Term Papers Service

August 16th, 2010

You go to college to learn and writing term papers is a part of the learning process. Most college students understand that they can purchase term papers instead of writing them yourself. Purchasing a term papers is just using someone else’s work for a fee.

A school essay is one that a student has to write as part of a school assignment. Many people write essays in their daily lives, as essays are very common and easy-to-write formats. For example, movie critics write essays for their audiences. Musicians may write essays for their blogs. As such, students should have many examples of essays to refer to when they go about writing their school essays.

Students who need writing help are always looking for cheap essays. Countless, cheap essay sites deliver essays that are not worth a handful of pennies, let alone the $10-$17 per page that students pay for the essays. But, cheap essays do not have to be bad essays. Read the rest of this entry »

深圳大学——特区大学 窗口大学 实验大学

August 12th, 2010

深圳大学

深圳大学坐落深圳市南山半岛,面临后海,遥对香港,环境优美,是经济特区十大历史建筑之一,荣获全国校园建筑设计一等奖。学校占地约3.1平方公里。

1980年,中国创办深圳经济特区;1983年,深圳经济特区创办深圳大学。

教育部高度重视特区大学建设,两院院士张维教授首任校长;清华大学为主,援建建筑、电子类学科;北京大学为主,援建中文、外语类学科;中国人民大学为主,援建经济、管理类学科。

社会各界热情支持特区大学建设。香港企业家邵逸夫、于元平、胡应湘、梁国勋,南太集团、三星集团、杜邦公司和深圳18家大型国有企业与一批校友企业捐资助学。

深圳大学的历史使命是:以改革为动力,建设一所为经济特区提供骨干人才和高端人才培养、高端智力服务、高端科技成果的特区大学;一所走上国际、能够与世界各国高等院校平等交流互相观照的窗口大学;一所努力创新办学体制、积极探索现代大学制度的实验大学。
建校27年,深圳大学紧随深圳特区快速腾飞。

1995年,通过国家教委本科教学合格评估。
1996年,经国务院学位委员会批准,获硕士学位授权。
2006年,经国务院学位委员会批准,获博士学位授权。
2007年,通过国家教育部本科教学优秀评估。
特区大学用最短的时间形成了从学士、硕士到博士的完整人才培养体系。

学校坚持本科立校。适应本科教育大众化,秉持有教无类、因材施教、厚积薄发、经世致用的教育教学理念,树立并践行办学以育人为本,育人以素质为本,素质以做人为本;以素质教育为基础,专业教育为主干,积极推进教学改革,精心锻造教学特色,努力提高教学质量,培养素质高、基础好、上手快、转型快的事业骨干和创业、创新型人才。

学校创新人才培养模式。按院系招生,支持学生自选专业。实行学分制,八年弹性学制,主辅修制,双专业、双学位制,文理互补学分制度,课外创造发明学分制度,国内外学校学分互换制度。学生在校期间将进行体质与心理健康、英语口语、信息技术应用、普通话等五项基本素质和技能测试。

学校重视学生就业,鼓励学生创业。投入专项资金建立学生创业园,与企业共建学生就业实践基地,为学生提供全程化的就业指导教育和自主创业培训;建立、健全就业信息数据;充分利用经济特区、“珠三角”优良的就业环境,积极举办校友企业的校园专场招聘会,全力打造良好的就业服务体系和有特色的大学生创业平台。在全校师生的共同努力下,学校近几年的总体就业率达98%以上。

学校形成了“视野开阔,注重实际,热衷创新,崇尚竞争”的人才培养特色,涌现了马化腾、史玉柱、周海江等一批杰出人才。他们锐意进取,勇于探索,为深圳经济特区、为国家做出了贡献。 Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook Failed To Kill Emails

August 3rd, 2010

Despite some predictions otherwise, the rise of social networking hasn’t pushed email and instant messaging into obscurity just yet says a report by The Nielsen Company.

Although both saw double-digit declines in share of time, email remains as the third heaviest activity online (8.3 percent share of time) while instant messaging is fifth, accounting for four percent of Americans online time.

The way U.S. consumers spend their Internet time on their mobile phones paints a slightly different picture to that of Internet use from computers. In a Nielsen survey of mobile web users, there is a double-digit (28 percent) rise in the prevalence of social networking behavior, but the dominance of email activity on mobile devices continue with an increase from 37.4 percent to 41.6 percent of U.S. mobile Internet time.

Americans spend nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8 percent just a year ago (43 percent increase) according to new research released today from The Nielsen Company. Though the company did not give a breakup of the social networking sites, but considering the popularity of Facebook it is apparent where you spend most of your time.

The research revealed that Americans spend a third their online time (36 percent) communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging.
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SAP acquires Sybase

July 30th, 2010

Jul 30, 2010 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) —
SAP AG, a Germany-based provider of enterprise software solutions, has acquired all outstanding shares of common stock in Sybase, Inc.

Sybase is a US-based provider of database management software systems and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information.

Update on July 26, 2010:

SAP, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sheffield Acquisition Corp., has completed its cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock in Sybase.

A total of 80,929,717 shares of common stock of Sybase had been tendered into and not properly withdrawn from the tender offer (including 9,293,901 shares of common stock tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures). These shares represent approximately 92.1% percent of Sybase’s outstanding shares of common stock.

SAP intends to effect a short-form merger under Delaware law as promptly as practicable, without the need for a meeting of Sybase stockholders. As a result of the merger, the remaining Sybase stockholders (other than those who properly exercise appraisal rights under Delaware law) will receive the same $65 per share price, without interest and subject to any required withholding of taxes, that was paid in the tender offer. After the merger, Sybase will be a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP America, and Sybase shares will cease to be traded on the NYSE. Read the rest of this entry »

Spar Group to form new joint venture with Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting

July 29th, 2010

Spar Group, a supplier of retail merchandising and other marketing services, has announced the structuring of a new joint venture in China with its new partner Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting.
Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting is a comprehensive marketing management company that provides brand communication and retail marketing management service in China.

The new joint venture will provide merchandising and marketing services and have national market presence in the country.

The new joint venture will be called SPAR (Shanghai) Marketing Management Company. Spar will own 51% of the joint venture while Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting will own 49% in accordance with the laws of China. The new company will provide merchandising and related marketing services to manufacturers and retailers throughout China. Read the rest of this entry »

Profit Growth Poses New Challenges for Asset Managers

July 21st, 2010

Cutting costs can be quick and easy, but it isn’t a guarantee that you can grow profitability, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group. Asset managers that BCG tracked in 34 major markets around the world for its study, “In Search of Stable Growth: Global Asset Management 2010,” were able to reduce expenses last year by an average of 7 percent. Yet operating margins were off by 19 percent and net revenues fell by 11 percent. In tough times, the gap between top performers and those further down the scale widens, Boston Consulting Senior Partner Monish Kumar said today at a press program in New York City to discuss the results. The top 20 percent of managers produced 88 percent of net sales last year, while holding just 23 percent of AUM, the report said.

The good news: “As an industry overall, asset management remains an incredibly attractive space,” said Brent S. Beardsley, BCG partner and managing director. Operating margins, boosted by better product mix and higher AUM, were forecast for 31 to 35 percent for this year; it’s not as good as the historic peak of 40 percent back in 2006 but far better than many other businesses.

There’s still plenty of work ahead for asset managers. The report measured the value of professionally managed assets in 2009 at $52.6 trillion, up 12 percent, but only about 1 percent resulted from new net inflows. The playing field is changing. Read the rest of this entry »

Hewitt to buy consulting company EnnisKnupp

July 21st, 2010

Lincolnshire-based Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, Tuesday said it entered into an agreement to acquire EnnisKnupp, a provider of investment advisory services to large institutional investors.

This acquisition will boost Hewitt’s existing investment consulting capabilities in the United States and support its global growth plans. EnnisKnupp provides investment consulting services to corporations, public funds, endowments, foundations and non-for-profits.

Once this transaction is complete, Hewitt will be one of the largest providers of investment consulting services globally with nearly $3 trillion in assets under advisement.

Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close later this year.

Aon To Buy Hewitt For $4.9 Billion To Expand Consulting Business

July 12th, 2010

Insurance broker Aon Corp. announced its acquisition of human-resources consulting and outsourcing company Hewitt Associates Inc. for $4.9 billion in cash and stock to expand its consulting business.

Aon will pay $50 per Hewitt share, representing a 41 percent premium to Hewitt’s closing stock price of $35.40 on Friday.

Aon plans to integrate Hewitt with its existing consulting and outsourcing operations and operate the segment under the newly created Aon Hewitt brand, the company said.

“This merger will give us a broader portfolio of innovative products and services focused on what we believe are two of the most important topics in the global economy today – risk and people,” Aon chief executive Greg Case said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

2010 Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands

May 1st, 2010

Strong brands have the power to create business value. They impact much more than revenues and profit margins. Strong brands create competitive advantages by commanding a price premium and decrease the cost of entry into new markets and categories. They reduce business risk and help attract and retain talented staff.

Millward Brown Optimor created the BrandZ Top 100, a ranking that identifies the world’s most valuable brands measured by their dollar value. Our brand ranking provides key insights and actionable information for finance, marketing and business professionals on how to manage and grow their brand assets.

Millward Brown Optimor congratulates all companies featured in this year’s BrandZ ranking: being among the world’s most valuable brands demonstrates successful business and brand management. Read the rest of this entry »

Fortune 500 2010 Ranking Fortune Magazines

April 16th, 2010

The companies in this year’s 500 list slashed costs so fast and so deeply especially labor that even in a feeble recovery, their earnings soared.

The long-awaited recovery is now under way, but it’s a slow, painful slog that’s short on trust and confidence and long on a drumbeat of numbers that mostly shift from dreadful to less depressing. Twenty-seven months after the recession began, unemployment is stuck at 9.7%. Housing starts are dragging near half-century lows. Consumers are finally spending again, but they’re still too fearful about their jobs and homes to crowd malls and auto lots with the buoyant abandon that heralds a full-rigged revival, the kind Americans are used to.

Amazingly, as consumers struggle, U.S. corporations are staging a nearly unprecedented comeback that’s largely escaping notice. The gargantuan, dispiriting job cuts that seem to dominate the news have also been the spur for an epic resurgence in profits. For 2009, the Fortune 500 lifted earnings 335%, to $391 billion, a $301 billion jump that’s the second largest in the list’s 56-year history, approaching the increase in the robust recovery of 2003. For last year the 500 raised their return on sales from less than 1% to 4%. That’s close to the list’s 4.7% historical average.

Hence, the 500’s profits virtually returned to normal after years of extremes — bubbles in 2006 and 2007, collapse in 2008 — despite a feeble overall recovery that’s far from normal. This year’s list — reminder: the Fortune 500 ranks U.S. companies by revenue — is packed with changes that reflect and spotlight the trends reshaping corporate America. The homebuilders that occupied 14 places in 2007 and three last year, including Centex and Pulte, have all disappeared, casualties of shrinking sales. No fewer than nine newcomers from recession-resistant health care joined in 2009, among them drugmakers Genzyme (sales: $4.5 billion) and Allergan ($4.5 billion). Read the rest of this entry »