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How To Become The Owner Of A Small Business
<view this essay>.... certain area. Use as many sources of information you can find. Study people who made an impact on the area and why? You may also search for your niche. Niche marketing is finding a small business demand for something. In the area there may be need for a store holding phone cards or something. You profit so from niches. How do you decide on a profit? The best to go about is to read and study your surroundings for what's needed and not around. It is wise to search the market. Some key to remember may be How large is industry your thinking of going into? Where is the market for the company and the size? What are the size and distrubution of income within .....
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China's Economic Growth Due To Recent Foreign Policies
<view this essay>.... investment by opening newly expanded industries
to out-of-country investors. Effects of this sudden change in economic strategy
by a world power can be felt by practically every nation of the globe involved
in international trade. The change in the amount of imports and exports to and
from China will increase the demand on countless markets, from automobile, to
petrochemical, to pharmaceuticals, and optical fiber. Also, with all the
foreign investment China is receiving, the socialistic republic will only grow
more and more interdependent upon the world economy. However, the impressive
growth rate of China's economy is not without its shortcomings. Pro .....
Number of words: 1258 | Number of pages: 5 |
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Social Security
<view this essay>.... I had been to the issue prior to my
investigation, I realized a tragic irony which exists quite commonly within our
society today; young people are not taught to save for retirement.
I think that many of my friends do not even think much of saving for their
college graduation, let alone for their retirement. Eventually, however, most
of us will reach a point in our lives where work shall come to an end, yet the
existence of living expenses will not. Social security, many of us find out;
will provide us with a monthly check at this point. What we do not realize,
however, is that this amount is not intended to be used as our sole source of
income.
U .....
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Pan American World Airways, Inc
<view this essay>.... by a reserve of $25.7 million related to the loss on
sale of Pan Am's subsidiary, which is responsible for the marketing of
excess inventory, and 18 million of year-end adjustments.
Pan Am's passenger traffic was strong in 1988. An increase of 12.2
percent on capacity of 11.2 percent. This was due to the result of
strengthening of various European currencies against the U.S. dollar, fare
increases in the market, enhanced management systems and procedures, as
well as programs to reduce the dependence on wholesale ticket distributions
throughout the Atlantic, Latin America, Domestic, and systemwide.
Eventhough revenue was strong in 1988, labor and ot .....
Number of words: 1404 | Number of pages: 6 |
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Economic Intervention
<view this essay>.... One large example of
government over-involvement is in the case of our correctional facilities and
prisons.
Should a person who has broken the law be given better lodgings and better care
than someone who is a law abiding citizen? We see examples such as prisons
being outfitted for the care of inmate's children. This is an area in which
government money is being improperly spent. Money that is being used in these
areas should be being put to better use in areas such as health and welfare.
People who are free and law abiding should be receiving this money to better
their lives not someone who has had no previous respect for the laws of our
country. .....
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Operating Strategy
<view this essay>.... the wealthy, and company
employees with health insurance (108 million in 1994 ). Half of the middle class
able to pay for private health care.
· Current Market Status : Most hospitals are state run at very low cost, low
tech, and low quality. Private medical facilities are available - highly
specialized, charging market rate (not latest technology but provides privacy
and intimacy). Treatment of a complex ailment in a private institution is more
time consuming and expensive.
· Economic liberalization : domestic and multinational companies - more
competition
· Demography : urban, high income as dictated by upper middle class and elite
class, neighborin .....
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U.S Auto Industry's Market Share And Fluctuations
<view this essay>.... of the market and produce about 2.7 million
automobiles per year.
General Motors Company, the world's largest automobile producer, originally was
composed of four major vehicle manufacturers- Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and
Oakland which became Pontiac. Presently, General Motors is made up of Buick,
Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn. During the first thirty
years of operation GM's only major competition was from U. S. manufacturers.
However, since the first foreign truck was imported from Japan in 1956, GM's
share of the market began to decline. Foreign cars were smaller, more fuel
efficient, less expensive, and often more reliable than the .....
Number of words: 932 | Number of pages: 4 |
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Economics: The American Government
<view this essay>.... benefits to only retired
workers in commerce or industry. In 1939, Congress amended the act to benefit
and dependent children of retired workers and widows and children of deceased
workers . In 1950, the act began to cover many farm and domestic workers, non
professional self employed workers, and many state and municipal employees.
Coverage became nearly universal in 1956, when lawyers and other professional
workers came under the system.
Social security is a government program that helps workers and retired workers
and their families achieve a degree of economic security. Social security also
called social insurance (Robertson p. 33), provides cash payments .....
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