.... rates. This being the first increase in almost five years, it caused quite a stir. When the Fed decides the economy is growing at too quick a pace, or inflation is getting out of hand, it can take actions to slow spending and decrease the money supply. This corresponding with the money equation MV = PY, by lowering both M and V, P and Y can stabilize if they are increasing too rapidly. The Fed does this by selling securities on the open market. This, in turn, reduces bank's reserves and forces the interest rate to rise so the banks can afford to make loans. People seeing these rises in rates will tend to sell their low interest assets, in order to .....

.... partners are Tracy Jackson, James Johnson, Sonja Dawkins, Kevin Brown and Steffi Carr. The restaurant is ideally located on the D.C. waterfront. There it will be easily accessible to a large cross section of consumers and make it possible to provide patrons with a safe and controlled environment. Our establishment brings a relatively new concept to the Districts restaurant industry. What we provide is an everchanging mix of live entertainment to customers while serving all of their drinking and dining needs as well. We are somewhat of a one stop, night on the town, in that we provide not only the drinking and dining needs of person going out but we also pro .....

.... the introduction or spread of a pest or diesease. Also to protect against additives, contaminants, toxins or organisms in food or beverages, and to protect human life from diesease organisms. Many benefits of NAFTA leads to the fact that more factories would be built, even though, the signatory had agreed upon the environmental laws, but the rapid growing factories would still effect the environment more or less. If there happen to be an accident which could've been unproper dispose of chemicals. According to the agreement, the signatory could be fined, however the damaged that's done could not be recovered. I personally think NAFTA is a be .....

.... As we administer towards the future, the concept of acting locally has slowly dissipated, and acting globally has emerged distinctly. "One word constantly encountered in any decision about the 1990s is 'global'". (Toronto Star, 09/11/89) We must all work together by shattering the trade boundaries, and acting as one. Currently, we are seeing concrete steps forward, as Mexico, United States and Canada are almost finished the signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). With this trade agreement, all three countries (Mexico, United States, and Canada) will virtually become one of the best trading partners in the world. With the vast differences .....

.... range of endeavors. They represent industrial and consumer products, healthcare, accounting, and even professional sports. This was surprising to me because I thought that most public relations firms only dealt with one area for the public. For example, a public relations firm that only deals with healthcare clients. Therefore, Dix and Eaton does not specialize in any one area, but they do have expertise in investor relations. It is nice to know that Dix and Eaton is very broad to many areas and represents many companies. It also is positive that this firm has served more than half of these clients for five years or more. This is probably why Dix and Eaton .....

.... trying to get more dollars and cents or better working conditions for people who hold union cards. People who don't enjoy the benefits of union protection get benefits too. "The labour movement was in the forefront of the struggles for public health care, for public education, for minimum wages, holidays and employment conditions."2 1 D. Martin, Form War To Peace, Canadian Labour Congress, Quebec, 1991, P.17 2 Notes On Unions, Canadian Labour Congress, Quebec, 1992, P.1 Union Nowadays "Unions are like businesses: their success depends upon attracting and retaining buyers (new members). Recently, one of the major problems faced by .....

.... in the workplace are very high. By law, it is required that the working environment be a safe one, and employers have to ensure that the workplace is safe and comfortable for all employees. Also, sanitation facilities such as restrooms have to be provided for the employees at any workplace, and also have to be kept in a good condition. As these rules are very strictly enforced, it is very rare to find a workplace not adhering to these regulations. Corruption is virtually non existent, so it would be a rare thing indeed to hear of an employer bribing government officials. In Kenya, however, it is the exact opposite. For example, the fitting technicians a .....

.... standings. The formula does not consider these things simply because they cannot be measured with any accuracy. The work done in the home affects the welfare of the economy because it takes time to care for a house, time that an individual could be working. So in essence, an individual pays themselves to for housework. Also, the underground economy encompasses a considerable amount of the transactions in the economy. This underground economy consists of illicit transactions and the legal ones that cannot be traced. GDP does not include the ecological damage rendered every day by humanity. The pollution caused by everyday life such as trash and the .....