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Finance

 

Data privacy laws and international payments

Financial transactions are a truly international matter. Various sorts of financial transactions are crossing borders in a matter of milliseconds and are processed, stored and executed in several countries simultaneously.

 

The Single european payment area (SEPA)

The Single European Payment Area is one of the new developments that have the potential to bring significant change for both industry and the consumer. This article gives a concise presentation of SEPA and its impact for all of us.

 

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a standardized contract to purchase or sell an underlying item at a given price by a certain date in the future. The trading in futures is essentially the same as the trading in stocks. The fees for futures contracts are based on the amount of the contract and the price of the item.

 

Bonds

A bond is a debt instrument that, in simple terms, is nothing more than a loan from one party to the other. The amount borrowed is known as the face value.

 

History

 

The battle of khalkhin gol

The Battle of Khalkhin Gol was fought from 11 May 1939 until 15 September 1939 in Outer Mongolia and had a profound strategic al impact in the wider political reality of its day. This battle had a profound effect on the formulation of Japanese policy towards the Soviet Union and, therefore, determined many of the developments that took place later during the Second World War.

 

The origins of the federal reserve

The Federal Reserve is today one of the most crucial institutions for the US and world economy. Its historical origins however were highly uncertain and inextricably rooted in controversy. The Federal Reserve only managed to establish itself as one of the most dominant forces in the US economy only at the end of a long and strenuous process.

 

The Roman Army

The Roman Army started as an hoplite army. It was composed of citizens that were affluent enough to pay for the equipment of a heavy infantryman. The recruiting base of the Roman Army were the Roman citizen farmers who formed the basis of the Roman political establishment.

 

Urbanization in the Early Roman History

This is one of the developments that came as a result of the influence of the Greek world in the early history of Italy. It is a long and phased process that took time to develop and it probably started at around the 9th to 8th centuries BC.

 

Greek colonization in Italy and its impact on Roman history

The first Greek colony on Italian soil was Pythecusae or Aenaria on the island of Ischia. It was created by Euboean settlers on this island off the northern tip of the Bay of Naples, around 770BC. The settlement prospered in trade with the peoples of the mainland and within one generation it had become an important, flourishing community.

 

Odysseus as seen by Agamemnon

 

Society

 

The development of the POLITICAL state

The development of the state is a gradual process that is closely related to the control of available resources by a specific social group. The monopoly of the use of violence and taxation are the two most important steps in the development of the state.


Technology

 

The need to separate data, business logic and presentation

Corporations with large amounts of data that are being shared through large-scale web-based applications in offices all around the world often face issues with performance as response times become longer and more complex to deal with.


How to

 

legally Install the new microsoft fonts

The new Microsoft fonts are a part of the Windows Vista operating system. What options do you have however, if you still do not use the Windows Vista operating system? This article will provide you with a method to legally install and use the new Microsoft fonts included in Windows Vista.

 

Install and configure the VSFTPD server under Linux

Hosting an ftp server on a Linux machine is one of the most typical examples of a Linux implementation. This article will provide you with all the information you need to easily install and configure the vsftpd server in a few simple steps.

 

Install an SSL-enabled Apache Web Server in Windows