and 2.) Brand Image. Red Bull has well defined tactics for both sources. The Brand Awareness Source for Red Bull Brand Equity Keller (p 54) notes the key elements of Brand Awareness: 1.) Recognition; and 2.) Recall. He postulates that if buy decisions are made at
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INTRODUCTION TO EQUITY VALUATION Equity shares can be described more easily than fixed income securities. However‚ they are more difficult to analyse. Fixed income securities typically have a limited life and a well-defined cash flow stream. Equity shares have neither. While the basic principles of valuation are the same for fixed income securities as well as equity shares‚ the factors of growth and risk create greater complexity in the case of equity shares . As our discussion
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Introduction: The case “Debt Policy at UST Inc.” deals with the progressively lowering growth and the company’s board decision to borrow up to $1 billion over five years to accelerate its stock buyback program. The case talks about how the company has seen its commanding market power decline over the years due to price challenge from smaller companies and has been experiencing slow growth rates due to lack of innovation in recent years. The investors had concerns regarding the future of the company
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