What is a lintel?
Answers: A computer with an Intel microsoprocessor and running the LINUX operating system instead of the usual Windows that we are so familiar with.
Incidentally a machine with and Intel processor and running Windows is called a Wintel machine.
Think of Stonehenge in England. It is mainly "post and lintel" construction. The two upright stones are the posts, and the stone that goes across the top of them is the lintel.
Should a mound ring up AMERICA enjoy a government grant for using the describe America?
or can the name AMERICA be a dune. I know the Bank of AMERICA just purchase Countrywide mortgage company for 4 billion dollars but does this penny-pinching that Bank of America a federal bank.Answers: Originally THE BANK OF AMERICA be called THE BANK OF ITALY or something approaching that,,(later changed) The guy that started it "noticed" european immigrants be having a knotty time getting ,financing,etc etc so he bend over backwards to help the little guy and immigrant. THAT'S HOW IT GREW SO BIG. it's my bank. Although something like a year ago I started to DUMP THEM cause they be giving credit cards to people next to no Soc Sec #. I heard they changed that policy. SO I'M WATCHIN' REAL CLOSE.
No - the label 'America' is not *trademarked* - you cannot 'patent' a word. The use of 'America' in confident forms as the name of a company or product *can* be trademarked. Thus, nearby can only be one 'Bank of America' but someone else could start a 'First American Bank' or some similar baptize.
Both Bank of America and CountryWide are private companies; the purchase of one corporation by another may be regulated by federal law, but they remain private companies.
What are some of the challenges and opportunities facing global companies like Coke?
Answers: 1) Competion form other INternational companies that make similar tasting products.
2) Countries that may have a coke plant, may impose strict tarrifs /domestic taxes on Coke for using domestic water to make its drink.
3) Coke may have trouble breaking into markets that are averse to American CUlturalism of which "Coke" is considered the epitome. So Coke faces unfair bias because of this.
4) Raw materials in foreign markets may not be on par with that availabel in North America - especially water quality in third world countries... this often causes brand/image damage to coke whenever there is a case of food poisoning in those countries when customers get sick drinking that Coke.
5) COke or similar MNCs become an easy target for local politicians and activists (in foreign countries) who want to make a quick buck and so throw administrative hurdles in the path of these large companies
6) Coke and other large MNCs are often know to lower quality fo tehir products to increase profits because they deem that foreign markets have lower quality standards... for example both Coke and Pepsi were brought to court in India because they had high levels of pesticides (not fit for human consumption) in their drink because of contaminated water. An Indian environmental watchdog group released a report alleging that the drinks contained high levels of pesticide residue, the two international cola giants had to battle consumer panic, "smash-the-bottle" street campaigns and angry lawmakers calling for a ban on the products.
7) North American marketing strategies would definitely not work in foreign markets; so a stroing understanding of teh market they want to enter is required; usually a better option is to partner with an existing company in the market they wish to enter just as Coke did.
8) Often these MNCs are resenetd by local comapanies that operate on much smaller scale and view these MNCs as basically threats to tehir very existence.