Pure chemical substances are classified as ionic, metallic, covalent molecular and covalent network. In this essay I will describe the nature of each bonding present in these different types of substances and use this to explain the physical properties they exhibit and their structures. Ionic compounds are compounds that are composed of positive and negative ions. An ionic compound is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a lattice structure by ionic bonds. Usually, the positively
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Tutorial 3 1) Define Knowledge Management. KM is the process through which organizations generate value from their intellectual and knowledge-based assets. Most often, generating value from such assets involves codifying what employees, partners and customers know, and sharing that information among employees, departments and even with other companies in an effort to devise best practices. 2) What are the objectives of KM. * Foster innovation by encouraging the free flow of ideas
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A Survey analysis for the scopes of securitization in India Submitted By Group 8, Section 2 – Shitiz Singhal Shivam Goel Siddharth Sagar Subrat Singh Sumit Mittal Surya Kiran Sharma A Survey analysis for the scopes of securitization in India Introduction to securitization Financial sector’s primary role is intermediation between ultimate savers and ultimate investors. Initially, it was banks which were the intermediaries. As the financial sector evolved, other types of financial
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leases. A Capital lease is defined in the CICA handbook as “a lease that, from the point of view of the lessee, transfers substantially all the benefits and risks incident to ownership of property to the lessee” (CICA, 2010, Section 3065, ¶3). In order for a lease to be classified as a capital lease, the life of the lease must exceed 75% of the life of the leased item, there must be a transfer of ownership at the end of the lease or a bargain purchase option, and the present value of the lease payments
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global economy is a fact of life at the start of the new millennium. One consequence is that cross-border investments in real estate will expand significantly. Twenty years have elapsed since Congress enacted the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) to ensure that foreign investors are subject to at least one level of federal income tax when they dispose of U.S. real estate investments. Notwithstanding FIRPTA’s simple, clear-cut directive, foreign investors still face
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Introduction Kenya has a vibrant entrepreneurial base with the potential of becoming competitive globally. There is a shift from manufacturing to a flexible labor based economy, a phenomena commonly referred to as knowledge based economy (Formica, 2005). Entrepreneurship as a whole contributes to social-economic wealth by creating new markets, new industries, new technology, new institutional forms, new jobs, and net increases in real productivity (Ngugi, 2014). Despite the vital role entrepreneurship
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Financial Reporting and Analysis DE5G 35 Assessment Exemplar for Higher National Unit DE5G 35: Financial Reporting and Analysis 1st edition: May 2004 Price: £20.00 Publication code: CB 1989 Published by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, Hanover House, 24 Douglas Street, Glasgow, G2 7NQ, and Ironmills Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 1LE The information in this publication may be reproduced to support SQA qualifications. If it is reproduced, SQA should be clearly acknowledged as the
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BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, PROVINCE OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING SOLD IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH UNITS MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
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Under this doctrine companies could distribute their corporate properties or stock to shareholders without having to pay a capital gains tax at the corporate level. Before this doctrine was repealed courts did not take into account the built in tax liability when determining the value of a company. As a result of this companies were finding ways around these taxes and saving themselves a fair amount of money. In 1986 the Tax Reform Act was passed making it much harder on companies trying to liquidate
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Historical development 3.2 Insurance mechanism 3.3 Requisites of insurability 3.4 Factors Limiting Insurability of Risks 3.5 Functions of insurance 3.6 Benefits of insurance 4: CLASSES OF INSURANCE 4.1 Life and Health 4.2 Liability 4.3 Property 4.4 Pensions 4.5 Transport 5: THE INSURANCE CONTRACT AND PRINCIPLES 5.1 Insurance contract 5.2 Insurable interest 5.3 Utmost good faith 5.4 Indemnity 5.5 Subrogation 5.6 Contribution 5.7 Proximate cause 6: INSURANCE PRACTICE 6.1
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