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We all watch news on TV or read newspapers for the purpose of being informed about what is happening on the world. We rely on mass media for that and think that stories the stories that they make as news are the most important. That is to say that mass media concentrates on some news and forgets on some other ones or give them less importance. Two theories are involved in that. The first one is agenda setting theory which states that media gives us what to think about rather than what to think and

These days, all the companies adopt strategic planning tool to evaluate its positions in the local and global market. To gain the satisfaction of its clients, Chateau Ksara, uses the SWOT analysis to identify the key internal and external factors that are important to achieving its objectives. 1- Opportunities of the wine market in Lebanon: Wine is a popular and important beverage that accompanies and enhances a wide range of Mediterranean-style cuisines, from the simple and traditional to the

inovative idea. Then, a year later, he joined Tangerine, a London design company and worked on many various projects. In 1992, the british designer joined the american multinational corportation : Apple, where he met his first success : the colourfull all-in-one iMac computer and latterly the ipod, considered by the contemporaries as his greatest design success. Ian sample conclude his article in telling that the iPod innocent look, will have probably influence for years. Since 1992, it’s thanks

the internet is now available on a smartphone. Not mentioning the free newspapers that make the situation a bit more complicated. As a result, the paper press of the starting XXI century has to face four competitors with different strengths that are all merging and converging. For this reason the marketing strategy involved is very important, in order to remain competitive in the long run. The strategy has been rethought to adapt and it will go on evolving. It is essential for the paper’s

may have learnt geometry at school, but he always spoke of himself as self-taught; certainly he advanced by studying the writings of his compatriots William Oughtred and John Wallis, and of Descartes and the Dutch school. Newton made contributions to all branches of mathematics then studied, but is especially famous for his solutions to the contemporary problems in analytical geometry of drawing tangents to curves (it is called differentiation which is the same as derivation that we learnt this year)

defeat | |domestic special interests that want protection. A major foundation of all such anti-protection coalitions is the “balance of terror”, i.e. the fear of each nation’s exporters that protection at| |home will trigger protection abroad. In this light, the Washington/London standstill pledge has reinforced the hand of anti-protectionist forces in all the G20 nations in two ways. First, it | |makes it very clear that this is a bargain –  “We won’t do it, if you don’t” – behind which is the

proposals are listed with bullet points • One paragraph is dedicated to each argument: “pension deficit”, “job losses” and “door open”. Therefore, it is possible to confirm that the article is meeting the readers’ expectation, that is to say giving a clear and neutral explanation about a topic. The article could be a reference to distinguish the different arguments of the debate. Then, we can distinguish a second approach, which we will name a specific approach. This approach is used by three articles

following case deals about the concern of child Labor in international business. The Adidas Company founded in 1940 produces shoes, clothing, and sport equipment. Adidas does not manufacture any of these product but deals with a lot of foreign suppliers all over the world. This case raises several questions but the main topic here is the ethical issue in international business regarding the companies’ behavior concerning labor standard while chasing overseas cheap labor. Adidas faced a challenging

colonel. « any man who doesn't want to undertake this mission just needs to report to my quarters, stand at attention, look me in the eye, and say, Colonel, i'm yeller, sir ! And you'll be shipped out, back to base at Oahu on the next ship. Is that clear ? Dismissed ! » After dozens of missions, we were exhausted. Although none of us said it out loud, each knew what the other was thinking. It was what I was thinking, too. I wished I had the guts to go in there and tell the colonel I was yellow. We