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"The Billion Dollar BET", 2004.
A review of the book, "The Billion Dollar BET," written by Brett Pulley, a senior editor at "Forbes" magazine.
941 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper discusses Brett Pulley's book, "The Billion Dollar BET," a rags-to-riches biographical story of Robert Louis Johnson. The paper takes the reader on a journey along with Robert Johnson from Mississippi and the little that he had to 'Black Entertainment Television' and the success that came about with it, along with the controversies that made Johnson a billionaire.
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"Brett Pulley is a Senior Editor at Forbes magazine and has written the book titled The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television. The Billion Dollar BET is an unauthorized biography of the founder of Black Entertainment Television, Robert Louis Johnson. The author traces the blazing path of Robert Johnson through social and economic barriers with his charm and intelligence to firmly ensconce himself into the politics of Washington and the media business. This rag to riches story should have been inspiring, but then the author has painted the methods employed by Robert Johnson as anything but noble. The sale of Black Entertainment Television to Viacom in 1999 made Robert Johnson a billionaire and many consider him the first black billionaire. (Editorial Review: The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television)"
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The Life and Death of a One-Billion Dollar Gun Law, 2002.
Examines the gun law legislature in Canada under the supervision of Justice Minister Allan Rock and outlines the flaws in the government program.
1,824 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 58.95
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The Canadian gun law legislature of 1995 was doomed to failure before it was even introduced. The paper argues that the program was not set up properly to provide an efficient method of procurring registration for the owners of firearms, as well as independent firearms themselves. The paper shows that many of the modern world?s governments exercise their ability to place a cap on the weapon power that the average citizen may keep in their possession, especially in North America and Europe. Since Canada has historically used peaceful methods to work out disagreements, it is no surprise that there is such strong control over weapons within its borders. The paper argues that, ignoring whether this control is right or wrong, the Canadia government made a mistake when it brought in a program that cost tax payers 340 times what was projected. It argues that the government, therefore, needs to abolish the act and start from scratch.
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"The Canadian government, the historical development of which was legislative rather than violent takes a different viewpoint on the issue of civilian gun possession. Canada does not regard the right to bear arms as necessary for the prevention of the loss of other rights, but rather views firearms as a legitimate possession for recreational purposes. While firearms used for sport, hunting, and target practice, specifically ordinary rifles and shotguns are generally considered legal, the new registration program, which was mentioned previously as introduced in 1995 requires gun owners to go through a lengthy, painstaking, and complicated process to properly register a weapon. The goal of this new program was to limit as much as possible criminal access to firearms and thus preventing crimes against innocent citizens."
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Computers in Classrooms Are Ineffective Without Knowing How to Use Them, 2002.
This paper presents a discussion on the ineffectiveness of classroom computers. Billions of dollars are being spent each year nationwide on computers in the classroom and our national test scores are still declining.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper presents a discussion on the ineffectiveness of classroom computers. Billions of dollars are being spent each year nationwide on computers in the classroom and our national test scores are still declining. As long as the machines serve as dust collectors in the back of the classroom, we need to divert what we are spending to better uses. Lack of training, fast paced advances, and teacher apathy are all discussed.
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Media Conglomeration: A Monopoly, 2006.
This paper focuses on the telecommunications industry, which has seen an accelerating wave of corporate mergers and acquisitions that have resulted in the creation of multi-billion-dollar media conglomerates.
996 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the government's continuous deregulation of the telecommunications industry, which was intended to result in increased competition, however the exact opposite was in fact achieved. The writer of this paper discusses the growing trend by large media conglomerates that are continuously consuming their competition. As a result, the mega-media companies cited in this paper, produce and/or distribute the majority of television shows, radio programs, movies and print publications. This paper examines the makeup of several large media conglomerates such as AOL-Time Warner, which was formed in 2000 for $160 billion and the Walt Disney Company, which includes several television production companies and cable networks and more than 100 million subscribers. The writer of this paper detail the impact and control these companies have on today's media. The writer contends and explains how these particular monopolies control the traditional ideas of the free press. This paper also delves into the FCC's recently relaxed media ownership rules that allows large media conglomerates to grow even larger, resulting in a great deal of protest.
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"The FCC recently relaxed media ownership rules that allowed large media conglomerates to grow even larger. Thus, they set off a great deal of protest. Americans did not appreciate the fact that a small group of powerful corporations are given more control of the most important element of our democracy: our access to information. They are right to feel this way. The media monopoly allows a small amount of companies power over media outlets (independent and corporate alike, including on the Web). This is far too much power for them to possess, but this is the future face of media consolidation."
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Tire Industry, 2003.
Discusses the tire industry as a worldwide industry and a multi-billion dollar market.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 79.95
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Includes an industry overview. Discusses competition and international considerations, including market barriers and currency valuations. Examines and evaluates the strategies of three companies.
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"Tires are such an integral part of daily life that most individuals never give serious thought to them until they fail. Yet, the worldwide tire industry is a multi-billion dollar market that is characterized by a few sellers, intense competition ..."
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Dave Thomas: Great American Entrepreneur, 1999.
A look at the life, including the humble beginnings, of Dave Thomas, founder of the multi-billion dollar fast food chain Wendy's.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, $ 41.95
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"Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy?s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, has been called ?a living legend of American business. (Washington Speaker?s Bureau)? He is most certainly one of the greatest American entrepreneurs of all time. From humble beginnings, Wendy?s has become a six billion-dollar international corporation (Washington Speaker?s Bureau). Dave Thomas has become one of the most recognized people in America. His influence reaches even to Congress where many of his adoption initiatives have become law (Wendy?s homepage). Dave has won numerous restaurant industry awards and honors and has been asked to speak at numerous universities including Duke, Ohio State, and Clemson (Adguide?s College Recruiter Employment Site). All of his accomplishments are found to be impressive considering that he began with nothing. "
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Microsoft Antitrust Case, 2002.
While Bill Gates may have represented the American dream, his actions in his company Microsoft have been staunchly attacked. This paper analyzes what happened and what the future holds for the man and the multi-billion dollar company.
2,459 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 27 sources, $ 74.95
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This paper is divided into five parts. It analyzes and examines the plethora of issues involved in the Microsoft antitrust case. Part II offers a brief summary of the facts and issues of the Microsoft antitrust case. In Part III, stakeholders involved in the Microsoft antitrust case are evaluated. Part IV outlines what portion of the life cycle the Microsoft antitrust case is in. In Part V, recommendations for addressing the various issues of the Microsoft antitrust case are summarized. The paper has comprehensive footnotes.
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"Individuals and investment firms are other stakeholders involved in the Microsoft antitrust case. These groups have legitimacy because their money is invested in Microsoft, which gives them the right to express their opinions regarding the company in the form of votes. Likewise, individuals and investment firms who own Microsoft stock have power because they may elect to sell their shares as a result of displeasure with the company?s actions. If large numbers of individuals and investment firms eliminate or reduce their Microsoft holdings, the company?s stock price will likely fall."
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Case Study: Family Dollar Stores, 2005.
This paper describes the Family Dollar stores in which the merchandise rarely costs more than a few dollars.
2,712 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 95.95
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This paper discusses the company mission statement, vision, and strategic issues of the Family Dollar stores. The author points out the significance of these new types of merchandisers. The paper considers strategy alternatives and recommendation at Family Dollar stores.
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"While so-called big box retailers, such as Best Buy, Home Depot and Wal-Mart, have received much attention in recent years and have in someways changed retailing in the United States, another significant shift has been underway among smaller retailers, who offer general merchandise. These so-called dollar stores offer merchandise that rarely exceeds a few dollars in price on a per-unit level and considerable inroads have been made by companies such as the Cent Store Big Lots and Family Dollar. The strategy behind these ..."
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Decline of a Confident Dollar, 2005.
A discussion about how the American government's fiscal policy is not reflected in the rate that the dollar is declining.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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The paper presents a thorough examination of the causes of the weak U.S. dollar and a discussion of both the pros and cons of the current Bush dollar policy. The paper questions what the dollar policy of the Bush Administration should be. After understanding the effects of the dollar policy, the paper shows that the administration should promote a stable dollar through increased fiscal discipline. This would show the world that the U.S. is not pushing its debt problems on them, eliminating the uncertainty of currency markets. With a stable dollar policy, the U.S. could improve the domestic economy, while no longer economically alienating the rest of the world.
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"Former presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson may not have had similar leadership strategies, but each were powerful figures of American history. Their contributions to the development of the United States helped it become the most powerful nation in the world, and today their involvement is acknowledged, as portraits of each grace a form of American currency. Their pictures symbolize American history and, more importantly, power. While the United States continues to hold a central role in global markets, its hegemony is increasingly threatened. The decline in value of the US dollar over the last three years may be symbolic of dwindling American dominance, thus the fall of the dollar is being closely examined. Many countries feel the US lives beyond its means. A weak US dollar helps boost US exports, in effect decreasing trade deficits by allowing the world to buy American debt. The current administration provides meaningless sound bites to the media, proclaiming publicly that it wants a strong currency while quietly allowing the dollar to decline. Other domestic policies seem to promote the idea that America is doing little to promote a strong dollar, such as an expanding defense budget and calls for social security reform. If the US continues to show such disregard for foreign opinion, the results may be devastating."
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Dollarization, 2005.
A review of literature and discussion on dollarization.
2,530 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper considers ten articles regarding dollarization. It explores the effects of official and unofficial dollarization. The author discusses problems with the de facto dollarization of economies. The paper explains three types of dollarization. The author concludes with a discussion on the political dimensions of dollarization, and other issues.
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"Dollarization occurs when a country either formally or informally uses another country's currency rather than its domestic currency as the primary medium of exchange. Informally individual businesses or citizens ..."
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Ecuador: The Road to Dollarization and Beyond, 2004.
This paper discusses the use of the dollar currency in Ecuador, how it reached this stage, and how it affects the economy.
5,987 words (approx. 23.9 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 142.95
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This paper identifies five persistent factors that have determined the historical trajectory in Ecuador?s exchange-rate policy and threatened its long-term macroeconomic stability: (a) chronic inflation, (b) over-dependence on commodity exports, (c) excessive borrowing, (d) institutional weaknesses in the financial system, and (e) weak public administration. It assesses the merits of dollarization by discussing to what extent these problems have been mitigated or solved. The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Section 1 provides an historical overview of the important events surrounding Ecuador?s exchange rate policy, beginning with the adoption and management of the floating rate in early 1990s, leading up to dollarization in the year 2000, and highlighting the state of affairs in the country since then; Section 2 describes the process by which Ecuador implemented dollarization; Section 3 provides an analysis of the pros and cons of dollarization in Ecuador; Section 4 discusses whether Ecuador really had any choice but to dollarize, given the option of adopting a currency board instead; and in Section 5, the writer provides some concluding comments.
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"Ecuador is one of the 15 countries in the world today that uses the U.S. dollar as its official domestic currency and legal tender . The case of Ecuador?s dollarization is unique for two reasons; first, this is by far the largest country to fully dollarize its economy, and second, the purpose of dollarization was not to reap the benefits of a regional or trade-based currency union, but to provide quick stabilization to a volatile macroeconomic environment. The Ecuadorian sucre experienced several different exchange rate systems on the road to dollarization, including a fixed exchange rate regime during the seventies, an unwieldy floating rate system in the late eighties and early nineties featuring four different exchange rates simultaneously in operation, a unified and managed floating rate mechanism subject to a crawling peg band for most of the nineties, and finally, a free float in 1999. During this period, Ecuador experienced a steady increase in the level of unofficial, spontaneous dollarization, to the extent that the economy was operating in a dual-currency environment. Full, official and formal dollarization was declared in January 2000, at a time when the country was suffering from the worst recession in its independent history, a severe banking crisis, and hyperinflation."
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Valuation of the Dollar, 2005.
A historical analysis of the valuation of the U.S. dollar.
3,447 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This study examines the historical basis for the valuation of the U.S. dollar, the impact of recent trends and initiatives including but not limited to the euro and an analysis of how these factors will serve to affect the dollar's valuation in the future. This study examines a wide range of international currencies, with an emphasis on the world's leading economies besides the U.S. and EU such as China, Japan, Korea and others, with a particular emphasis on how these currencies have tended to interact with the U.S. dollar over the years. Current theories concerning currency valuation techniques will be provided, and statistical analyses are also carried out where appropriate.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Scope of Study
Rationale of Study
Overview of Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Background and Overview: International Currency Exchanges
Current Trends and Initiatives
Impact of the Euro on Dollar Valuation
Analysis of Current Trends and Initiatives on Dollar Valuation in the Future
Chapter 3: Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-gathering Method and Database of Study
Chapter 4: Data Analysis
Chapter 5: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
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"According to Michael Artis, Elizabeth Hennessy, and Axel Weber (2000), capital losses can be caused by differential changes in the value of assets and liabilities, primarily exchange rate changes; these changes affect the value of a central bank's foreign exchange reserves. To date, exchange rate changes have only been a major problem for national central banks with very large foreign exchange reserves (i.e., Portugal); however, it might also become a problem for the European Central Bank in the future, whose balance sheet on the asset side will be dominated by the approximately 40 billion euro in foreign exchange reserves it has called up from the national central banks as of the end of 1999 (Artis et al. 208). The strength of the euro compared to the U.S. dollar has been growing in recent months, and economists are of mixed opinions about the impact on the valuation of the dollar as the European Union continues to gain economic momentum as it streamlines it trading practices."
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The Euro vs. the Dollar, 2004.
Explores the effects of the euro on the dollar and the future of both currencies.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper looks at many aspects of the euro vs. the American dollar issue. The paper looks at the strength of the euro in proportion to the dollar, the benefits and disadvantages to both Europe and the U.S. of a strong euro or a strong dollar, and the possible future of both the euro and the American dollar.
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"In today?s modern market, two currencies stand out, those of the United States dollar and the Euro. Until recently, the dollar was considered the strongest currency and the default currency for the world (Landler, May 18, 2003). Yet with Euro gaining considerable ground in many countries, the future of both the euro and the dollar is undecided."
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The U.S. Dollar, 2005.
This paper discusses the history and economic position of the U.S. dollar.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that, in macroeconomics terms, the U.S. dollar appears to be the currency holding the greatest global power because it is the dominant reserve currency, now comprising 68 percent of global reserves as compared with 51 percent of global currency reserves just a decade ago. The author points out that liberal U.S. foreign and domestic policies influenced the success of the American currency because the United States was able to maintain only the minimum of trade barriers with Western Europe, Japan and South Korea. The paper relates that some critics hail the decline of the dollar as a much-needed reestablishment of economic balance between the United States and the rest of the world; however, other critics see the decline of the dollar as a path towards local economic growth and prosperity within the United States' borders.
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"Historically, the extreme strength of the dollar was gained after World War II, when there was a decline in the value of the currency holding power until this event, the British pound sterling. At the verge of becoming a globally accepted standard currency, the Second World War decimated Britain in terms of power and economy, while the United States readily stepped in to fill the gap. The first major influencing factor on the dollar thus appears to be the decline of the then major currency in the world."
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The Devaluation of the Dollar, 2007.
A discussion on the the devaluation of the American dollar and its impact on India.
1,548 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper discusses how the United States dollar has declined in value in the global economy. The paper examines how this devaluation has caused, and may continue to cause, problems in multiple nations around the world whose economy, at least partially, depends upon the value of United States currency. This paper explores the drop in value of the U.S. dollar, and examines the effects of such a drop on a particular country of interest, that of India. The paper concludes that, for India, the outsourced IT sector and many export industries, such as steel, software, and other goods and services industries, are and will continue to be harmed by the weakened dollar.
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"In addition to simple increases in prices for offshore U.S. companies, many of the IT service contracts and other offshore contracts are being redesigned, in an effort to share the burden of a devalued dollar between the U.S. holding company and the outsourced Indian corporation. By raising prices, but locking in those prices for specific time frames, or by giving a low introductory rate for outsourcing, while including formulas for gradual increases, these outsourcing firms can effectively balance the need for U.S. business with the growing concern over the weak dollar (Thibodeau and Hoffman, 2004)."
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