informed the president the next morning and flew on commercial air flights to Lima, Peru, and then to Santiago. He then took a Chilean Air Force (FACH) flight to Copiapó, and, from there, he was driven some 45 kilometers to the mine, finally arriving at 3:30 a.m. on August 7. Piñera, a business-friendly Chilean president inaugurated on March 11, 2010, had recruited Golborne, an engineer, entrepreneur, and corporate executive, to serve as Chile’s minister of mines. Golborne had served as chief executive
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Nicolas Boulet Le développement de la banque au Moyen-Age. Les mécanismes financiers en Europe du XIIIème au XVème siècle. Table des matières Introduction 2 I. Les raisons 3 A. Le développement des échanges 3 B. Une monétisation difficile 5 C. Des projets d’envergures plus risqués 6 II. Les techniques 9 A. Une réponse pratique à l’échange marchand 9 B. Les activités de change et les déséquilibres monétaires 12 C. Les grandes institutions 14 III. Les Obstacles 18 A. L’interdit
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parties [the seller] obligates himself to transfer the ownership[2] and to deliver the possession, of a determinate thing, and the other party [the buyer] to pay therefor a price certain in money or its equivalent. xCruz v. Fernando, 477 SCRA 173 (2005).[3] 1. Elements of Sale Elements of sale: (a) consent or meeting of the minds; (b) determinate subject matter; and (c) price certain in money or its equivalent. xNavarra v. Planters Dev. Bank, 527 SCRA 562 (2007).[4] Sale being
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AVB 10-K 12/31/2013 Section 1: 10-K (10-K) Use these links to rapidly review the document TABLE OF CONTENTS PART III UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 Commission file number 1-12672 AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
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Economics I Chapter 1: Economics for business ‘David Begg and Damian Ward – Economics for business’ 1.1 What is economics? Economics how individuals, firms, governments and economies deal with the problem of infinite wants and finite resources, it is the study of how the society resolve the problems of scarcity. Microeconomics: addresses the various market influences that impact upon a firm’s revenues and costs. Macroeconomics: addresses the economy-level issues which similarly affect a firm’s
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seek to reach out to them in the same way e) All of the above can be concluded from the survey Ans: d Feedback: Marketers will not treat them as one group, and will not seek to reach out to them in the same way. Page: 242 Learning Objective: 1 3. Which of the following statements about the affluent Asian adult is true? a) “Luxury Loyalists” tend to purchase more of the digital products such as laptops and MP3 players. b) “Executive Warriors” have the highest penetration for the Internet and
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Chaotic Growth with the Logistic Model of P.-F. Verhulst Hugo Pastijn Department of Mathematics, Royal Military Academy B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Hugo.Pastijn@rma.ac.be Summary. Pierre-Fran¸ois Verhulst was born 200 years ago. After a short biograc phy of P.-F. Verhulst in which the link with the Royal Military Academy in Brussels is emphasized, the early history of the so-called “Logistic Model” is described. The relationship with older growth models is discussed, and the motivation of Verhulst
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dell’Insubria. La pubblicazione di contributi di altri studiosi, che abbiano un rapporto didattico o scientifico stabile con la Facoltà, può essere proposta da un professore della Facoltà, dopo che il contributo sia stato discusso pubblicamente. Il nome del proponente è riportato in nota all'articolo. I punti di vista espressi nei quaderni della Facoltà di Economia riflettono unicamente le opinioni degli autori, e non rispecchiano necessariamente quelli della Facoltà di Economia dell'Università dell'Insubria
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