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Why hockey remains more popular in Canada than America

Barely before they can walk, Canadian boys learn to skate and begin a childhood of early morning hockey practices, carrying heavy, smelly hockey bags, and long road trips between ice rinks. Such is the life of a young Canadian.

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How Yahoo! built brand equity through new product development

Brand equity at Yahoo! Yahoo! is nowadays one of the leading companies in the field of online entertainment and communications. This position has not however always been the same for Yahoo!.

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Strategic planning for Anglo Irish Bank during the financial crisis

The internationalized economic crisis has generated new pressures for economic agents across the globe. By far, the most severely affected sector is represented by the financial sector, where fiscal companies went bankrupt or were subjected to nationalization in an effort to be salvaged.

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Financial performance and solvency of Coca-Cola and Pepsi

Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the world's two largest producers of non-alcoholic beverages. Both companies are global in scope, and market hundreds of different products. Each has multiple billion-dollar brands. Yet, there are significant differences between the two.

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Withholding end-of-life prognosis information: informed consent in Canadian nursing practice

The foregoing discussion is an incursion into nursing ethics. Implication(s) to 'omission' of information as a customary practice within our healthcare institution is reviewed in relation to best practices pertaining to 'informed consent,' and hospital policy is not definitive.

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How fruit ripening affects seed dispersal mechanisms

The reality of a fruit and its seeds is a complicated and fascinating thing. Fruits rely on a variety of factors in order to grow, ripen and finally reproduce. The process of fruit ripening affects not only the taste of a fruit, but also its ability to disperse seeds.

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Business culture and environment differences between England and China

For managers conducting cross-border activity between England and China, there are a number of factors that should be considered.

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Comparing the Great Depression and the 2008 economic crisis

The global economic crisis that the United States finds itself in today is in many ways similar to the basic characteristics and consequences that followed the Great Depression that lasted from 1929 to 1933.

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Why Charlie's ice cream and restaurant business failed

Business failures have become a properly investigated field of study in the past few years as a struggling economy and an overall difficult business environment have combined to discourage potential entrepreneurs from entering the market place and to cause many existing business owners /…

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Toyota's organizational culture and vehicle safety recalls

Step One: After reviewing background materials strategy structure, controls, culture, readi article: Norihiko Shirouzu.

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