Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 8, No. 1, June 2001 ISSUES IN TAX REFORMS Azizul Islam* This paper seeks to describe the principles that have guided recent tax reforms in Asian developing countries. It critically examines the purported rationale underlying these reforms and raises some issues connected with these reforms. The paper first discusses the new direction of the perceived role of taxation as a macroeconomic tool and the principles which have formed the basis of recent tax
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Wartsila Introduction Wartsila is listed on the NASDAQ OMX in Helsinki, Finland. The company has operations in nearly 170 locations in 70 countries around the world. In 2011, Wartsila’s net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. Business Portfolio Marine Market o Operates in merchant, offshore, cruise & ferry, naval, and special vessel markets globally o Activities include Ship design Main and auxiliary engines Aauxiliary power systems and Electrical and
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ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety’s sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way. Sunday morning came — next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams — visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the
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The Hike to $15 America, the land of freedom and opportunity they say. I think that saying might just be false with the way our nation is today. The main reason I believe being that the federal minimum wage is too low. Minimum wage should be $15 in every state. If we want people to experience the freedom and opportunity, it can’t be done off $7.25. People have kids to provide for, colleges to attend, families to support, and so many more things. The luxury to afford to have all the “freedom” or
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firms. You should try two different sets. The first set will include three discount brokerage firms: Charles Schwab Corp, Quick & Reilly Group, and Waterhouse Investor Services.1 The second set will include six investment services firms: A G Edwards, Bear Sterns, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Paine Webber, and Raymond James Financial. Stock price and return data for these nine firms are provided in a separate spreadsheet that you can download from the course schedule at www.duke.edu/∼sgervais
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Nordland Research Institute, Bode, Norway, Iakovleva@nforsk.no *** Professor, Director Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship, NYU – Stern School of Business kickuljr@muohio.edu AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS Lars Kolvereid, Tatiana Iakovleva, Jill Kickul Director, Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship NYU – Stern School of Business Acknowledgments: Dr. Bjørn Willy Åmo, Bode Graduate School of Business (Norway) ; Dr. Anatoliy Steshin, Baltic State Technical
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Edmo was called to a coaches meeting with the refs so he had us begin warm ups. We all had sickening faces which conveyed our laziness made me feel as if we were in for a long day. After warm-ups were over Coach Ott pulled me over and with a very stern voice said “Let’s leave everything on the mat, and come out with a victory”, and with those words I was ready for the battle. The tournament began to a quick start with
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LEADERSHIP AND ETHICAL DECISIONS PERFORMED BY KENNETH LEWIS AND THE FED DURRING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2007-2008 November 29, 2010 Introduction The robust leadership decisions of both the Fed and Kenneth Lewis, CEO of Bank of America (B of A), were not only ethical and accurate, but could have simply saved our financial system as we know it. During the weekend of September 13-14, 2008 Kenneth Lewis met with CEO of Merrill Lynch (Merrill), John Thain, in order to try and rescue Merrill
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Chapter 4--Overview of Auditor’s Legal Liability Liability to Clients-Common Law An auditor is in a contractual relationship with a client. If the auditor does not perform his or her side of the bargain according to contract terms the client can sue for breach of contract. A client may seek these remedies for breach of contract: (1) specific performance; (2) general monetary damages for losses incurred as a result of the breach; and (3) consequential damages that occur indirectly as a result of the
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The Future of Books Nearly 2,405,518,376 people in our world have access to the Internet; needless to say we live in a very technically inclined society. Almost every task that is preformed is done by using some sort of technological medium, whether that be a computer, smartphone, tablet, etc. We have the ability to access multitudes of information by the push of a button in something so small that it fits into the palm of our hands. I personally believe that technology is a great way to expand
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