IB Economics SL - Internal Assessment [Draft 1] Front Cover EF International Academy New York Candidate Name Candidate number Teacher Title of the article Avaneesh Chotalia T. Barnes Growth Accelerates, but U.S. Has Lots of Ground to Make Up NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/ business/economy/us-economy-growsat-modest-2-8-percent-rate.html? _r=1&ref=grossdomesticproduct January 27, 2011 January 14, 2012 Source of the article Date the article was published Date the commentary
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lessons learned from the attack. Merrill Lynch, which is one of the largest financial firms in the world, lost one of their primary data centers for over 6 weeks from the attack, and most businesses cannot survive a loss of critical data of this magnitude (Merian, 2011). Companies became more aware of the dangers of having onsite data storage without offsite replication, which would have limited the data losses at Merrill Lynch and made recovery of systems much easier and faster. The ability to
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Chaos: A short Introduction Scientists have been coming up with theories for thousands of years now. The theories have been tried and tested have been altered and improved to better understand why certain things happen in and out of this world. Many of these theories are still in the works and our not fully comprehendible and scientists have been working hard to achieve breakthroughs in these areas. One such theory has achieved several breakthroughs within the past couple of years and that theory
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Introduction Kraft Foods Group is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second-largest in the world after Nestle. As company as large as Kraft Foods Group, it has enough capability and liquility to help the society stakeholders along the world with $19 billions in annual sale. Society expectations are rising and changing nowadays. Kraft should considerate about the expectation and needs of stakeholder when operated its business. Ignoring the expectation of
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Nuclear technology started being researched in the late 1800’s. The research really didn’t kick off until the late 1940’s during World War II for the use of nuclear power on naval ships making propulsion and electricity, as well as nuclear bombs for use in warfare. There are also other major nuclear evens that also paved the road for nuclear technology. Some of these events include the Cherynoble meltdown, the Three Mile Island meltdown, and most recently the Fukushima Japan flooding of a nuclear
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Gustav Holst: The Man behind The Planets Andrew Faltin Sokolowski South Piedmont Community College: MUS 110 May 8, 2015 Gustav Holst: The Man behind The Planets Gustav Holst is considered to be one of the greatest composers of his time. As most musicians did, Holst started playing music at a very young age and grew into a marvelous musician, writer, and composer. He wrote and composed over 200 pieces of music including ballets, choral music, operas, and orchestral pieces. With this in
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Task: In my capacity as a building consultant I have been asked to carry out a site investigation on two specified sites that a client is keen to develop. Introduction: In this assignment I have been asked to carry out a site investigation as a building consultant, on two specified sites that a client is keen to develop, Therefore I am going to show how each site investigation is constructed on both areas, as one site is at the north of Peterborough (Eye Village) and the other at the south (Hampton)
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Linn County Oregon is located in the center of the Willamette Valley and covers 2,309 miles,19 of which are water (US Cesnus Bureau, 2015). It is the grass seed capitol of the world, and thus has a strong, rural culture. According to the US Census Bureau it has a population of 119, 356 people, and there are two hospitals available to serve this population. Because it is a large area with 37% of its residents living in a rural setting, transportation can be problematic. Unfortunately, over 20% of
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With a team of student volunteers, Ban has touched down at nearly every major natural-disaster site of the past two decades. The arc of his career tracks the rise of cataclysmic weather as page-one news: the Kobe earthquake, which killed six thousand people (1995); the magnitude-7.4
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Running Head: Ford Motor Company and the Toyota Motor Corporation Ford Motor Company and the Toyota Motor Corporation AIU – MGT680 Abstract Two major automakers are Toyota and Ford. This paper will compare the two companies to better understand the contributions to for success of each company. This paper will include a SWOT analysis which identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to these companies. It will also include a plan of action for one weakness to turn them
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