When I think about wire-tapping, I recall of the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola film, The Conversation. In this film, Harry Caul (played by Gene Hackman) is a surveillance expert who records the conversation of a young man and woman for a client. After turning the tapes over to his client, he learns that the couple [...]
In 1994, china began a profound reform of its state owned enterprise. Local government have initiated these reforms, which are proceeding in economically and politically sensible ways. In 1994, China began a quiet reform in privatising and restructuring its SOEs under the slogan ‘grasping the large and letting go the small’. This reform has proceeded [...]
Two of the most important depository institutions are banks and credit unions. While they share many commonalities, they also have important differences. It is these differences I will focus on, in terms of structure, clientele base, and regulation. One significant area that banks and credit unions differ in is regarding their structure. In terms [...]
John Rothchild is the money hungry “average investor” who stumbles from stocks to options to bonds and then ends up with this cautionary tale of the stock markets. The twenty-four tips he emphasises within this tale are based on his own experiences during his quest to become rich. The six tips discussed below show some [...]
The profile of a good employee includes a variety of attributes, skills, and personal characteristics. Some skills and qualities are universal to every job, and others are job specific. All jobs require a good work ethic and problem solving. Great qualities an individual can bring to most jobs would be good communication skills and [...]