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...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to ...

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The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

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...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value of Stocks of a Company III. The Process of Due Diligen... ...e Fabric of Economic Trust XVI. The Distributive Justice of the Market XVII. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XVIII. The Spectrum of Auctions ... ...term (for instance, by doling out bonuses even as the firm is dying; by speculating on leverage; and by cooking the books). The second open secret ... ...t - and so were privatizers in developing countries. What price should state-owned companies have fetched? This question is not as simple and strai... ...sales. New information, macro-economic and micro-economic, determines the value of companies. Greenspan testifies in the Senate, economic figures a... ...which the securities of the firm are traded or are about to be traded or otherwise listed. 5. To prepare and present for the approval of the Board... ...underous disintegration of the Bank for Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in London in 1991 revealed that, for the better part of a decade, ... ...ished by United Press International (UPI) Claud Cockburn, writing for the "Times of London" from New-York, described the irrational exuberance that ...

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...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These...

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...riginally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 F... ...SSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION ... ...ing, antismoking, or better environment. Fine is the first person to write a book on the general principles of social marketing and he is to be con... ... promotion) in this endeavor. While it is hard to evaluate the first book written on any new subject, I am sure that Fine's work will gain recogniti... ...istics and these are taken up in this section. But first some popular concepts are listed in Table 1.1. The ideas, causes and issues dealt with in t... ...75). In turn, each of these four Ps subsume specific functions, some of which are listed below: Product Design Information Branding ... ...heir mission is nonprofit. The obvious examples are foreign airlines and shipping companies"). A Tangible-Abstract Product Dimension The second... ...) lists profit-making services such as those offered by travel agencies, insurance companies, purveyors of the performing arts and any items from cel... ...-500. Rogers, Everett M. and F. F. Shoemaker. 1971. Communication of Innova.tions. London: Collier- Macmillan. Rokeach, M. 1973. The Nature of Human...

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...e to invest your money! A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Navigating the world of high yield, low risk Tax Lien and Tax Deed Sales Incl... ...ova This book is meant solely as a broad guideline. It is meant to assist the Layperson in understanding the law as it pertains to buying Tax... ... written consent from the author. ISBN 0-7596-7159-1 This book is printed on acid free paper. 1stBo... .......................9 It can seem intimidating to go to an auction and buy liens on property that you have not seen on the inside. It can seem even ... .....................135 ix Preface Ever think about how banks and insurance companies invest their money? Ever think about how much money they ... ... paying you. What most people don’t know is that, for decades, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions have been making Tax Def... ...ther investors are proceeding and succeeding, the various chatrooms and websites listed in the back of this book are a good place to go. They are a ... ...erty which fits your criteria after review) as many of the properties originally listed for sale will be redeemed, before the sale, by the property ... ...ate State 8 Counties Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, Windham Delaware: Tax Deed State 3 Counties Ken...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a ...

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...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

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...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions...

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...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developi...

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...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – ... ...glected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – On Volatility IV. The Friendly Trend V. The Merits of Inflatio... ...e Fabric of Economic Trust XIX. Scavenger Economies, Predator Economies XX. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XXI. Knowledge and Power XXII.... ...able television was dominated by a patchwork of thousands of tiny, family-operated companies. Today, a pending deal would leave three companies in ... ...of risk are booming industries. Governments, capital markets, banks, and insurance companies have all entered the fray with ever- evolving financial... ... timely, full and accurate information to all. This is a legal must for public and listed firms the world over (though standards vary). Transparent... ...rovision for Social Goods, in: Margolis, J./Guitton, H. (eds.), Public Economics - London, McMillan, 1969, pp. 124-44. Musgrave, R. A. - The Theory... ... "The Economist" reports that the American SEC has brought only three cases against listed companies until 1997. The US Department of Justice brough...

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...As an alternative to the existing logics we propose the Neutrosophic Logic to represent a mathematical model of uncertainty, vagueness, ambiguity, imprecision, undefined, unknown, incompleteness, inconsistency, redundancy, contradiction. It is a ...

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