CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Pawnshops have been around in one form or another for the past 3,000 years. They offer services similar to those of modern banking institutions including loans, consignments, and storage. A good pawn broker buys items for a reasonable price and sells them at a discount. The pawn industry is about making money, and that means repeat business and reasonable dealings. A good pawnshop will carry a variety of items including jewelry, tools, antiques
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away. The fact is, people start a business in order to make money. As a business owner, where do you draw the line between what is best for the community and what is best for you and your family? If your business is losing money, you’re losing money. You can’t pay your bills and you can’t feed your family. I agree with Company Q’s decision to close a couple of their stores. That way, they can focus on improving their other stores by delivering the products that their customers want and working
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MONTERO GRAINS and LIVESTOCK, INCORPORATED THE COMPANY MGL was incorporated as a family corporation in 1980 with a paid-up capital of P400,000 in csh. It was organized by Mr. Carlos Montero and his wife's family. The Company was located in Pangasinan. To increase its capital structure, members of management accepted additional investments in the form of fixed assets in exchange for shares of common stock and established a policy of giving priority in employment with the company to anybody who
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receiving a new position at the bank he works for, Torvals reveals that they may now begin living a more comfortable lifestyle. The family maid announces that Dr.Raid (Torvald’s friend) and Kristine Linde (Nora’s old school friend) have unexpectedly arrived. Mrs. Linde tells Nora that when her husband died, she was left with no money and no children. Nora then shared about the hardships the Helmer’s had faced during the first year of their marriage, Including about how their family was poor and Torvald had
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Recently, Company Q closed a couple of it's stores that were located in higher-crime-rate neighborhoods citing a consistent loss of revenue. Additionally, Company Q does not participate in donating day-old products to local community food banks. Management explains that day-old products are instead thrown away. The explanation provided for this is that management fears that donating food may heighten their risk of losing revenue to fraud and employee theft. Lastly, it is
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2.1.1 Saving factors in the case As we know, Alexander is a forty-eight year-old CEO of Graphic Design Ltd. He draws a salary of £420,000 per annum. He and his wife Janet have a 14-year-old boy, 10-year-old girl and 3-year-old girl, named Adam, Sheila and Carina respectively. Janet is already 44 and works as her husband`s personal assistant with salary of £55,000 per annum. So the annual household income of his family is £475,000 totally. Adam and Sheila studied in a local private school. The couple
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Takaful in Malaysia 1.5.1 The Birth of Takaful Industry in Malaysia Based on the website of Bank Negara Malaysia (http://www.bnm.gov.my/files/publication/tkf/en/2004/booklet.en.pdf), in the early of 1980s, the demand of the Shariah-compliant substitute to traditional insurance from Muslim public on that time has make the takaful industry start to grow in Malaysia. The establishment of the Islamic bank in 1983 also makes the takaful industry develop as a supplement of the Islamic bank’s operation
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York. She met her future husband, T. C. Severance, in nearby Auburn, where he worked at her uncle’s bank. He was a good-natured bank teller who loved to sing. The Severance family had long been involved in the temperance and abolitionist movements and T. C.’s adoptive father, Dr. David Long, was the president of the Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. Luckily for Caroline, she married into a family that appreciated intelligent women and accepted women’s participation in political activities. Caroline
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India originated in the first decade of 18th century. The first banks were, The General Bank of India, which started in 1786, and Bank of Hindustan, both of which are now defunct. The oldest bank in existence in India is the State Bank of India, which originated in the "The Bank of Bengal" in Calcutta in June 1806. This was one of the three presidency banks, the other two being the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras. The presidency banks were established under charters from the British East India
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THE DECISION TO INVEST: A CASE STUDY © Rajan B. Paudel Krishna and Radha’s family consists of seven members – Krishna’s old parents: the father 85 and the mother 83; three children: Roshon, aged 23; Prakash 17; and Chadani, 15. Krishna is now 49 and Radha is 47. They were married some 25 years back and lead happy family life. Roshan is currently studying MFC at a Tribhuvan University. Prakash is in 12th and Chadani is in 9th grade in one of the schools in Kathmandu. Krishna completed B. A. from
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