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to introduce a wide range of reforms to its public transport system. In July 2004, the Seoul Metropolitan Government launched a new, revolutionized public bus system in order to revitalize the deteriorated public transportation service that had long been losing its popularity with the city’s citizens. The new system was comprised of coordinated bus and metro services, integrated fare structure, and shorter , more time-saving bus routes. In this paper, the city-wide reformation project is described

Critically evaluate to what extent past research into the classification of accounting systems has become irrelevant because of international harmonization efforts. During the recent decades, in our societies, we have observed a new trend towards the liberalization of markets .International business has become easier. Countries are now more open to foreign investments because barriers to trade have been dramatically reduced. For example, the capital markets are more interconnected; multinational

COLOURS. !! An Edinburgh woman was taking her driving test. At one point, the examiner told her to take the first turning on the left. At that moment a boy ran across the road just in front of the car. She braked hard, and the examiner who had been looking at his notes, hit the windscreen giving him a nice bump on his forehead. She passed the test with the dry but objective comment "Your emergency stop is excellent.” ! ELLE A PASSÉ SON PERMIS DE CONDUIRE AVEC BRIO. Une dame d'Edimbourg

Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level ECONOMICS Paper 4 Data Response and Essays (Supplement) Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper 9708/42 October/November 2009 2 hours 15 minutes *8942093443* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs

we /they like He / she / it likes • Forme négative: I / you / we /they don’t like He / she / it doesn’t like • Forme interrogative: Do I / you / we / they like? Does he / she / it like? Have au présent I / you / we /they have He / she / it has Ordre des mots dans une question Questions fermées : Auxiliaire – sujet – verbe – suite… Questions ouvertes : Mot interrogatif – auxiliaire – sujet- verbe – suite… Exprimer un souhait I would like / love to + BV I’d Exprimer une décision

construction job or similar type of bid-based selection process for the purpose of providing a guarantee to the project owner that the bidder will take on the job if selected. The existence of a bid bond provides the owner with assurance that the bidder has the financial means to accept the job for the price quoted in the bid. Hit rate: a success rate You bid only for the projects you’re almost sure to win. The most important element is the T and Cs (terms and conditions) in a negotiation. Why

countries with a total staff of 65,000 people worldwide – 58% in Europe, 28% in the Americas and 14% in the rest of the world (AstraZeneca, 2005). Company’s corporate headquarters are in London, UK, while R&D headquarters are in Sodertalje, Sweden. It has reported a sale of $24 billion, with an operating profit of $6.5 billion for the fiscal year ended December 2005 (Datamonitor, 2005). This made the company third largest pharmaceutical company in Europe and fifth largest in the US. External Environment

48 48 49 49 50 © The Economist Intelligence Unit 2005 3 Assessing payments systems in Latin America Executive summary L atin American electronic payments systems have been substantially improved over the past several years, as the underlying financial infrastructure has been modernised. This has led to greater penetration of electronic payment products in both the consumer and business segments. In particular, debit cards have helped to increase overall banking penetration, partly

He has lived in Bangkok for a long time. • He has been living in Paris for three months. • I worked at that bank for five years. • Will the universe continue for ever? II. Utilisation de since associé à un point précis dans le passé Un point précis dans le passé permet l’utilisation de “Since” Exemple : 9 heures, le 25 janvier, lundi , l’an dernier. Since utilise généralement les temps au parfait ( present perfect, pluperfect..). EXEMPLES : • He has been here

UK market. Brand management represents very sophisticated business processes whose aim is to assembly and maintain over the time the unique mix of physical attributes and intangible values that distinguish one brand identity from others. Armani has a huge portfolio but in this paper I will only concentrate on the 5 ready-to-wear brands: Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, Armani Jeans and Armani Exchange. I thought that these will be the most interesting brands to look at, because