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  • Book Review On Jefferson's Great Gamble

    Book Review On Jefferson's Great Gamble

    Charles A. Cerami. Jefferson’s Great Gamble. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003. The United States and France were on the brink of war. At stake was the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling Mississippi River port known as New Orleans. In the center of the crisis stood Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte, two of the greatest leaders of their time, now face to face in a test of wits and wills that would determine

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    Essay Length: 651 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2011
  • Gambling

    Gambling

    Introduction Gambling is a huge problem in the United States today. According to a 2005 survey, "Two-thirds of Americans have gambled, and 80% approve of gambling as a means of collecting taxes. Approximately six percent of adults, twelve million individuals, however, meet the criteria of a pathological gambler. Another four to six million American's have less significannot , yet serious, problems with their gambling (www.gamblingdilemma.org/)." In the book Gambling, by James Haley, we will see

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    Essay Length: 2,365 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2011
  • Internet Gambling

    Internet Gambling

    Internet Gambling Internet gambling represents one of the fastest growing segments of online activities with hundreds of websites providing users the opportunity to place bets on anything, ranging from casino games to sporting events. Billions of dollars in bets are placed each day in these online gambling rings. Thousands of these sites exist and many countries' economies benefit from them. Sadly, America's leaders fail to see the benefits in allowing online gambling to take place

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    Essay Length: 689 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2011
  • Gambling: Dangerous To Society?

    Gambling: Dangerous To Society?

    In a study performed by Kerby Anderson of Probe Ministries, a Christian organization that investigates hot topics in America today, he states that there are twelve million compulsive gamblers in the United States. Out of this twelve million, 96% began gambling before the age of 14. He also reported that the average compulsive gambler has debts exceeding $80,000. This means that for this class, if we all grow up to be compulsive gamblers, all but

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    Essay Length: 840 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2011
  • Effects Of Gambling

    Effects Of Gambling

    Everyone loves money! That's an understatement at the least, but what people will do for money is the question. Lot's of people have their careers and live off of that though there are some people who what to risk the money they have and try and make more and they do that by gambling. When you are gambling to make money instead of entertainment that is what definitely starts to cause some problems. People

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    Essay Length: 2,086 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: April 6, 2011
  • Case Study Of Proctor & Gamble

    Case Study Of Proctor & Gamble

    Case Study of Proctor & Gamble There is no question whether or not Proctor & Gamble is a strong company and a prominent force in the consumer goods market segment; but what sets them apart from their competition? What makes them such a power house in their market? When determining a companies strengths, such as P&G's you must take a look at the companies resources. A companies resources are often what sets them apart from

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    Essay Length: 676 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2011
  • Gambling: The Problems And History Of Addiction, Helpfulness, And Tragedy

    Gambling: The Problems And History Of Addiction, Helpfulness, And Tragedy

    Recently there have been a lot of studies on the subject of gambling and games play. The average uninformed individual might wonder "Why, it really is not that big of a deal?" and think that it is just a small poker game or a little bet over a sporting event. There are so many more aspects to gambling than just the little games and bets. That is just a fraction of all of the problems

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    Essay Length: 4,929 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2011
  • Gambling With Your Life

    Gambling With Your Life

    On a summer day in September a stunned Janecek, 61, received a call from her doctor with test results from her routine colonoscopy. The doctor had told her that she had intestinal cancer and she was in shock, because prior to that she had been successfully treated for intestinal cancer. She ended up having surgery and they removed about two feet of her small and large intestines. As time went on after the surgery she

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    Essay Length: 583 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 21, 2011
  • Gambling In America: Is Legalized Gambling In America The Right Choice?

    Gambling In America: Is Legalized Gambling In America The Right Choice?

    Recently, a new, debatable topic has hit Americans in a swift manner. Should gambling be legalized in their respective states? As you may already know, gambling is the act of risking something of value for a potential chance of profit. “Not that long ago, Americans held gambling in the same esteem as heroin dealing” (Popkin & Hetter 17). Today, however, people see gambling not as bad as it used to be. In fact, according to

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    Essay Length: 2,793 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: April 26, 2011
  • Atlantic City Gambling

    Atlantic City Gambling

    Some title having to do with gambling Some people are for it, some are against it, but either way you cannot ignore it. Gambling is everywhere nowadays. It expands all the way from NCAA basketball tournaments, to your state lottery, and even to your local bingo game. Some people claim that gambling causes numerous problems for those who participate in it. Some of these problems include addiction, social, and economic issues. All of these problems

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    Essay Length: 1,168 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 27, 2011
  • Adventures In Gambling

    Adventures In Gambling

    Adventures in Gaming Today's world is based almost completely on technology. We use it to teach, learn, and design new ideas and theories. Many people like to argue that the old pen and paper way is best and don't like to think what computers are actually doing for us today. Computer gaming seems to catch a lot of the controversy of today's argument. People question the direction these games are leading our children. From an

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    Essay Length: 1,519 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 27, 2011
  • How Gambling Affects Human Life?

    How Gambling Affects Human Life?

    Many people choose now gambling as a way of life. Gambling is being introduced as a way to boost the economy, create jobs, etc. But there is a high human cost. Although it might create revenues, because of its easy accessibility in Russia it also creates problems similar to drug abuse. In fact there are many examples of gambling related crime that ranges from individual all the way up to organized. Moreover some cases when

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    Essay Length: 413 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 2, 2011
  • Gambling

    Gambling

    The cause of a gambling problem is the individual's inability to control the gambling. This may be due in part to a person's genetic tendency to develop addiction, their ability to cope with normal life stress and even their social upbringing and moral attitudes about gambling. The casino or lottery provides the opportunity for the person to gamble. It does not, in and of itself, create the problem any more than a liquor store

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    Essay Length: 678 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 13, 2011
  • Study On Online Gambling Market

    Study On Online Gambling Market

    Contents Executive Summary Introduction Market Definition Market Sectors Market Size PEST Analysis Porter Five Force Analysis Competitors Analysis Boston matrix Shareholders SWOT Analysis Conclusion Executive Summary For thousands of years, mankind has enjoyed spending money on games of chance. Today this has developed into a multi-billion dollar worldwide phenomenon- the gambling industry. While the total number of gambling enterprises has fallen in recent years the overall number of people employed in the industry has increases,

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    Essay Length: 3,903 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: June 2, 2011
  • Nevada Gambling

    Nevada Gambling

    Final Project 1 NEVADA GAMBLING Las Vegas in Retrospect With it's ties to Organized Crime And Benjamin "Bugsy" Seigel. Clayton L. Blackwell CJ350 Organized Crime Final Project 2 NEVADA GAMBLING GLITCH Nevada became the first state to legalize casino gambling, but not before it was reluctantly the last western state to outlaw gaming in 1910. At midnight, October First, 1910, a strict anti-gambling law became effective in Nevada. It even forbade the western custom of

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    Essay Length: 2,306 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: June 6, 2011
  • Gambling

    Gambling

    The Commission recommends to state governments and the federal government that states are best equipped to regulate gambling within their own borders with two exceptionsвЂ"tribal and Internet gambling. (See separate recommendations on tribal and Internet gambling in their respective sections.) 3-2 The Commission recommends that all legal gambling should be restricted to those who are at least 21 years of age and that those who are under 21 years of age should not be allowed

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    Essay Length: 282 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 14, 2011
  • Research And Analysis On Proctor & Gamble (P&G)

    Research And Analysis On Proctor & Gamble (P&G)

    Executive Summary Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a multinational consumer-product company which operates in nearly 80 countries with more than 300 brands. With its core competency in development and commercialization of products and brands such as Pampers, Tide, and Wella which are part of P&G's 22 billion-dollar brands, P&G has been highly successful in the market with sales of $68 billion and a net profit of $8 billion in 2006. Its aggressive international expansion and

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    Essay Length: 5,166 Words / 21 Pages
    Submitted: June 16, 2011
  • Proctor And Gamble Scope

    Proctor And Gamble Scope

    Proctor and Gamble, Inc. Scope Case Synopsis Gwen Hearst, Scope Mouthwash Brand Manager for Procter & Gamble, Inc is preparing a three year strategic plan for Scope in the Canadian market. Her responsibilities focus on three central areas: maximize the market share, volume and profitability of the brand. She needs to develop a strategy to compete with a new market entry, Plax. Plax has targeted fighting plaque as a new benefit for mouthwash. In two

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    Essay Length: 2,833 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: June 25, 2011
  • Procter And Gamble Financial Review

    Procter And Gamble Financial Review

    TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Industry and Sector Overview 2 1. External Analysis 3 a. Technology 3 b. Demographic 3 c. International Exposure 4 2. Economic Indicators 4 a. GDP Growth 4 b. Household Income 4 c. Foreign Exchange Risk 4 3. Competition within Sector 4 B. Procter and Gamble: Company Analysis 6 1. Activities and Products 6 2. Strategic Position and Competition 7 3. Financial Analysis 8 a. Review of Business Segments 8 пЃ¶ Health

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    Essay Length: 9,423 Words / 38 Pages
    Submitted: June 26, 2011
  • Proctor And Gamble Scope

    Proctor And Gamble Scope

    Reduction of Economic Waste in the Automobile Industry _____________________________________ December 2006 Abstract In the era of globalization, where the world has become a single market, there is an intense competition between various companies in any business field. Consolidation of the markets, rising customer demands, rising fuel prices and intense competition has lead to cut throat competition in the automobile industry. There has been a large change in production systems and management practices since the beginning

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    Essay Length: 4,613 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: June 28, 2011
  • Procter & Gamble Vs. Gillette

    Procter & Gamble Vs. Gillette

    Proctor & Gamble 1. What is Proctor & Gamble’s corporate strategy? Do the company’s businesses seem to be related or unrelated? Are Gillette’s businesses closely related to P&G’s businesses? How will a merger with Gillette provide a 1 + 1 = 3 effect for P&G? Proctor and Gamble recently completed large restructuring, put new management in place, and cut capital spending needs. Since then they are now focused on increasing top and bottom line results

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    Essay Length: 1,632 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: July 18, 2011
  • Anti Goverment Gambling Act

    Anti Goverment Gambling Act

    Opalinski Jason Opalinski Professor Konkright Federal Government 1205 30 August 2015 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was signed into law October 13th 2006 by the United States of Americas 43rd President George W. Bush. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was an An Act to prevent the use of certain payment instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and other purposes. I will explain

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    Essay Length: 1,848 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: September 19, 2015
  • These Detailed Statistics Relating to the Gambling Industry in Great Britain Have Been Collated by the Gambling

    These Detailed Statistics Relating to the Gambling Industry in Great Britain Have Been Collated by the Gambling

    Industry Statistics April 2010 to March 2015 ________________ Gambling industry data 5 Betting 9 Bingo 16 Casinos 20 Arcades 26 Gaming machine manufacturers 29 Remote betting, bingo and casino 32 Large society lotteries 39 The National Lottery 42 Additional data about the Commission’s activities 44 Appendix 1: Regulatory returns analysis (methodology) 48 Appendix 2: Terminology 49 Appendix 3: Gaming machine categorisation 50 ________________ Preface 1. These detailed statistics relating to the gambling industry in Great

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    Essay Length: 10,526 Words / 43 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2016
  • The Procter & Gamble Company Cost Accounting

    The Procter & Gamble Company Cost Accounting

    Introduction The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837 by James Procter and William Gamble. The company started out manufacturing soap and built on innovation by 1890 the company was selling more six different kinds of soap (PG, 2006). As we know the rest is history the company was later incorporated in 1905 and sells their consumer products in more than 180 countries and has operations in approximately 70 countries. The Procter and Gamble

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    Essay Length: 2,512 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2016
  • Procter Gamble

    Procter Gamble

    1. Antes de passarmos a uma análise propriamente dita dos factores e politicas que serviram como guia para o planeamento promocional dos LDL’s ( light duty liquid detergent ) da Procter & Gamble, convém explicarmos como se encontram estruturados os diversos tipos de produtos e os mercados em que se inserem. Os LDL’s integram uma de entre oito divisões de tipos de produtos, designada por Packaged Soap and Detergents. Devido a este facto este tipo

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    Essay Length: 458 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2016

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