... 1930s. In our present day, the continued economic slide of Japan, the world’s second largest economy, is the single biggest threat posed to the global economy. Another similarity exists between modern day Japan and Great Britain of the 1920s. In both cases, monetary policy has been blamed for contributing to sinking of these economic Titanics. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper is to explore the failure of Japanese monetary policy to deal with its present economic crisis. Background and the Problem During the 1980s, policy makers and economists throughout the world envied Japan as a successful model of a strong global economy. Real GDP growth rang ...

... of '93 gateway began to be publicly traded on the market. It's symbol was GTW (NYSE), or GATE (NASDAQ). April 24, 1998, gateway was added to S&P 500. Since 1985 many things have happenedto this partnership and many more are still to come. Now we will take a look at a stock quote and explain the numbers to you. First you will have a symbol; this is just an abbreviation of its name. Next is the 5-Year high and low; this will tell you the highest and lowest that the stock has been in the last five years. The P-E ratio is just a simple price to earnings ratio, saying that you spend and receive this much. Sales 100's are how many of the stock was trad ...

... taught to save for retirement. I think that many of my friends do not even think much of saving for their college graduation, let alone for their retirement. Eventually, however, most of us will reach a point in our lives where work shall come to an end, yet the existence of living expenses will not. Social security, many of us find out; will provide us with a monthly check at this point. What we do not realize, however, is that this amount is not intended to be used as our sole source of income. Unfortunately, the tragic irony is that many of us reach retirement and realize too late how impossible it would be to live by no other means except social ...

... and the objects on it by proper combination of open space and planting, and by wise use of land formation (Concise 151). They may work on parks, gardens, housing projects, school campuses, golf courses, or airports. They begin a project by reviewing the needs and desires of the client. They study the site, mapping such features as the slope of the land, existing structures and the type of soil. They check local building codes and availability of utilities, make drawings which outline the work in detail, and draw up lists of materials to be used. They then invite bids from construction companies and landscape nursery companies. With the awarding of the con ...

... provides the framework to understanding the workings of Japanese business (and possibly the Japanese mind.) The ways of the Japanese provide a foundation for their economic adaptability in modern times. Japan is a culture where human relations and preservation of harmony are the most important elements in society. "It is their sense of identity and destiny which gives their industrial machine its effectiveness."1 "Among the Japanese, there exists an instinctive respect for institutions and government, for the rules of etiquette and service, for social functions and their rituals of business. Japan is a traditionally crowded island, the people are forced to ...

... minimum wage in California has increased nine times in the past thirty years rising from $1.30 per hour in the mid 1960's to $4.25 per hour as of July 1996. The increase has been less than the rate of inflation during this period. The vast majority of the 22,000 members of the American Economic Association agree that increasing the minimum wage will increase unemployment among young, unskilled workers. This 35% hike in the minimum wage paid by the business will be one of the biggest increases in California history. And, it will hit just when the state is recovering from a long recession. Approximately 2 million of California's nearly 13 million workers earn less ...

... shown many and great advancements through the years but barriers still exist. One of the most widely known but not seen barriers is the glass ceiling effect. Does the glass ceiling still exist and if so, to what extent? The "glass ceiling" is a concept that betrays America's most cherished principles. The glass ceiling is the unseen, yet unbroken artificial barriers based on attitudinal or organizational bias that keeps minorities and women from advancing to the upper realm of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements. These artificial barriers in the work place are experienced by African-Americans, persons with disabilities, N ...

... of the option if the holder sees fit while European options can only be exercised at the expiration rate, and this is the reason why American put options are normally valued higher than European options. Nonetheless it has been proved by academics that it is impossible to derive an analytical formula for valuing American put options and the reason why will be discussed in this paper as well as some main suggested techniques that are used to value them. According to Hull, exercising an American put option on a non-dividend-paying stock early if it is sufficiently deeply in the money can be an optimal practice. For example, suppose that the strike price of an Ame ...

... and Global sensitivity. Now, I don't dispute that these are challenges that we as human resource managers are going to face in the upcoming years but I think that the technology revolution, AIDS, downsizing or outsourcing, and sexual harassment are going to be bigger challenges. The first item that senior human resource managers felt a challenge was pay equity. Specifically, high executive compensation compared to the wages paid to regular employees. It will be a challenge to manage the whole compensation process. The consensus of the group was that executive pay would have to move back to a more equitable distribution or the rank- and-file employe ...

... in his early twenties when he left the Army. He didn't want to go to college and knew only one thing: "I wanted to work and I wanted to make money." Because of his ambitiousness and hard work ethics, Charles decided to go into retailing. It was his father's example as well as his years spent in the bicycle shop that gave him much of his business training. II. The History of Toys "R" Us During the post war years of the late forties and early fifties, Charles Lazarus anticipated the baby boom because many soldiers were being discharged from the Army and were beginning to start families. In 1948, he borrowed $2,000 and started his first business, sellin ...