1961, the firm made a reverse takeover of the larger but struggling GEC. Weinstock became GEC’s Managing Director, a post he held for over 30 years until he retired in 1996. In his period as Managing Director, he turned GEC into one of the great British success stories, through a combination of acquisition and organic growth. In 1961, GEC took over AEI, and in 1968 they bought English Electric, the owners of Marconi. GEC’s acquisitions continued into the 1970s and 1980s. Under Weinstock, GEC acquired
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Blues” writer Richard Brookhiser asks the question of whether running for a second term is just as bad for the country as it is for the president in office. He explains this “second term struggle” through the example of George Washington. Washington had a stellar first term, but his second term was “marred by controversies.” (Brookhiser, 16) These controversies included promises broken in the Treaty of Paris, Americans avoiding British creditors for prewar debts, Britain seizing American Ships,
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that the Africans, who arrived in the British West Indies between the years 1655 and 1807, were ill-treated? THEME: Caribbean Economy and Slavery OBJECTIVES: ♣To examine the horrors of British West Indian Slavery ♣To assess the conditions that slaves worked under in British plantation slavery ♣To discuss the reason slavery was fought against by humanitarian groups ♣To investigate why slavery was overly detested by slaves ♣To see how British West Indian planters abused slaves to the
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Evacuation Scheme: In 1933 the British Government began preparing for a war. THis was due to the imminent threat that came about when Hitler came into power at this time. It was the British Government's priority to ensure that British cities and towns would be safe and not become a target of the war to come. The government had schemed plans to remove all civilians from evacuable places and send them where they would be safe. It was a voluntary scheme but it worked in favour of civilians. It was
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that, ‘the value of women’s productive labor, in producing and processing food established and maintained their rights in domestic and other spheres – economic, cultural, religious, social, political, etc.’ The advent of the British colonialism and the settler economy negatively impacted Kikuyu women because the loss of land meant a loss of access to and authority over land. Kikuyu women found that they no longer had the variety of soils needed to grow indigenous foodstuffs. Traditionally, certain
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Tesco, corporations, society and consumers In this essay we are going to start to look closer at what is important for a business and what is important for society. We are going to look closer at Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and find out what it means for a business and society. Some businesses, especially big businesses, shape many aspects of our lives. Some are around us all the time. Some have turnovers larger then a normal person can imagine. Some multi nationals have turnovers larger
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An oil pipeline running through the Great Bear rainforest is an excellent idea. Not only would it affect British Columbia and its surrounding areas, but it would benefit Canada as a whole. Canada’s economy is dependent on the production and trade of oil and natural gas. “The biggest contributor to Canada’s balance of trade is, by a wide margin, oil and natural gas. The industry is a major job creator, employing more than 550,000 people”-Gwyn Morgan, CEO of EnCana Corporation/ Alberta Energy Company
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However, this newfound independence is marred by tribal and ethnic violence, with several factions taking up arms against the South Sudanese government. Also, the split and resultant reduced oil revenues to the north severely damaged the Khartoum economy. Many experts now believe the conflict is a full-scale civil war, with many anti-government forces supporting former vice-president Riek Machar. The current South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, fired Machar in 2013. Machar claims that Kiir is driving
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their territory and for religious causes. Amid those times, land in Europe was expensive and deficient in quantity compared with the demand, that is the reason numerous Europeans began with a victory to acquire lands that can maintain their whole economy and their whole populace. A concrete example of many colonizing that occurred way back was, when Spaniards came in the Philippines and conquered our country, the reason why Spain needed to colonize the Philippines was on account of the Philippines
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Life and Death the Movie Response After its independence from British colonial control and support in 1962, Jamaica struggled until it was almost wiped out financially by the gas and oil price wars of the early 1970s. Life and Death is a film about the conditions in Jamaica and its struggles. The movie starts with the images of its beautiful beaches on a sunny day and the arrival of a group of American tourist. The commentator stated that the City of arrival is Montego Bay and not Kingston Jamaica
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