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Blueprint for Corporate Governance, A: Strategy, Accountability, and the Preservation of Shareholder Value
Fred R. Kaen Manufacturer: AMACOM/American Management Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 081440586X |
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Recent events have turned the spotlight on the issue of corporate accountability -- especially when it comes to protecting shareholder value. In the modern corporation, non-owners commonly manage day-to-day operations, and their decisions have a direct impact on the company's overall value. But what can management do to positively impact share price and protect shareholder investment?A Blueprint for Corporate Governance is unique in that it addresses shareholder value from a managerial perspective. This important book covers all essential corporate governance issues from this angle, providing detailed information and insights on:
* Contemporary asset pricing models, and how they can help managers determine optimal returns on shareholder funds * Financial structures and dividend policies designed to advance shareholder interests * Methods for executives, managers and boards of directors to work as one to enhance and increase shareholder value.
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50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit: Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft, Credit Cards, Credit Repair, and Credit Reports
Steve Weisman Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 013146759X |
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Good reasonable information.......2006-05-02
A Home Security System .......2005-06-19
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How To Make Your Credit Sparkle: and everything else you need to know about your credit
Ameen Kamadia Manufacturer: Kamrock Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0975375628 |
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"Increase the quality of your life by learning what the credit bureaus and banks don't want you to know" In order to write this book we interviewed hundreds of people to find out what people wanted to know about credit and what they needed to know but didn't. We took their input and created the most comprehensive and useful book written on the subject. Whether you need to fix your credit, get rid of debt, buy a house with lousy credit, or establish your credit, this book will show you how. How To Make Your Credit Sparkle, which covers the newest legislation, will teach you more then you ever dreamed of knowing about credit, including: 6 foolproof ways to increase your credit score 5 ways to get credit regardless of your credit history Steps to protect your credit BEFORE you get divorced The ONLY reason you should ever declare bankruptcy The 34 credit score factors and their meanings (never published before info) Why you should NEVER reveal your mothers maiden name even when they request it. How to get your student loan debt CANCELLED by the government How to legally get a new Social Security number How to bribe your creditors to clean your credit report When a bank wont give you a credit card, how to get it from their legal department. How to buy a house with lousy credit and little money. (True life examples) The fastest and easiest way to get credit, even if you have none at all. And a lot more.
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Relieving Sciatica: Everything You Need to Know about Using Complementary Medicine
Larry P. Credit , Sharon G. Hartunian , and Margaret Nowak Manufacturer: Avery ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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ASIN: 0895299216 |
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Identifying symptoms and offering solutions to a painful condition, this book describes how to use more than 15 effective complementary medicine approaches including acupressure, Alexander technique, Feldenkrais method, foot reflexology, hatha yoga, osteopathy, qigong, and rolfing.Customer Reviews:
Relieving Sciatica:Using Complementary Medicine to overcome pain of Sciatica.......2006-03-11
Helpful Advice.......2004-04-22
Good information.......2003-05-18
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The American Bar Association Guide to Credit and Bankruptcy: Everything You Need to Know About the Law, Your Rights, and Credit, Debt, and Bankruptcy
American Bar Association Manufacturer: Random House Reference ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0609809261 Release Date: 2006-01-10 |
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The average credit card debt per household is $7,500, and more than 1.6 million Americans file for bankruptcy each year. The American Bar Association Guide to Credit & Bankruptcy answers the questions people commonly ask lawyers about getting, keeping, and repairing credit.Customer Reviews:
good concise resource on credit issues.......2007-09-10
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Credits Survival Guide: Everything You need to Know About the Credits Process but Didn't Ask
Unknown Manufacturer: Writers Guild of America ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NGOXT0 |
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Everything You Need to Know About Credit
Deborah McNaughton Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0840791917 |
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Everything You Need To Know About Credit and Credit Cards
The Consumer Resource Institute Manufacturer: The Consumer Resource Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: B000NR88X6 |
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Everything You Need to Know About Credit and Credit Cards
Manufacturer: The Consumer Resource Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: B000IAPN0Y |
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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Fiscal Responsibilty (Need to Know Library)
Meg Green Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 082393327X |
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Everything You Need to Know About Credit and Credit Cards (2 Audio Cassette Tape and Booklet Set)
The Consumer Resource Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000TB0U2I |
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Professional Judgment on Appeal: Bringing and Opposing Appeals
Steven Wisotsky Manufacturer: Carolina Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 089089986X |
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The overwhelming majority of both civil and criminal appeals (about 80 to 85 percent) fail. Given poor track record compiled by the Bar, Professional Judgment on Appeal focuses on the need for lawyers to separate the winning appeals from the losing appeals and advise clients accordingly. Every client wants to know three things: How long will it take? How much will it cost? What can be won (reversal, new trial, remittitur, etc.) and what are the chances of success?The lawyer's job is to answer these questions by assessing the merits of a prospective appeal based on a careful analysis of the record. With a thematically tight focus on the tools of professional case evaluation, Professional Judgment on Appeal aids the lawyer in answering the ultimate question in every case: Can this appeal succeed and on what grounds?
The second part of the book addresses mistakes and misconduct since a large and growing body of case law imposes or threatens costs, fees, and fines for willful or event-negligent misconduct by appellate counsel. The laws on frivolous appeals violations of court rules, and other forms of misconduct are also presented. The concluding chapter addresses appellate malpractice, which often arises from frivolous appeals, rules, violations, or other misconduct of the appellate lawyer.
Professional Judgment on Appeal is designed to aid students and all members of the legal profession as it builds upon, but goes far beyond, the basics taught in law school to be a useful reference for most attorneys.
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The living soil and The Haughley experiment
Evelyn Barbara Balfour Manufacturer: faber and faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0571107133 |
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Five Kingdoms: A Multimedia Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth
Lynn Margulis , and Karlene V. Schwartz Manufacturer: Unesco ProductGroup: Book Binding: CD-ROM ASIN: 9231031120 |
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This electronic reference guide provides an expert overview of our planet's biodiversity: the kingdoms of bacteria, protoctista, fungi, plants and animals. Browse or search through hyperlinked descriptions of all the 96 phyla living today. Literature references, example genera and habitat information are also available for each phylum. The text is illustrated by a wealth of multimedia information, with more than 500 photographs and drawings and 37 video clips in all. The CD-ROM also offers a full introduction; a glossary with explanations of nearly 1300 scientific terms; a quiz to test your knowledge; and a 'field trips' section with information about natural history museums and parks worldwide, plus links to relevant web sites.
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Aspen High Country: The Geology a Pictorial Guide to Roads & Trails
David Laing , and Nicholas Lampiris Manufacturer: Thunder River Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0960427406 |
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The Physics of Non-Ideal Plasma
V. E. Fortov , and Igor T. Iakubov Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9810233051 |
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Bandbox: A Novel
Thomas Mallon Manufacturer: Pantheon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0375421165 Release Date: 2004-01-06 |
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From the author of Henry and Clara, a dazzling, hilarious novel that captures the heart and soul of New York in the Jazz Age.Customer Reviews:
Makes you Nostalgic for a Place that Never Was.......2006-07-24
Curse with high praise.......2006-03-30
Not a fun read.......2005-05-24
A fun romp of a book!.......2004-08-30
A clever page-turner with memorable characters.......2004-05-28
The plot fits into several genre, the most prominent being a madcap screwball and the other being somewhat of a minor mystery - will the competition succeed in shutting down Bandbox? Mallon makes deft use of every character, even though there are easily more than a dozen to keep track of, and each fits very, very neatly into the plot. That's incredibly hard to pull off and if the book wobbles a little bit in some sections, it makes up for it in others.
Mallon captures the romance of the city and the era vividly, from the socio-political events to the popular culture to the love affair that writers had and continue to have with New York. Even though we know via history's events what's coming around the corner for these characters, we care about them enough to want them to avoid the hard times and root for them against the "bad guys".
Jehosaphat "Joe" Harris is the editor of Bandbox and he seems like a combination of Harvey Weinstein and Boss Tweed. He's fighting to save his magazine from the upstart Cutaway, edited by his onetime protege Jimmy Gordon. Jimmy, who will stop at nothing to bury Bandbox, appears to have the upper hand. The suspense as to who will emerge victorious is an excellent attention-grabber as situations and circumstances get more and more out of control.
The funny thing about the book is that some of the characters and situations are cliches of the 20's, but we're so used to them they don't feel like cliches. Mallon manipulates our perceptions and stereotypes to do his job for him, which is a very clever move. It's also interesting that in reading it I couldn't help but think of what kind of film it would make. Some of the parts are ridiculously easy to cast in the imagination. Alec Baldwin, for example, is the epitome of Jimmy Gordon.
One flaw, and I've noticed this in other novels that are similar to this one, is that there is so much going on in some instances the author foreshadows what's coming a little too blatantly which takes some of the fun away from the big moments when they do occur. This is a minor criticism - it's like watching a movie when you've seen all the cliches and you know one is coming. It's probably not going to detract from the overall experience but you remember it for not being on the same level as the rest of the material.
The book reads very smoothly - probably a good two days at most - and leaves you wanting more. Thomas Mallon is going on my list of authors whose other work I am interested in reading.
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