also by a number of private firms with connections in foreign countries,
and at home, through which they place their names and credit at the
disposal of people less eminent for wealth and position, who pay them a
commission for the use of them
This business of acceptance is done not only by the great banks, but
also by a […]
asked this question over and over again, though
it seems scarcely credible that, in these days,
any person of ordinary intelligence should be
ignorant of the meaning of the term
‘What are the Funds?’ The writer has been
asked this question over and over again, though
it seems scarcely credible that, in these days,
any person of […]
raised against the terrible scourge of war, can it have much force on
the rare occasions when it speaks in its favour? For there is no
inconsistency with the view that finance is a peacemaker, if we now
acknowledge that finance may sometimes ask for the exertion of force on
its behalf
If, then, the voice of international finance is […]
their products for the raw materials and food produced by the new ones
In the beginnings of international trade the older countries exchange
their products for the raw materials and food produced by the new ones.
Then, as emigrants from the old countries go out into the new ones,
they want to be supplied with the comforts and appliances […]
on the ground that it puts too big profits into the pockets of those who
handle it
Thus we arrive at the reply to those who criticize International Finance
on the ground that it puts too big profits into the pockets of those who
handle it. If the profits are big, it is only in the case of loan […]
absolutely committed suicide, because they thought they could never
overcome their misfortune
I have known men, personally, who have met with pecuniary reverses, and
absolutely committed suicide, because they thought they could never
overcome their misfortune. But I have known others who have met more
serious financial difficulties, and have bridged them over by simple
perseverance, aided by a firm belief […]
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
by: W. Chan Kim
, Rene Mauborgne
publisher: Harvard Business School Press
, released: 03 February, 2005
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fees, duties, &c
The price of some things are arbitrarily fixed
by law or custom, such as stamps, professional
fees, duties, &c.
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made Egypt still more important
After the building of the Canal, the command of this short cut to India
made Egypt still more important. England bought shares in the Canal, so
using finance as a means to a political object; and it did so still more
effectively when it used the Egyptian default and the claims of English
bondholders as […]