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Non-Banking Financial Institutions
Any institution which is not a bank as defined by legislation but is involved in finance, such as investment banks, merchant banks, finance companies, building societies, credit unions and life offices. Some, such as merchant banks and finance companies, were often established or acquired by banks (before the early... citește mai departe
AIG - World's Biggest Domino Piece
Introduction In this project we are going to present the implication of AIG in the financial crisis, how their greed led them from mistake to mistake, underestimating the high risks of the market due to their 90 years experience in insurance and to the size of the company taking into consideration that they have... citește mai departe
România and the European Union
The first contacts between Romania and the European Union Romania was the first country from the communist block to establish, in March 1990, formal relationships with the E.C. The relationships between the two parties have been initiated at the end of the ‘60s, in an intense period of national opening of Ceausescu... citește mai departe
British Museum
Introduction The British Museum is one of the great museums of the world and, after Blackpool Beach, is Britain's most popular tourist attraction (in excess of six million visitors a year). With over four million exhibits-a number increasing daily with the stream of new acquisitions, discoveries and bequests-ranged... citește mai departe
Narrative Structure - An Introduction to Narratology
1. GÉRARD GENETTE AND HIS THEORY OF NARRATIVE DISCOURSE (NEW YORK: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1980) Genette proposes a new terminology: - Story (French. Histoire) for the signified or narrative content; - Narrative (French Récit) for the signifier/ statement/ discourse/ narrative text itself; - Narrating... citește mai departe
Computers - Boon to Human Life
Some people say that the invention of computers is one of the greatest humankind's inventions. However, other people think that computers make their life more stressful. I agree with those people who think that computers brought many benefits and play a very important role in our modern life. First of all, every... citește mai departe
Mass Media
1. "Mass media"- definition of the term "Mass media" is a deceptively simple term encompassing a countless array of institutions and individuals who differ in purpose, scope, method, and cultural context. Mass media include all forms of information communicated to large groups of people, from a handmade sign to an... citește mai departe
About Petroleum
Introduction Oil and gas seeps have been known since earliest recorded history. Sticky black asphalt was used by the Babylonians as a roofing material, the ancient Egyptians used it to preserve their dead, and Noah supposedly caulked his Ark with it. In Azerbaijan gas seeps have burned for centuries, and therefore... citește mai departe
Introduction to Intercultural Communication
1. Introduction to Intercultural Communication I chose this topic for my essay because I found it interesting to analize how people from different cultures come together to work and communicate with each other without taking into consideration barriers between them (religion, social status, beliefs, habits).... citește mai departe
Canada
Introduction Montreal the metropolis in the south-west of Canada and biggest town of the French speaking province Quebec has always been famous for its bilingual society. The majority of the citizens consist of Franco-Canadians but in spite of the official language being French one could easily get along his whole... citește mai departe
Doing Business în the UK
give them the neccesary time to learn and to evaluate: you as a person, the company and the proposal make sure you have enough business cards with you the precedent play a decisive role in the decisional process the humor represents a basic component of business discussions Punctuality is especially important... citește mai departe
US educational system, controversial problems
Introduction In the beginning of the project I will briefly present aspects and the structure of the educational system, and then I will debate some present problems that occur nowadays in United States education. American education is a complex topic, generally reflecting the values and priorities of the society,... citește mai departe
Google - A Story that Will Continue for Years to Come
Google a story that will continue for years to come One may think of Google only as a search engine, but this is not entirely true, Google is more than that, in fact we may say that its mission “is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. People could say that Google is an... citește mai departe
The Phenomenon of Slang
Introduction As is known any verbal language is a live phenomenon. The majority of new words arises and evolves by a quite natural way from concrete situations. So, the beginning of new subjects, things, objects, ideas or events is accompanied by occurrence of new words for their explanation and spelling. The... citește mai departe
Negotiation Between Representatives of Two Companies
Pasmatex Ltd., 124 Independenţei Street, 256432 Bucharest, Romania, on the one part, and Collorella Ltd, 23 Via Berteloni Street, 00132, Rome, Italy, on the other part, agree on 3 April 2008, to the following terms. Pasmatex Ltd., is represented by X., Purchasing Manager Collorella Ltd., is represented by Y ,... citește mai departe
Bankrupt Risk în Feed Distribution Branch
ABSTRACT The managers of Romanian companies need to have a more suitable instrument to evaluate the risks of their business, in order to take the best decisions. In this article, we are intending to present a score function in order to calculate the bankrupt risk for a special domain: feed distribution. All... citește mai departe
2012 - Cultural Disaster
Maya was one of the best known civilisation from Mezoamerica. According to this civilisation on 12 December 2012, during the winter solstice, the Earth will align with the Sun, wich will be in the middle of the Milky Way equator, forming what the ancient Maya called "The Holly Three". As a result of these... citește mai departe
Advertising
What is advertising? Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to purchase or to consume more of a particular brand of product or service. Many advertisements are designed to generate increased consumption of those products and services through the creation and... citește mai departe
Victorian era - fashion, morality, the condition of women
The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Although commonly used to refer to the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901, scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and... citește mai departe
Foreign affairs of the USA
Amenajarea Ergonomica a unui SupermarketINTRODUCTION The United States has the largest national economy in the world, with a GDP for 2005 of 12.41 trillion dollars. In this mixed economy, corporations and other private firms make the vast majority of microeconomic decisions, and governments prefer to take a minimal... citește mai departe
Persuasion and Influence Strategies în Business Negotiation
The theme approached in my literature review has the scope of pointing out some strategies concerning business negotiation. Many people tend to underestimate the importance of negotiation, but in fact , the ability to negotiate is vital nowadays for a professional buyer. And the best way to do this job with optimal... citește mai departe
Some Aspects Regarding US Immigration
The social historian, Oscar Handlin, in one of the most well-known of all works on American immigration, The Uprooted, declared: “Once I thought to write a history of immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history” (Handlin 1951:3). So, according to Handlin, not only did the... citește mai departe
Supply and Demand
The price P of a product is determined by a balance between production at each price (supply S) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price (demand D). 2, along with a consequent increase in price and quantity Q sold of the product. Supply and demand is an economic model describing effects on price... citește mai departe
Financial Crisis
Germany during the Great Depression: selling welfare stamps on the streetThe term financial crisis is applied broadly to a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many financial crises were associated with... citește mai departe
London Sights
It lies astride the River Thames 50 miles(about 80 km)upstream from its estuary on the North Sea.In satellite photographs the metropolitan can be seen to sit compactly in a Green Belt of open land.The growth of the built-up area was halted by strict town planning controls in the mid-1950s.Its physical limits more or... citește mai departe