the Tesla Roadster, in 2008. It was priced at $109,000 and could travel more than 200 miles per charge, twice as far as its competition. Tesla stopped producing the Roadster in 2011 as its contract with the key supplier expired, and launched the Model S in June 2012. The car ranges from $50,000 to $100,000 and can travel as far as 300 miles, depending on battery-size as well as the driver’s average speed. *Image adapted from Tesla Motors’ official website Furthermore, it takes about an
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, a republican won the Presidential election in both 1952 and 1956. During World War II, he was distinguished as the Commander of Allied Forces. He was an extremely well liked president, however, he faced many huge controversies during his reign as President. As President, Eisenhower was forced to deal with the new civil rights ideas that were surfacing as well as the increasing tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S. During Eisenhower’s time as president, there was a tremendously
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General George S. Patton Jr. The want to go forth and reach personal conquests lives inside every man. This passion often navigates the would-be hero into a state of tragedy involving pain and suffering for those around. One individual, in particular, inflicted strain and duress on others with a harsh, and often criticized unconventional style of leading when he took his campaign across Europe and into Germany . General George Smith Patton, Jr. led an expedition across a continent to rid the world
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Individual and Group Dynamics By Kirti Shankar Roll No.: 1302-074 Section: B/I PGDM-DCP- 2013-15 Leadership Styles Ratan Tata Ratan Tata was the chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata Group from 1991 till 2012. Currently he is the Chairman Emeritus of the group. He was awarded Padma Vibushan in 2008 and was given honorary knighthood, the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2012. By the time he stepped down as the chairman, the revenue to
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Table of contents Contents Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 2 The benefits of the “big4” ....................................................................................................................... 3 Kraft..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Nestlé
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Standing 2nd in 2012, 1st in 2011 Sales (US) $446 Billion Number of Employees 2.2 Million (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart) Latest Stock Market Quote: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WMT&ql=1 As one can see, Wal-Mart has gone up in stock from the previous day by .66. Wal-Mart has also been climbing over the past 52 weeks from 57.57-79.50. The company is in good shape. http://www.macroaxis.com/invest/market/WMT--volatility--WalMart_Stores_Inc
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President Andrew Johnson Although Andrew Johnson was from the Democratic Party, in 1864, Lincoln chose Johnson as his running mate under the National Union Party banner. When Lincoln died April 15, 1865, Johnson became president. He did not have a Vice President. Johnson now had the job of trying to heal the country after the Civil War left the country in ruins. President Andrew Johnson lifted himself out of extreme poverty to become President of the United States. He was a man with little education
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Abraham Lincoln Do you want to know about the sixteenth president? Or the president who stopped the horrible slavery. If you really want to please read on and have fun learning! First thing is first Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room log cabin on Febuary, 12th, 1804. His parents were born in Virginia. Abraham Lincoln’s family members were his father Thomas Abe’s stepmother Elizabeth his real close sister and his three stepbrothers and sisters also, Abraham loved playing with
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Douglas MacArthur a Leader Tim Johnson Unit 5 Assignment 1 ITT Tech Abstract “Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 26, 1880. After graduating from West Point in 1903, he fought in World War I, and in World War II was the commander of Allied forces in the Pacific. When he criticized President Harry Truman's handling of the Korean War, he was relieved of his command. MacArthur died on April 5, 1964, and was buried in Norfolk, Virginia.” This is a small synopsis that
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Ulysses S Grant: An American Hero Shreya Joshi Social Studies Mr. Nieskens May 27, 2014 In the 1800’s, the United States was a growing and thriving nation. In the South, many plantations were producing mass amounts of cotton. To keep up with the cotton demand, plantation owners bought more slaves to grow and harvest the cotton. The cotton and slave industry’s blossomed because of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin (Cayton et al 274). By 1850, the country had conflicting views because slavery became
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