Find yourself in this scenario You are strolling along on the sidewalk in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, minding your own business and suddenly, out of nowhere, steps First Lady, Michelle Obama who doesn ’t see you and you collide with her causing an embarrassing moment. How would you handle this sticky-situation? (after the Secret Service men […]
One of the financial parameters which lenders care a lot about when deciding whether or not to finance a company is its tangible net worth. It represents the total of its tangible assets like land, building, machinery, inventory, etc. Explanation If there is any party which is most concerned with the tangible net worth, it […]
What Is a Surplus, Anyway? “Federal budget surplus” sure sounds good, doesn’t it? Surplus. That means, all you need, plus some extra! Bonus! Let’s do it! Well, here’s what happens when the federal government runs a surplus – they take in more dollars in taxes than they spend. That means the federal government has a […]
Introduction What are Nigeria challenges? A challenge can be defined as a demanding task or situation. In this platform, discussed are the challenges that Nigeria faces. The challenges that this country encounters are numerous and cannot all be exhausted in this piece of article. The question is: what are the challenges that Nigeria is facing? […]
I thought I ’d research a bit more about paedophiles, and perhaps find some human interest stories to remind me of the many times paedophiles have re-offended on release from prison. Instead I stumbled across site and after site outlining paedophilia involvement at the highest level of the British government. Thomas Hamilton It all seemed […]
Air Pollution:It is an undesirable change in the physical ,chemical or biological characteristics of air. Air Pollutants:They are the substances which pollute the air.Some of the common pollutants are dust,soot,ash,carbon monoxide,excess of carbon dioxide,sulphur dioxide,oxides of nitrogen,hydrocarbons,chlorofluorocarbons(CFC),lead compounds,asbestos dust,cement dust,pollens and radioactive rays. Sources of Air Pollution:The pollution of air can be caused by natural […]
When body parts and aircraft debris showered over the sunflower fields and nearby sombre villages of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, unsuspecting villagers of the region could have hardly been expected to suspect that the incident had all the makings of a tipping point in the ongoing Kyiv-Moscow face off. The crashing of the […]
Obtaining the necessary funds to kick-start your small business start-up can be quite a challenging task. But before you get dejected, lets first take a look at what the numbers have to say. The average small business start-up cost to become an affiliate marketer for instance, is somewhere around $250, which is a small investment […]
More of Your Shoplifting Questions Answered I want to thank everyone who read my previous hub, 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Shoplifting and helped to make it the success it’s become. Almost 4 years later, the article has snowballed into a giant question and answer hub and has inspired the iShoplifted.com website. Apparently, I […]
Financing a business, keeping the economic perspective in mind, is very different from obtaining a loan for personal reasons. From an economic perspective, the expenses that have to be borne by a business can be broadly classified into fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs remain the same, regardless of the level of production. In […]
One of the financial parameters which lenders care a lot about when deciding whether or not to finance a company is its tangible net worth. It represents the total of its tangible assets like land, building, machinery, inventory, etc. Explanation If there is any party which is most concerned with the tangible net worth, it […]
Ninty-eight percent of the earths water can not be consumed by humans. The bottled water industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. In 1970 the one of the first bottled water was Perrier; images of good health and sophistication was associated with consumers who drank Perrier. People stated that water was free and why should they […]