...ECON 2013 Paper Fall 2012 Term: Written Assignment #1: Econ MIA Photo + Essay International airports are typically the engine and lifeblood of economic activities as they typically pump billions of dollars to a local economy. The Miami economy is highly dependent on the tourism, cargo and export/import industries as these are a tremendous source of employment and tax revenue for the city and arguably one of the main contributors to the tourism and export and import industries in any city is its main airport. Miami International Airport (MIA) is no exception to this cardinal rule as it contributes the following statistics to the city of Miami according to the Miami International Airport Website (http://www.miami-airport.com/about_us.asp) and Time Magazine: • an estimated economy impact of $26.7 billion • 282,000 direct and indirect jobs • 1 out of 4 jobs to the local economy • a capital improvement program of $6.2 billion • Nation’s second largest airport for international passengers and cargo • Approximately handles 38 million passengers a year • Largest cut-flower operation in the world (15000 boxes of buds from South America) • 1143 weekly flights to Latin America (largest gateway to Latin America) • 98% of all visitors to Miami arrive by air at MIA • 13.5 million passengers a year between MIA and Latin America • American Airlines with a hub in MIA is the city’s largest private employer The aforementioned statistics are eye popping when one considers that...
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...Essay mill From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An essay mill (also term paper mill) is a resource that allows customers to purchase an original piece of writing on a particular topic. Customers provide the company with specific information about the essay, including: a page length, a general topic, and a time frame with which to work. The customer is then charged a certain amount for each page. [1] Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Products and services 3 Legal status 4 Criticism and controversy 5 Strategies for combating academic fraud 6 See also 7 Further reading 8 References History[edit] The ideology behind term paper mills can be dated back to the mid-nineteenth century in which "paper reservoirs" were located in the basements of Fraternity Houses. Otherwise known as "Fraternity files". these essay banks were practices in which students shared term papers and submitted work that had been done by other students.[2] These essay banks inspired the commercialization of ghostwritten essay-writing practices. As early as the 1950s, advertisements were circulating college campus that described services that included ghostwritten work for dissertations, theses, and term papers.[2] In conjunction with this practice, the changing attitudes of students in the 1960s and 1970s started to stray away from diligent and engaged course work because they saw an emphasis on the benefits of community involvement. A new focus on activities outside of the classroom took away from...
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...1762 he was forced to leave school because the death of his father to support his family financial he served as a tutor. When his siblings were old enough to support their mother, he left to America in search for better opportunities. In 1765 James Wilson...
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...Short essay on Credit Card A barometer of the maturity of an economy with a few exceptions is the stage of development reached by its payment systems. Cash in the form of notes and coins makes up just one form of payment system. The development in banking brought about a second phase in payment system, through paper instruments namely cheques and credit transfers. The requirement for greater flexibility and convenience and development of technology has given rise to electronic payments and this is where plastic cards have been provided with. During 1914, a number of oil companies in United States issued the first credit card to their customers for the purchase of gasoline, oil and accessories at the companies' stations. Thereafter, local departmental stores, air travel companies and railway companies also started issuing credit cards. In 1950, the Diners' Club Inc, was the first company to issue an all purpose card. The Franklin National Bank of New York was, in 1951, the first bank in the United States to adopt a credit card plan. Around 1958, the American Express Company and two large banks, the Bank of America and Chase Manhattan entered the credit card field. Some of these companies introduced their cards into United Kingdom, and in 1966 Barclays Bank was the first British Bank to introduce credit cards, known as 'Barclays Cards'. In 1972 "Access" cards were introduced by Lloyds Bank. Credit Cards by Indian Banks is a recent history. The Credit Card can...
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...in focus for banks: 7 A change in focus for regulators: 7 Financial Summary Indicators: 8 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)-NYSE: 8 Recommendation: 9 Conclusion: 10 Reference: 10 Introduction: J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. is a financial company which is an American multinational banking corporation of securities, investments, financial, and retail. It is in the top ranking and it is world’s second largest banking in the assets. The main job of this banking is that they provide financial services for the assets. They have the assets of nearly $2,509 Trillion. They have the one of the largest hedge fund unit in the United States. They formed this hedge fund in the year of 2000. The hedge fund unit was formed at the period of the Chase Manhattan Corporation was merged with the J.P.Morgan & Co. In United States of America J.P.Morgan is one of the largest banks in the top four lists. The other top banks are Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. According to Bloomberg, J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. is as largest as the Bank of America while comparing with the assets them holding with them. J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. is the 22nd oldest bank in the world in the Bank of Manhattan Company. According to the Forbs Magazine, J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. was at the ranking of 13th previously, now it is in the 16th fortune position from the list of 500. And it is the public company which is based on a multiple ranking positions. In the composite ranking the Bank of...
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...Chapter 9 & 10 Essay Test 1. What were Jackson’s attitudes and policies toward democracy? How did he display them in regards to government, banking, and the law? Jackson’s attitude towards democracy was strong. He formed the Democratic party or the “Jacksonian Democracy.” This promoted the strength of the presidency and executive branch at the expense of Congress while seeking to widen the participation of the public’s participation in government dilemmas. He didn’t want monopolies controlling the people and disliked the banks and wanted to “kill them” believing they were devices to cheat the common people. 2. Explain how Jackson’s actions with the Bank of the United States and the Specie Circular damage the U.S. economy? What did Martin Van Buren do that caused even more damage? President Andrew Jackson refused to renew the charter of Second Bank of the United States which resulted in the withdrawal of government funds from the bank. Martin Van Buren was largely blamed for the panic also. Van Buren's refusal to use government intervention to address the crisis such as emergency relief and increasing spending on public infrastructure projects to reduce unemployment according to his opponents, contributed further to the hardship and duration of the depression that followed the panic. 3. Explain the Cherokee Removal and the part Jackson played. With the Georgia gold rush coming in and countless complaints the United States began the removal of all the...
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...For this essay, I will go over if the government done enough to detect and deter the crime of identity theft. I will also go over how technology made identity theft easier to commit. Also for this essay, I will also go over how will emerging technologies changed the role of the cybercrime investigator. Sources used: http://www.cardhub.com/edu/identity-theft/http://securitycourse.blogspot.com/2010/11/identity-theft-and-increase-in.htmlhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/2453400/the-biggest-data-breaches-of-2014-so-far.htmland http://securitycourse.blogspot.com/2010/11/identity-theft-and-increase-in.html The Fight Against Identity Theft Over the years people look at identity theft and say, “Oh it won’t happen to me. I don’t have a lot of money for people to want.” The thing is identity theft can happen to any with a Social Security Number, medical insurance, and any information useful to cyber criminals. Identity theft can occur when someone gains unauthorized access to someone’s personally identifying information. According to The Federal Trade Commission, there is about nine million Americans experience some form of identity theft. That number may be subjected to fluctuate because it can be consider both crime fighting tactics and methods that criminals use to steal identities over time but the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network received over...
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...beaches. (World Travel Destinations, Culture and History Guide, n.d.) In recent years, Mexico has rapidly developed its tourism sector, the Yucatan peninsula has grown very quickly. Tourism is the fourth largest source of currency income in the country. (Country Profile: Mexico/economies, n.d) The country’s capital city is Mexico City. The primary language spoken is Spanish but there are an estimated 62 other indigenous languages. Most of the population is Roman Catholic. Mexico is a federal democratic republic containing 31 states and a federal district. The estimated population is 114.8 million. Mexico has a GDP of 1.55 trillion US$ as of 2011 census. (The World Bank, 2011) The standard of living in Mexico is split between the north and south, most of Mexico’s poverty being in the south. The second largest source of income is the income earned by Mexicans, approximately 12 million,...
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...towards that leader’s perspectives and or campaign. I think that siding with Mary P. Ryan’s Antebellum Politics as Raucous Democracy would be most beneficial because it is the one essay that sounds mostly what is our democracy is like today. The idea of a democracy is where a system of government is ran by the whole population or all the...
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...Questions CheckPoint: Compare and Contrast Matrix Week Three: On the Road to American Independence CheckPoint: Great Britain and the Colonies Assignment: Seven Years’ War Paper Week Four: The American Revolution and a New Government Discussion Questions CheckPoint: The Confederation Government Table Week Five: Toward Nationalism CheckPoint: Hamilton’s Financial Program CheckPoint: War of 1812 Assignment: Western Expansion Presentation Week Six: Economic and Political Transformation Discussion Questions CheckPoint: The Bank War Week Seven: Social Structure and Transformation in the North and South CheckPoint: Class Structure and Slave Culture Assignment: Perfection Era Paper Week Eight: Expansionism, Sectional Conflict, and Civil War Discussion Questions CheckPoint: Civil War Matrix Week Nine: Civil War Impact on American Society Capstone CheckPoint Final Project: Historical Timeline and Essay HIS 115 Week 1 Assignment - North American Civilization Paper Assignment: North American Civilization Paper Resource: Ch. 1 Interactive exercise, Gutiérrez Map, at the textbook hyperlinked Web site at http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072970871/student_view0/chapter1/psi_source__gutierrez_map.html Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum] Examine the Interactive exercise, Gutiérrez Map, on the Nation of Nations textbook Web site. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper...
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...risk was developed. Essentially, subprime mortgage is a mere part of superficial reasons of the crisis and was induced by other underlying factors which will be discussed in the essay. Due to the current situation, it is necessary to correct such misunderstandings. According to the statistics issued by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, GDP growth rate of China has dropped from nearly 12 per cent three years ago to a more subdued 7.5 per cent in the second quarter. Despite a year and a half of recession, Euro zone’s GDP rose at an annualised rate of 1.1 per cent in the second quarter, this pickup still leaves GDP across the Euro area 0.7 per cent lower than a year ago (The Economist, 2013). This essay will argue that in order to resolve the current economic problems it is crucial to identify the underlying causes rather than accepting superficial reasons. It will also be argued that there are three key reasons for the crisis: monetary policy mistakes, mispricing in capital markets and financial globalisation. Firstly, the mistakes made by the Federal Reserve (the Fed) largely contributed to the burst of the financial crisis. The 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos revolved around the fact that central banks had lost control of the economy by allowing commercial banks, investment banks and other financial...
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...Choose one global crime as a case study and critically evaluate the effectiveness of the transnational policing of this crime. This essay focuses on money laundering and argues the effectiveness of the transnational policing of this crime; money laundering is one of the world’s most prevailing organised crimes. This essay firstly defines policing from contrasting viewpoints of different philosophers as well as identifying modes of the police. I will explore the modes of policing and various definitions of policing; this essay considers definitions and approaches to policing through a transnational concept with influences from prominent figures within the ideology of transnational policing. The conventional process of money laundering is clarified together with implications of the how this global crime effects other crimes as well as society as a whole. Aided with two case studies I give examples of how money laundering takes place; taking into hindsight the effectiveness of the policing of money laundering. This essay also addresses the connection between money laundering and the risk society theory whilst also taking into consideration the contrasting views of domestic police modes and transnational police modes. Through addressing ways in which money laundering is combated through global organisations such as Interpol, I critically address significant notions of the policing of money laundering. Policing is typically understood as a method of crime control; however the...
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...Part | Number of questions | Time | Grade | Part I | 2 out of 3 | 80 minutes | 20 | Part II | 2 out of 3 | 100 minutes | 30 | Total | 4 | 180 minutes | 50 | Good Luck PART I (20 points) In well written essays of around 150 words, answer two of the following questions. 1. Carry out a STEP analysis on the extract about Mannesmann. (10 points) It was clear to many observers that by hiving off its attractive telecoms activities into a separate company Mannesmann risked becoming vulnerable to an unwelcome take-over. Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, however, demanded that Germany treat a British attempt to take over one of its firms with the same fairness extended to Germans buying up business in Britain. He rebuked Gerhard Schroeder for fighting the take-over, making it clear that in the new global economy he should not try to block it. There seems to be widespread suspicion in Germany of everything connected with stock markets. Germany does not have a stock exchange culture, as its economy is dominated by medium-sized companies and companies which are not quoted on the stock market. RB1, Extract 2.10, p.27 ANSWER KEY ContentSociological: * There seems to be widespread suspicion in Germany of everything connected with stock markets. Germany does not have a stock exchange culture, as its economy is dominated by medium-sized companies and companies which are...
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...at all levels. This essay will attempt to identify the problems and challenges in the Media Relations team and the Corporate Communications department as a whole in UBS Americas in the wake of company-wide cultural and procedural changes. It will endeavour to explain them with the help of management theory and offer practical and real solutions. Company Overview, My Team and Role UBS AG is a huge international banking firm, employing over 66,000 employees worldwide. Based in Switzerland, it's second largest branch is based in the United States, with further extensive branches in over 50 countries globally including the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. With the two main branches in Switzerland and the US, the corporate culture has been one of internationalism and at the same time, locality, adopting different practices and processes in each of the main branches. The UBS Americas Investment Bank Corporate Communications department has undergone recent changes. Previously, the department was responsible for handling all PR, external and internal communications objectives for the Investment Bank and Global Asset Management. It was also responsible for Wealth Management Americas branch PR and Financial Advisor (FA) communications across the country. The Media Relations team in the Corporate Communications department was previously responsible for handling all PR and media objectives for equities research analysts and economists in the Investment Bank and also the handling...
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...APUSH Study Guide 8 A weak Confederacy and the Constitution, 1776-1790 Themes/Constructs: The federal Constitution represented a moderately conservative reaction against the democratilizing effects of the Revolution and the Articles of Confederation. The American Revolution was not a radical transformation like the French or Russian revolutions, but it produced political innovations and some social change in the direction of greater equality and democracy. The American Revolution did not overturn the social order, but it did produce substantial changes in social customs, political institutions, and ideas about society and government. Among the changes were the separation of church and state in some places, the abolition of slavery in the North, written political constitutions, and a shift in political power from the eastern seaboard toward the frontier. The first weak government, the Articles of Confederation, was unable to exercise real authority, although it did successfully deal with the western lands issue. The Confederation’s weakness in handling foreign policy, commerce and the Shays Rebellion spurred the movement to alter the Articles. Instead of revising the Articles, the well-off delegates to the Constitutional Convention created a charter for a whole new government. In a series of compromises, the convention produced a plan that provided for a vigorous central government, a strong executive, the protection for property, while still upholding republican...
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