The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop,[2] a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard "Old Man" Harrison, his son Rick Harrison, who opened the shop with his father in 1988, Rick's son Corey "Big Hoss" Harrison, who has worked there since childhood, and Corey's childhood friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell. The show, which became the network's highest rated show,[3][4] and the No. 2 reality show behind
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Mr. Client - Substance Abuse Scott Edward Psy 410 Jamie Frank May 21, 2012 Mr. Client Substance Abuse Mr. Client is a widowed, 64 year old white male who in his later years has become ill with a variety of illnesses. He lived alone in a house he is buying in Southern California until the illnesses became too much for him to deal with by himself and so his only daughter moved back home to help take care of him. He has worked for more than 50 years and has not had to depend on others
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Jon Peter Patten is one of the founders of Dion’s Pizza. Jon Patten was about 25 years old when he and his partner Bill Scott opened up the Dion’s business. Neither one of them had any sort of business experience. Dion’s is a small dine-in restaurant that started in Albuquerque, NM and is beginning to branch off into other states such as Texas and Colorado. It became very successful over short 35 years of life. Jon Patten was born on July 10, 1953 in Pontiac, Michigan but Patten grew up in Bloomfield
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paper, I model the innovativeness of Canadian mutual fund companies as a function of their geographic location—inside or outside the industry cluster of Toronto—and of their centrality in networks of managerial and institutional ties. I find that locating in the industry cluster as well as centrality in the managerial tie network enhances firm innovation, while centrality in the institutional tie network does not. Copyright 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. INTRODUCTION Industry clusters—groups of geographically
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EV/EBITDA) is a better measure than P/E ratio because it is not affected by the changes in capital structure between debt and equity. And for this reason it also makes fair comparison to companies with different capital structures. It is also a pre-tax metric making it easier to compare across different companies preferably in the same industry. This metric is preferred over P/E ratio since it is not affected by mix of capital structure. It is also a better measure of the company’s takeover value
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January 6, 2011 Robert E. Lee and his Position on Slavery and Secession In the spring of 1861, our country faced a great turmoil caused by the incendiary issues of slavery and secession in the southern states. Abraham Lincoln, the newly elected president, was faced with the prospect of presiding over half a nation. Slavery was the key issue for the southern states but in Lincoln’s opinion the more pressing issue was the preservation of the Union. If not the issue of slavery, than some other
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Social Impact of the Global Positioning System (GPS) A Paper Submitted to Ann Holms By Writing 2E (11:00-12:50) February 15, 2005 1 GPS – A Navigational Improvement Up to now, navigation has been considered a skill. It took work and knowledge to use a map and compass. In fact, during America’s colonial period, only gentlemen were allowed to learn such techniques. For example, if an ordinary British redcoat was spotted attempting to learn to navigate, he would be hung. Only the officers
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Hathaway paid him only $100,000 per year to serve as its CEO. Buffett and other insiders controlled 47.9 percent of the company, yet Buffett ran the company in the interests of all shareholders. He was the subject of numerous laudatory articles and three biographies,3 yet he remained an intensely private individual. Though acclaimed by many as an intellectual genius, he shunned the company of intellectuals and preferred to affect the manner of a down-home Nebraskan (he lived in Omaha), and a tough-minded
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Global Business and Ethics Raquel Padilla MGT 216 March 8, 2010 Professor Scott Bridges Global Business and Ethics “As borders disappear, people and goods are increasingly free to move, creating new challenges to global health” (Pang & Guindon, 2004). “Global interdependence is a compelling dimension of the global business environment, creating demands on international managers to take a positive stance on issues of ethical behavior, social responsibility, economic development in host
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1. Source Problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2. Secondary Problem --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2.1 Alarming attrition rate of executives ----------------------------------------------- 4 2.2 Poor brand image of the TATA Nano -------------------------------------------- 5 2.3 Unnecessary Expenses --------------------------------------------------------------- 6 3.
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