mixed with unknown other gasses from a chemical plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (India) Limited, a partly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Union Carbide Corporation, caused one of the highest-casualty industrial accidents of the 20th century. At least 2000 people died immediately and another 200,000 to 300,000 suffered respiratory and other injuries of varying severity. Property damage consisted mainly of contamination to nearby areas by various chemical residues. The defoliation of trees immediately
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stake in Korean Ssangyong Motor Co. in 2004, and TCL acquired the colour TV manufacturing from French Thomson in 2004 in order to expand their markets and achieve economies of scale. CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese CDC Corporation, acquired American Catalyst International to seek global supply chain execution solutions services. In the same year, China Mobile Communications Corp. purchased 88.9 percent stake in Pakistani wireless operator Paktel from Millicom International cellular
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Venture Capitalist ENGL106-Week 2 IP American Intercontinental University Kendrick Little April 22, 2012 Abstract This is a paper to define and explain what venture capitalism is as well as what venture capitalists do in their business. Venture Capitalist An venture capitalist a person who provides capital is for the financing of growing, a new upstarting or struggling businesses. Venture capitalists are the general partners in the venture capitalist process. The capital itself provides
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active role in the everyday lives of ordinary Americans. Of all the laws passed during the Progressive Era, no legislation proved more successful and more enduring than the 1906 food and drug legislation. The acts established the foundations of modern American food and drug law, and gave birth to the Food and Drug Administration. For the first time, the federal government assumed permanent and comprehensive responsibility for the health and safety of the American food and drug supply. Although the statutes
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT MICROSOFT Microsoft Corporation, globally renowned for being the world’s largest software company, is an American public multinational corporation and an industry leader in Software and Information Technology services. It has diversified in recent years into the consumer electronics, computer hardware and interactive entertainment markets and is presently valued at $86 billion. Since its inception, Microsoft has always strongly supported efforts to promote further
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Accomplishments of Dr. Segrè i The Life, Times and Accomplishments of Dr. Emilio Segrè Zachary Gaston English 1010-02 Dr. Bray November 24, 2008 Accomplishments of Dr. Segrè 1 Emilio Segrè was born in Tivoli, Italy on February 1st, 1905. His parents were Giuseppe Segrè, the manufacturer, and Amelia Treves, his mother. His father ran a papermaking and hydroelectric plant and his uncles were scholars, lawyers
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essence, the doctrine recognizes that the wage owner of his labor services, and the business the full owner of his capital. Each is free to exchange on whatever terms they see fit. Thus, the doctrine of employment at-Will is well established in the American legal system. I recent years, however, this doctrine has been eroding. Many employers now find that the legal environment relative to the right to fire is confusing and ripe with potential liability. In essence, employment at will a term that is
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analysis will describe growth rates, suppliers, competition, and customers and how they contribute to the industry of laptops. Industry Specific Technology is constantly changing. The 1st laptop was introduced in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation. This technological phenomenon changed the way we would use computers forever. For the price of 1800 dollars, you could own an Osborne 1 laptop. It included about an additional 1500 dollars worth of programs such as WordStar word processing, spreadsheet
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this project is to determine multinational corporate sustainability within the oil industry and perform country analysis, industry analysis, and analysis of firm’s international strategies. INTRODUCTION The five oil companies that we chose from the 2010 Global Fortune 500 are ExxonMobil, Sinopec, ConocoPhillips, Petrobras, and Lukoil. In our project, we performed analysis on the 10K report of domestic companies, as in ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips and the 20F report of
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last names of the then three budding entrepreneurs, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn who founded the company. (Photo: Getty Images) 2. IBM IBM’s full company name is International Business Machines Corporation. It is a multinational technology and consulting corporation. The company was founded in 1911 and headquartered in the United States. (Photo: Reuters Pictures) 3. TLC The specialty cable channel TLC is the initials for The Learning Channel. The company also operates the
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