The formation of Citigroup in 1998 created a new model of financial services organization to serve its clients' financial needs. ... A basic assumption is that the financial services needs of individuals are similar worldwide. ... Citigroup is the first financial services company in the United States to bring together banking, insurance and investments under one umbrella. ... Specific products and services include basic banking accounts, investment services through Citicorp Investment Services, CitiTerm life insurance, CitiPhone banking, and CitiGold accounts, which integrate banking, bo...

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The innovative quick service restaurant concept pioneered by Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernadino, CA has evolved into the world's largest food service organization serving millions of customers a day across countries. ... A hundred shares of stock costing $2,250 dollars that day would have multiplied into 74,360 shares today, worth over $2.8 million on December 31, 1998. ... V Our Vision is to be the world's best quick service restaurant experience. ... The U.S. is our largest segment with nearly 13,000 restaurants as of December 31, 2000, which contribute about half of o...

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December of 1934 was the first transatlantic flight between Amsterdam and Curaco. ... In December of 1991 they introduced the first frequent-flyer program of Europe under the name of "Flying Dutchman."" ... December 1999, KLM is the first airline in the world to receive ISO 14001 certification for its environmental care system. ... In December 1996, KLM and the State of Netherlands reached an agreement to further privatize the airline, reducing the State's holding in KLM to 25%. ... Operational integrity is very important to KLM, not only providing passenger reliable on time servic...

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Command Module is attached to Service Module in Lunar landing. ... Service Module was attached to the base of the Command Module. ... The Service Module was a cylinder 3.9 meters in diameter and 7.6 meters long. ... The first manned Saturn V launched was the Apollo 8 in December 1968. ... Gemini 6A and 7 had the first successful space rendezvous in December 1965. ...

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Employees As of December 31, 2000, Amazon employed approximately 9,000 full-time and part-time employees. ... Britto Senior Vice President, World Wide Services, Sales and Business Development Mr. Britto has served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Service Sales and Business Development since November 2001. ... He made Delta an industry leader in Internet-based travel services with the redesign of the company's online ticket issuance and customer services systems. ... In addition to all these retail services, Amazon.com all...

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Censoring the Internet Censoring the Internet The internet offers a huge wealth of information both good and bad, unfortunately the vary nature of the internet makes policing this new domain practically impossible. The internet began as a small university network in the United States and has b...

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The Ford Vision is to become the world's leading consumer company for automotive products and services. ... The Ford Mission is a global family with a proud heritage, passionately committed to providing personal mobility for people around the world; to anticipate consumer needs and deliver outstanding products and services that improve people's lives. ... The sales and service experience that customers have at a Ford dealership is also part of Job One. Ford has developed a number of dealer training and certification programs aimed at improving the total sales and service experienc...

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Company profile The first Fair fast food restaurant was established in December 1991 in Chung on Street, Tsuen Wan, registered capital of the time was HK$5 millions and the total amount of the employees was 57. ... (Www.computerworld.com) *Strengths Long history & well-known Fair fast food had 12 years history in Hong Kong fast food industry since the first Fair fast food restaurant was established in December 1991. ... Skilled labor and management The first Fair fast food restaurant was established in December 1991 with the total amount of the employees was 57. ... Although the mos...

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Stalin Essay Stalin's Childhood The man who the world would come to know as Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, on December 21, 1879, in the Georgian village of Gori, a small town in the southern reaches of the Russian Empire. ... He found freinds who had the same aspirations as him and by 1898 he was so committed to the Idea that he offered his services to Noe Zhordania who was the leader of Georgia's Marxists at the time. ... In December 1929, the party praised Stalin on his 50th birthday. ...

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Al-Jazeera: A Review Al-Jazeera is a legitimate news-broadcasting network that is accepted around the world as the Arab news service. ... Others question why Al-Jazeera is always the only news service that receive his video taped messages and they were the only news service that he has given interviews to. ... For instance, in an exclusive interview from December 1998 that has been broadcast time and again Bin Laden calls for Muslims to "target all Americans" (Emery). ...

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Description of Business Our business will provide a service website where students will be able to trade books with one another or give them away for free. In order to raise funds for our service, in addition to charging a listing fee to post a book on our site, we will also sell advertising space on our webpage to generate additional revenue. In addition we hope to partner with local colleges to promote our service to help cut down on costs. ... Our sales numbers will be higher in March, June, August, September, December and January because that is when students will be starting and ending s...

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In the UK, HSBC bought the retail financial services arm of the  Marks and Spencer  Group. ... HSBC has continued to focus on the development of its personal financial services business in Asia especially in China. ... In fact, on 6 December 2004, HSBC made a commitment to become the world's first major bank to achieve carbon neutrality by 2006. ... The main objective of their strategy is to ensure that shareholders get a better return from HSBC than they would from investing in other financial services companies. ... In the UK, HSBC responded to a number of inquiries by the Financial ...

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Taylor into service. ... He was back in Kitty Hawk on Saturday, December 11 and the new parts worked perfectly. On Monday, December 13, 1903, they carried the Flyer to the track. ... On December 17, 1903, at 10:35AM, the Wright Brothers achieved their dream. ... Only seven men were present on December 17, 1903 when Orville Wright made the first successful flight. ...

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The services industries have gained in importance for Japan's economy, representing 23.5 percent of the labour force. ... While unexpected GDP growth in the December 2002 quarter of 0.5 percent was welcome, analysts remain pessimistic about prospects for a strong, sustained recovery in view of ongoing concerns about the outlook for domestic demand and private investment. ... Since new carriers offering digital mobile phone services entered the Japanese market in the mid-1990s, cellular phone usage has grown rapidly. ... Japan Air Lines, established in 1951, provides international air s...

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Today, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), has begun efforts to locate more that 300,000 illegal aliens, in which only 900 have been located thus far. ... Obtaining a visa from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service may seem like a multifaceted task, but quite amazingly there are many ways to get through the system. ... Several terrorists, including those belonging to a sleeper cell in Michigan, have used this service to enter the United States. ... Even more narrowly focusing on males born on or before November 15, 1986 that will be in the United States at le...

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By December, they had control of Vietnam to the 16th parallel. ... In the south, emperor Bao Dai who, after collaboration with the Japanese to 1945 and a brief period as "adviser" to Ho Chi Minh's government in Hanoi before fleeing the country in 1946, had been installed as a French puppet on his return in 1949, sought the services of Ngo Dinh Diem as premier. ...

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Advertisement - Continue reading below Budding Young Composer In December, 1769, Wolfgang, then age 13, and his father departed from Salzburg for Italy, leaving his mother and sister at home. ... But by December, he was asking for his father's blessings. ...

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On December 10, Riel's Provisional Government's flag flew on the flag pole at Fort Gary. On December 27, Donald Smith, the Hudson's Bay Company's representative in Canada and a government agent, arrived in the Settlement. ...

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The outsourcing of a number of basic functions which traditionally were carried out by national armies or police forces, known as the top-down privatization, has blurred the borderlines between the public services of the State and the private commercial sector. ... In this regard, "it requests its members to pay particular attention to the impact of the activities of private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and security services on the international market on the enjoyment of human rights by everyone and every people." More concretely, the Commission requests the ...

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REPORT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE - HRM OR PERSONNEL? 1. TERMS OF REFERENCE During the past 20 years many organisations have evolved and changed the way in which they manage their workforce. The past 2 decades have seen a shift in many organisations from the traditional Personnel Departme...

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Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, and opened on December 16, 1903. ... Over the years, the Taj Group has won international acclaim for its quality hotels and its excellence in business facilities, services, cuisine and interiors. ... Providing world-class personalized service to guests while authentically reproducing the traditions and heritage of India, has made the "TAJ" brand a symbol of luxury and service the world over. ... Located in the main political and commercial cities of India they maintain the highest standards in all the services they offer. With exquisitely appointed rooms and modern ...

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The Regina Manifesto, as it is known as today, put emphasis on "economic planning, nationalization of financial institutions, public utilities and natural resources, security of tenure for farmers, a national labor code, socialized health services and greatly increased economic powers for the central government." ... According to the NDP, "it's time banks and big corporations paid their fair share -- so we can better afford health care, education and other services for middle class and working families." ... One of Chretien's campaign promises in 1993 was to scrap...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises and property. The state is run by one leading elite. ...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises and property. The state is run by one leading elite. ...

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Communism is based on the ideas and teachings of Karl Marx as modified by Lenin. At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. There is no private ownership. The state owns and controls all enterprises and property. The state is run by one leading elite. ...

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