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Annual Report and Accounts, 2007) the group had £353bn of assets and liabilities. knowing that On 13 October 2008, Lloyds TSB Group plc declared his plan to deal with this particular situation is by two steps first on 13 October 2008 they were planning to purchase HBOS, so that the two banks well raise their capital to £17 billion. And the second step on 13 January 2009 government purchased £1bn of preference shares. It also underwrote a £4.5bn ordinary share issue. The market price was below the offer price and government purchased nearly all the shares, which represented about 27 percent ownership of Lloyds TSB Group plc 's share capital, So after that the bank classified as a public sector (Kellaway,2009). Clearly, the world cannot handle another crisis of the same size and the financial system failed the test of the market and left taxpayers to pay the massive bill for its failure Alos the Government has been forced to intervene in the banking sector to ensure its continuation and keep economic stability expectancy this system needs serious improvement (Kapoor,2010) like Barclays Bank and it is problem with LIBOR scandal when they laying off approximately 5000 employees and The merger between Lloyds and HBOS has been described in some quarters as a ‘shotgun wedding’ all of the problem in this crisis show us how banks are so fragile.…

Frequency of Purchase Satellite television subscriptions are expensive, and most companies lock consumers into a contract. These contracts can range from one year all the way to three years, but they typically run around two years according to the data. A recent study of individuals who have pay-T.V. subscriptions shows that on average they spend $128.83 a month on satellite television subscriptions (Content Consumption, 2016). Because of the high prices and contracts that customers must be…

decision to sue HBO. According to the article TV Violence and Children posted on the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or AACAP, website, hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may become "immune" or numb to the horror of violence, begin to accept violence as a way to solve problems, imitate the violence they observe on television, and identify with certain characters, victims and/or victimizers. This explains how a…

offer instant entertainment in the form of streaming movies and shows. In addition, Netflix now produces its own content (e.g., House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) to compete with other entertainment sources (See what’s next, n.d.). The company is moving towards more exclusive content arrangements, despite increased costs, as a way to differentiate the service it provide. Netflix ultimately competes in the entertainment industry. The entertainment industry…

in shows from the 80’s and 90’s. The 200’s also brought about The Wire, made by HBO, just like Game of Thrones. The Wire, which was created in 2002, had almost no censorship, with intense violence from murder and torture, multiple scenes of nudity, and constant usage of vulgar language, The Wire seems to be one of the first shows with this level of content. After the release of Game of Thrones there seemed to be a rise in shows on television that followed similarly to the intense content that is…

Are you ready to sink your teeth into HBO’s new television series, Westworld? HBO’s pride is on the line. And with all the hype that comes with this science fiction drama series, is it going to trump Game of Thrones? Set in the future, Westworld is a science fiction Western thriller series by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Originally based on a 1973 movie by writer Michael Crichton, HBO pulls in the dark side. So why should you watch it? 1.It is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial…

We live in the golden age of television drama driven by complex narratives. Storytelling is no longer about linear storylines that follow a single protagonist or force the protagonist into a culturally formulated design, such as the Hero’s Journey archetype. Since the past two decades the model of television storytelling is distinct for its use of narrative complexity as an alternative to the conventional episodic and serial forms that typified most American television since the beginning. HBO,…

Gerard’s notion of identity is at a crossroads because he feels the needs to assimilate into American culture and gain approval from his peers but he also wishes to preserve his Haitian heritage that his father has passed down. Gerard’s identity crisis reaches a tipping point when, during the second month of school, he finds a bag of colognes in his locker and figures out that “HBO” is poking fun at his body odor. Gerard revolts and wears an excessive amount of cologne to gain revenge on his…

contact with the family to manage unresolved emotional issues (The Bowen Center, 2015). The story of Marvine and Jackie. This couple has been married for 50 years. Shortly after retirement Marvine began to develop signs of AD. Jackie took care of him for some time at home, but due to her own health concerns she had to place him in a facility. During the interview with Jackie she admits that sometimes she cries on the shoulders of her children when emotions run high (HBO, Caregivers, 2009). …

television narratives, Mittell argues that there is a more self-conscious mode of storytelling in which he calls the operational aesthetic (Mittell, 41). Operational aesthetic is further explained as the producers’ abilities to pull off complex plot structures in unorthodox ways within a television series (Mittell, 42). Mittell suggests that as a viewer, there lies a pleasure within wondering how the media makers will “unravel the operations of narrative mechanics” (Mittell, 43). Through the…