.... The original bill that was written provided for 1. A five member Fair Labor Standard Board, 2. A of not more than 80 cents an hour or $1,200 per year, 3. The general initiation of a 40 cents-an-hour, 40 hour workweek except in exceptional circumstances, 4. The prohibition of interstate shipment of goods produced with “oppressive child labor,� 5. The exception of agricultural workers and executives, administrative, supervisory and professional employees, and 6. Authorization of the Fair Labor Standard Board to appoint advisory committees to consider conditions in industries or occupations before establishing specific wage a .....

.... transactions costs and eliminating exchange rate uncertainty, a single currency will lead to higher levels of unemployment in some parts of Europe because countries will no longer be free to devalue their currencies in order to maintain their international competitiveness. Are these fears justified? The force of the skeptics argument depends crucially on the time frame under consideration. First by removing the possibility of devaluation can a single currency condemn a region or nation to permanently higher unemployment than it would otherwise have? The answer is No. In the long-run both a nation's unemployment rate and its real exchange ra .....

.... the long run purposes) has been made to operate with two machines, the firm in practice then operates in a new short run situation with its capacity constrained to 2,000 sheets per minute whether it employs 5,6 or 10 men. Decisions in the long-run are investment or planning decisions relating to the scale of production and decisions in the short run are to do with choosing an output level within the capacity constraint. With this introduction to the firms costs and output decisions we can now apply them to see how firms decide on the output to produce in order to maximise profits, the combination of actors of production to .....

.... and impersonal relations with its workers. –high levels of labour turnover and absenteeism Modern business environment is increasingly competitive. More competitive companies in the market place has meant that firms have had to act more quickly and constantly look to adapt to change. To be competitive firms need a good communication system where information can be passed quickly and efficiently. When considering bureaucracies, with the high level of division of labour and hierarchical structure we can see that the decision making process is long and inefficient. Misunderstanding can occur. Global market now- To operate on an internatio .....

.... as well as fostering high and sustainable economic growth; and contribute towards an investor friendly environment that will attract foreign investors to the country. Evidence has suggested that economies perform better, in terms of growth, employment and living standards, in low inflation environments than they do when inflation is persistently high. This evidence is a comparison across countries over long periods. The association between economic performance, measured by growth of output or growth of productivity, and inflation. This indicates a negative relation; that is, the higher the inflation, the lower the rate of real grow .....

.... suite. This scenario is not any better on corporate boards. Only 4.5% of the Fortune 500 industrial directorships are held by women. On Fortune Service 500 companies, 5.6% of corporate directors are women. The rate of increase is so slow that parity with men on corporate boards will not be achieved until the year 2116 - or for 125 years. (The Feminist Majority Foundation News Media Publishing Inc., 1995) In 1980, only one woman held the rank of CEO of a Fortune 500 company. This woman came into the top management by inheriting the company from her father and husband. In 1985, this executive was joined by a second woman .....

.... was evident in Russia was quite simplistic in nature. The theory, traditionally used to describe inter-continental trading and production, was adapted for use in the Russian economic zones. The theory was as follows; Areas which surround the capital (core region), usually rich in one material or another, would be used for the extraction of raw materials. These materials would then be shipped back to the capital in order to be manufactured into goods. From there, the manufactured products would be shipped back to the surrounding regions (periphery region) for resale. The citizens of Russia were surviving on this system, but barely. The C .....

.... behavior. Most of these psychiatrists combine their work with direct patient care. Psychiatrists must have completed high school and received a diploma. Then they must get a bachelor’s degree, most likely in a biology or mathematics related major. After achieving one’s bachelor’s degree, one must take the Medical College Administration Test to be accepted into a medical school. To get a medical degree, one is required to serve a two or three year internship in a medical facility or psychiatry clinic. One must also pass all of his final exemption exams. Then he is given either the National Board of Medical Examiner’s (NBME) or the .....

.... is a unique company in a number of important respects. Our businesses are balanced roughly 50-50 between print and electronic information. More than 40% of our operating profit is now earned outside the U.S. We are a focused company. We are not a media conglomerate, nor an entertainment company. We stick to our business of business, providing information essential to an ever expanding and increasingly interconnected worldwide business community. Q. What is the strategy behind your television operations? A. Dow Jones aims to provide business news in any form customers want it. When we looked at our operations a few years ago, .....

.... 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 ranged from 4%-6% from 1984 until the economic bubble burst in 19 .....