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Publisher
Infobase
Pub. Date
[2013], c2012
Language
English
Description
Investigating the strange world of tax havens, this film shows how some companies, including hugely profitable ones, use a particular European nation as a shelter to avoid paying millions in taxes. Viewers learn about recently discovered documents that have helped expose the tax practices of companies like GlaxoSmithKline. Such corporations have been getting big tax breaks on billion-pound transactions in the tiny country of Luxembourg. By opening...
2) The Warren Buffett stock portfolio: Warren Buffett stock picks: why and when he is investing in them
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The best-selling authors of Warren Buffett and the Art of Stock Arbitrage present an in-depth look at the stocks owned by Warren Buffett to explain why he has invested in them, sharing detailed case studies that reveal specific reasons each business has been declared good for long-term investments.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The rapidly evolving and exponentially growing green building movement is arguably the most successful environmental movement in the United States today. Sustainable building has proven to yield substantial environmental and economic advantages. Green buildings are designed, built, and operated at a high level of energy and water efficiency, appropriate use of land and landscaping, use environmentally friendly materials, with special attention to...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Whether reminiscing about her days as a contract chemist at GlaxoSmithKline, telling 'dirty' jokes to Mormons, feeling like the odd man out on Parks, fending off racist trolls on Twitter, flirting with Michael Fassbender, expertly stalking the cast of Hamilton, or glamming it up on the set, Retta's voice is unique and refreshing"--Front jacket flap.
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Malaria kills over 1 million people each year globally. Recent attempts at a new vaccine, including Bill Gates and GlaxoSmithKline's malaria vaccine trial, have proven unsuccessful. However, a new vaccine developed in Ireland is now undergoing clinical trials. In this Science Squad episode, we meet researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and in Oxford testing whether the vaccine produces an immunological response to malaria in the...
Series
Kill or Cure volume Series 1
Publisher
Infobase
Pub. Date
[2011], c2004
Language
English
Description
Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease commonly known as elephantiasis, results in massive swelling of the limbs and genitals, leading to severe disability. Over 40 million people are seriously incapacitated and disfigured by it, with millions more at risk. Now an ambitious campaign is underway to eliminate the disease globally by interrupting its transmission. Two pharmaceutical giants, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck, are donating...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This book uses the cases of several landmark drugs to discuss the history of the pharmaceutical industry, and discusses what could be next"--Provided by publisher.
For the world's largest prescription drug manufacturers, the last few years have been a harrowing time. Recently, Pfizer's Lipitor, GlaxoSmithKline's Advair, AstraZeneca's Seroquel, and Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Plavix all came off patent in the crucial U.S. market. This...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Video Games Textbook takes the history of video games to the next level. Coverage includes every major video game console, handheld system, and game-changing personal computer, as well as a look at the business, technology, and people behind the games. Chapters feature objectives and key terms, illustrative timelines, color images, and graphs in addition to the technical specifications and key titles for each platform. Every chapter is a journey...
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