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Isn´t the security of U.S. citizens more important than the privacy of phones? Syed Rizwan Farook was one of the shooters in December 2015 during the San Bernardino shootings. The FBI wanted to unlock his phone in order to find out more information about the shooting and to discover the other individuals that were part of it. The FBI took his phone to Apple and the Apple members refused to unlock the phone. That started a huge controversy of security vs. privacy. Security is more important than…

I don't think that millionaires should pay higher taxes than an average U.S. citizen. “People who make $1 million a year had an average tax rate of 20.4%,” (Frank, The Millionaires Who Pay the Highest Tax Rate, CNBC). This shows that millionaires work diligently at their job and earn more because if it. They shouldn’t have to pay more because of that. In addition, “Among Americans with income between $1 million and $1.5 million, the average tax on adjusted gross income was 28.3%, and the average…

During my next semester I will be involved in my normal course load, including money and banking, and a corporate consulting project through the Careers in Economics class. With my current internship I am obligated to work at minimum 12 hours a week to continue my account management training. My extracurricular activities next semester will be centered around training and racing for the UNH cycling team as well as continuing my participation as a brother in the Alpha Kappa Psi Business…

A college degree has become more and more necessary to thrive in this U.S. economy, without one, finding a job can be even more difficult and the payment would most likely be minimum wage, which is not enough to support a family or even yourself. While a college degree is becoming more necessary it is also becoming extremely more difficult to be able to pay for one and if both of those factors keep increasing only the richest people will be able to afford college and that causes so many issues…

open my own junior trading account. Finally, I invested real money in two different companies. Since my investments were real this time around, I kept a close eye on the stocks I owned and the possibilities of purchasing new ones. I continued to watch CNBC after school to see what was happening in the financial world that could affect my stocks. One stock I owned was a pharmaceutical company called Alkermes. It was eventually thirty three percent above the price I bought it at, so I thought it…

human interaction. these days are obsessed with their phones. Most of the kids in America don’t even go outside anymore. Riding on bikes, playing, running down hills, and drawing on the driveway with chalk seem to be in the past. In fact according to CNBC in the article, “Is technology killing the human touch,” Chris Morris mentions: “Some wonder, though, if the technological way of meeting people today--through apps and sites like Tinder, Plenty of Fish, Match, and OK Cupid-- removes parts of…

Macau is sometimes referred to the “Macau Laundry Service” and this laundry service has proven to be especially attractive to corrupt Chinese officials (Osnos). These corrupt government officials typically spend a lot of money, however, the money isn’t theirs to spend. On one account a party of two party officials lost a staggering $12 million in Macau casinos (Osnos). Unfortunately, this kind of behavior is typical of many party officials. On average it is estimated that officials might spend…

2017 Decision - Hold Reasons for holding BEL stocks: EBITDA margin at 9.5% in Q1 as they wont be able to recover the operating incomes in Q1 but as they approach Q4 the margins will pick up. As MV.Gowthama CMD of BEL as said in an interview with CNBC BEL has received Rs.2500 crore worth orders in Q1. Also two major orders in the pipeline for seven squadrons of Akash and LR-SAM for the next series of ships. Expecting these orders to be materialized in FY18 itself. Rs.16000 crore order inflow…

snobby rich person, however, I believe that we should not view her that way. Fania sets herself and her future family (children, grandchildren, etc) up for a life of opportunity though the riches she obtains by marrying Abe Schmukler. Robert Frank at CNBC provides…

education costs for specific learning disabilities alone” (Persico, 2016) Recently, President Trump proposed over a 30% decrease in funding for the EPA at a time when it is needed most. The Superfund budget specifically, would drop $330 million dollars. (CNBC News, 2017) Toxic waste has become an important issue for under-developed countries, most of which have little to no cleanup…