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5.4 Market Opportunities: Health care club industry offers a huge lot of opportunities for existing and potential investors. Marketing is growing for many reasons, some of them are following: 1. Almost 300 million people are affected worldwide with obesity. 2. Over 60% of Emirati nationals are overweight and this figure is expected to rise according to WHO (World Health Organization) 3. 15% children’s in United Arab Emirates are overweight. 4. The UAE is ranked 16th worldwide, with 19% of the…

The Hudson Valley has a direct and significant impact on the economic progression of New York State. Statistics show that the Hudson Valley yields an unprecedented “$227 billion dollars” to assist the state’s economy (newyorktimes.com). This phenomenon is driven by the International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) providing numerous benefits due to its vast employment rates; thus both positively and negatively affecting local real estate and commercial markets in the Hudson Valley. The IBM…

trade agreements for the Pacific Rim countries, there was the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, which was a model for the New Zealand/Singapore Closer Economic Partnership. This led to the making of The Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement. These renowned economic agreement between various countries in the Pacific were the rough drafts for the current trade agreement. The influence of these successful economic strategies pacts leads the Pacific Ocean border nations to today 's…

The article, “Toward Safety for Low-Income Battered Women: Promoting Economic Justice Strategies Summary” shows a profound connection between violence against women and poverty. Although, all social classes have their problems with violence, statistically there is a higher percentage for women to get abused if they live in poverty than those making an appropriate income. Employment can be a major concern for battered women. Housing is another concern for victims of domestic violence. This…

The federal government, provincial and municipal governments. Economic development is defined as “The progress in an economy, or the qualitative measure of this”. They all have similar but distinct roles to play in economic development within the country. This paper will look at each jurisdiction and what helps them deliver effective long-term economic development. The municipal agency that will be discussed is called Calgary Economic Development. This important organization works with…

rooted in the Cold War. Following the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. levied an economic and diplomatic embargo which would last for the next 54 years. As recently as December 2014, the United States and Cuba agreed to restore full diplomatic relations. While loosening restriction may promote travel and tourism to Cuba, there is still much to be desired in terms of economic relations. Historical Background Dating back to 1959, the U.S. and Cuba have been on ends.…

number of separate but related events. People believe that Black Tuesday was the only cause of the Great Depression but the crash did open the door to national economic issues. During the Depression there were two presidents; Hoover and Roosevelt. Hoover was the 31st president and was in office March 4, 1929-1933. During his time in office “Hoover believed that government should not directly intervene in the economy and that the government did not have…

The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that provides the opportunity for Americans to get involved and participate in the arts in their communities. The NEA’s office of Research and Analysis provides funding to support projects nationwide that investigate the value and impact of the arts. The NEA provided a fifteen thousand dollar grant to fund a three-year research project at Boise State University called “Universities: Cultural Anchors in the Intermountain West.”…

A president is truly affective when he is able to get his policy agenda through Congress. For him to do this, it is paramount that he has the support from the majority of the public. When a president is unpopular, members of Congress will have little incentive to pass his preferred legislation, since doing so will potentially have negative consequences (i.e. not winning reelection). It is also important that a president be a competent negotiator if he is to get his agenda passed. It would be…

During the Reconstruction of the splintered Southern states, many goals were set out with the purpose of supporting the newly freed African American people. These goals can be placed in three categories of political, economic, and social, of which before, African Americans had neither say nor any hope of advancement in during years of slavery. Politically and socially, these goals were focused on introducing blacks to the American society through legalized voting rights by means of the…