drug trafficking in the 1970s. This has allowed drug cartels and guerilla militias to flourish since then to the present time. In the sections below, I will show how current events and threats have occurred and will conclude with my short and long term assessment of what the state of Colombia will be in the future. Current Events Even though President Juan Manuel Santos, the President of Colombia, has been undergoing peace talks with the FARC in Cuba, there has still been ongoing attacks by the
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Current Event Focus 1 For my current event focus I decided to examine the article named: Free Trade and Globalization by Anup Shah because it talks in great detail about how the world is becoming more globalized, there is no doubt about that. While that sounds promising, this article describes how the current form of globalization, neoliberalism, free trade and open markets are coming under much criticism (Shah, 2011). The interests of powerful nations and corporations are shaping the terms of
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Current Events in Business Research Drake Schreiter RES/351 Amarjit Singh Current Events in Business Research Conducting research nowadays can be as easy as a click of a button. People collect research for numerous types of reasons in this world. The reason that individuals gather information is to either fix a current
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Current Events in Business Research Eboney Quick RES/351 October 19, 2015 Charles Fanning Current Events in Business Research I am interested in owning my own restaurant one day. I have worked in many areas and have been catering for events for over 10 years. As a business owner I have to look in depth at every aspect of the business. One large place that always seems to be over looked is the actual waste of food the business takes on over time. I found an article called “Back of house”-
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Joy Pantoja 3/16/2015 Current event # 1 Medicare Fraud Abstract: Current even will show a brief summary of Medicare fraud narrowed down in the ambulance industry. Medicare fraud is being overused in the ambulance department. It is being investigated that ambulances are charging up to 1000 dollars for rides where the patients are able to walk, stand, sit, and even drive there selves to their appointments. One example in the story was of a passenger smoking a cigarette on the way to his dialysis
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Selena Alvarez EAES-107-07 Dr. D U. Ophori November 21, 2015 Current Event: “Do They Really Care?” In the article, “How Billionaires Gates, Bezos and Zuckerberg Could Boost Clean Energy” from the National Geographic News, these famous billionaires decide to step up to the plate and make a difference in the world. As I scrolled through different environmental issues happening, I decided to pick something positive. Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg known for the famous Microsoft,
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CURRENT EVENTS PAPER Ashley Rivers Liberty University SOCI 200 May 20, 2015 “Theories are based on a set of assumptions and self-evident truths; they include definitions and describe the conditions in which the phenomenon exists” (Basirico, Cashion, & Eshleman, 2014, p. 39). For example, when a person sees a blue tag hanging from a car’s rearview mirror, portraying the image of a wheelchair the first description that would often come to mind is an individual with a disability
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Current Events Report #1 9/14/14 “I’d Pay Facebook If It Can Give Me Privacy” Facebook is a great thing for many people; it helps people stay connected from miles and miles away. Although some people aren’t aware that Facebook is actually selling their information to advertising agencies. David Wheeler and his wife had been private messaging on Facebook about marriage and later on engagement rings. Before they knew it, they had no more privacy. Their entire web browser was swamped with engagement
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Current Events in Business Research Proper research in business is vital to its success. This paper will discuss how well the article Computer Modelling and Simulation of Bakeries' Production Planning written and researched by Walid Barakat Hussein, Florian Mitzscherling Hecker, Thomas Martin Becker published in 2009. The article summarizes the efforts of bakeries selling ten different products using the ARENA computer simulation system to streamline production and prevent “bottle-necking”. The
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Current Event Paper: Chapter Four The most important parts of an organization are the goods and services that the organization offers. Therefore, it is crucial to efficiently and effectively manage the company’s product and service design. Executives can easily come up with ideas for new products and services because they have a plethora of information available to them from customers, suppliers, distributors, and employees. Not only is idea generation important, but the reasons for design or
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