Current Event Assignment Cassandra Ekwem White Education 305 Instructor Lunde September 28, 2015 In the article, “Education Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Growing Wider”, Eduardo Porter does a good job discussing the disparity between the social classes. The past movements, such as the Civil Rights Movement, should have closed the gap a great deal when it comes to higher education. Instead, the disparity between lower and upper classes is becoming larger and more pronounced. Mr. Porter discusses
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Terri Samuels Current Events and US Diplomacy Strayer University December 8, 2012 Abstract In the history of diplomacy and political thought in general, nothing can influence objectives of the states more dynamically than changes in the international relations and progress of the process of globalisation. In this context, American diplomacy is not an exception. In the previous paper, Eisenhower’s Doctrine was analyzed
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Running head: Current Event Article Current Event Article INTRODUCTION The 2012 Presidential race and beyond dealt with some of the most controversial issues that has confronted a campaign in some time. One issue in particular that has been on the negotiation table since the beginning of the Presidential campaign is Immigration Reform. In this article, this writer will
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Current Event Presentation Bruna Gomes PBBA Program Chapter 15 – Integrated Marketing Communications The idea of delivering the right communication tools and techniques to the right audience at the right times. The old way of word of mouth communication has been updated to new way, which is managing Internet-based word of mouth. The Internet has been providing businesses with many options to communicate with customers. The most used and effective way nowadays is Social Media. Small businesses
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Current Event Article BUSN 576 September 29, 2012 The article I selected was regarding marriage rates among the poor and the fact that they have declined since the 1960s. It discussed if other incentives and alternatives decisions were made and then more couples marry would this reduce poverty. According to research at Johns Hopkins University only 70-75% of African American women expects to get married whereas 91% of Caucasian women in a lifetime. The most cited reason for delaying
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Prescription drug abuse has been a growing problem in society over the past few years. These drugs are so widely available, easy to get, and they have increased in popularity. The potential for abuse is very high with prescriptions narcotics and they have attracted a variety of age groups. Doctors will often prescribe these medications to individuals based on their claims they are in pain. While there are people who desperately need these drugs, a fraction of people who obtain them will either resale
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Uganda is in the heart of the Great Lakes region. With its beautiful scenery and long list of trying times, I have learned that the women of Uganda have been able to grow and make a living for themselves and their family by managing their own small business. Some women have been able to bring their families from living in a one room house, to building a new brick home with bedrooms for the kids and for themselves. The women of Uganda have proven that operating your own small business and expanding
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Forecasting company sales has proven to have been successful so far for Apple. With the recent releases of the iPhone 5 and iPad 4, Apple seems to be dominating the technology industry and the news of the iPad Mini proves no different. In 2011 Apple seemed to have lost some of the market share that it had earned with the release of the Android based Tablet. With the added features that Apple has been able to implement into their products, such as iCloud, Retina Display and 4G capabilities, it
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Ross Jenkins Groupon Scandal 2:30 Pavlo, Walter. "Groupon Accounting Scandal, and We're Surprised?" Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 03 Apr. 2012. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. Groupon went public for the first time on November 4, 2011 and was a big hit. They quickly surged from $20/share to $31/share. It was not more than 4 months until an accounting scandal arose with much controversy. After this first day boom, investors have lost more than $9 billion in stocks. The original backers of Groupon tried to hide
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do anything to prevent financial traders from engaging in speculative trading by migrating their activities to exchanges in other countries? 3. Why do some companies pay enormous sums to advertise their products/services during major sporting events such as the Super Bowl, Masters golf tournament, the World Cup or the Olympics? Why do companies sponsor golfers, Formula One racing cars, soccer teams, etc.? 4. Why do asset price
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