Second Bank of the United States

funds, master/feeder funds, forex funds, commodity pools and other financial products of interest to the alternative investment community. Miss Terhune and her legal team can be reached at (202) 498-7533 or legal@capitalmanagementlaw.com. © Copyright 2006 – Hannah Terhune Traders and money managers often dream about one day running their own hedge fund, managing large sums of money, and competing head to head with the world’s top traders. For many, though, this dream remains unfulfilled, because they

Janeiro in Brazil to the airport of Paris Charles de Gaulle has disparated in the Atlantic Ocean. The Brazilian Air Force said they had discovered the debris and an oil and kerosene slick 650km (400 miles) northeast of the Fernando do Noronha archipelago, in the area where the jet is thought to have crashed. The flight disappeared early yesterday after flying into a storm, four hours into its scheduled 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the Air France chief executive

1. The causes of the Asian crisis of 1997 A. What Happened? The Asian countries have been the victims of their own success. Until the 90’s, their economic performances were so high that it was hard to believe that it could collapse in only few years. When the problems started, they refused to admit them. They thought that they were under cover of the same economic crisis than the Latin American one because they were not face to large budget deficits, or to the burden public debt or to the rapid

The UK and Europe 14/01/2011 Introduction: Over past 40years, more than any other issue, Europe has changed the nature of the politics of the UK. And the UK has often been called a “reluctant partner” of the EU. How can such an attitude be explained? This reluctant to Europe is the result of a large number of factors. Internal factors: 3 main elements can be identified: UK insularity (fact it's an island); status as a former colonial power; its Constitution. The UK's

                        THE  FREE  MOVEMENT  OF   CULTURAL  GOODS  AND   SERVICES:  THE  CONFLICT   TRADE  VS.  CULTURE.                 Aurélie  Rapenne     I6022643                                   1   INTRODUCTION       “La   culture…   ce   qui   a   fait   de   l’homme

Table of Contents Introduction! Regional Outlook! Europe! Western and central Asia! Africa! South America and Caribbean! Asia and Pacific! North America! 2 3 3 6 7 10 14 17 20 Conclusion! ! 1 Introduction ! ! Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. The main goal of forestry is to create and implement systems that allow forests to continue a sustainable continuation of environmental supplies and services. The challenge

CASE OF IOSUB CARAS v. ROMANIA (Application no. 7198/04)  JUDGMENT  STRASBOURG  27 July 2006  FINAL  11/12/2006    THE LAW I.  PRELIMINARY OBJECTION 19.  The Government submitted that the first applicant was not entitled to lodge the application on behalf of the second applicant, as he did not have custody of his daughter. 20.  The first applicant contested the argument and recalled that he had lost custody of his child as a result of court proceedings that had contravened the Hague

[1] The government and public administration’s fundamental mission is the one of serving the public interest. The citizens wish that the public servants do their duty in an honest, correct and impartial way. More and more, is compulsory for the administration to take measures so that the public servants could not discredit the process of taking the official and public administration decisions through the interests and their personal relations. In the conditions in which the society demands

THE CUBAN ECONOMY IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY Joaquín P. Pujol In 2008, I presented a paper at ASCE´s annual meeting titled “Economic Challenges facing the Cuban Authorities.” On that occasion I identified twelve economic policy areas where the Cuban authorities were facing their most pressing challenges, indicated some actions that they had either announced or taken, and sought to evaluate the likelihood that these actions would likely have a significant impact on these challenges. The twelve areas

WHERE’S THE GROWTH? While Actual Research Sales Rose TOTAL TOP 50 WORLDWIDE REVENUES  Top 50 U.S. Revenues 2008 2007 2006 2005 YEAR 2004 2003 2002 2001 5 BY JACK HONOMICHL marketingnews 06.30.09 The Top 50 at a glance ■ 24 companies had lower annual revenue or gains smaller than 2008’s rate of inflation 8 companies made one or more acquisitions ■ ■ ■ 13 companies were acquired 32 companies reported revenue from abroad ■ $10.6 billion, or 54% of total revenue