Generation- December 31, 2007 Generation (from the Greek ), also known as reproduction, is the act of producing offspring. It can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as electrical creation or cryptographic scheme generation. A generation can also be a stage or degree in a sequence of natural descent as a grandfather, a father, and the father's son contain three generations.A generation can refer to stages of consecutive improvement in the development of a technology such as the interior combustion...http://pullinsreport.blogspot.com/2007/12/generation.html Bond market- December 26, 2007 The bond market (also known as the debt, credit, or fixed income market) is a financial market where participant buy and sell debt securities, usually in the form of bonds. As of 2006, the size of the international bond market is a predictable $45 trillion, of which the size of the outstanding U.S. bond market debt was $25.2 trillion."Bond market" usually refers to the government bond market, because of its size, liquidity, lack of credit risk and, therefore, compassion to interest rates....http://pullinsreport.blogspot.com/2007/12/bond-market.html Negotiable instrument- December 17, 2007 A negotiable instrument is not a contract per se, as contract formation requires an offer, acceptance, and consideration, none of which are basics of a negotiable instrument. Unlike ordinary contract documents, the right to the performance of a negotiable instrument is connected to the possession of the document itself (with certain exceptions such as loss or theft).The rights of the payee (or holder in due course) are better than those provide by ordinary contracts as follows: The rights to...http://pullinsreport.blogspot.com/2007/12/negotiable-instrument.html Culture- December 10, 2007 Culture from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate," usually refers to patterns of human activity and the representative structures that give such activity significant importance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for estimate, human activity.Culture is manifest in music, literature, painting and statue, theater and film. Although some people differentiate culture in terms of consumption and consumer...http://pullinsreport.blogspot.com/2007/12/culture.html |