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Business managers will gain a basic understanding of the complex world of finance with Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management, 15th Edition. This text presents a balanced survey of the three main areas of finance: institutions and markets, investments, and financial management. The examples have been completely updated throughout to provide the most relevant information. Discussions of small business practice help them gain a better understanding of small business applications. More focus is placed on ethics to reflect the headlines in today's news. Additional end-of-chapter questions and career-profile features also enable business managers to connect the material to the real world.

Iron in America -- Mapping the iron industry -- The worlds of ironworkers -- High hopes and failure -- The elements of success -- Iron for the Civil War -- Conclusion: American iron

Star shells -- Dowmetal pistons and the Indy 500 -- Willard and the gondolas -- Dow goes down to the sea -- How to make magnesium out of seawater -- Faced government -- The Hanawalt era -- The hazards of coastal Texas -- Hot stuff -- Mag mountain -- The nineteen seventies -- Havoc in the market place -- A non-event

pt. 1. Post-Civil War American expansion at home and abroad -- pt. 2. The Spanish-American war and U.S. overseas expansion -- pt. 3. The First World War and its aftermath -- pt. 4. America between the World Wars -- pt. 5. America and the Second World War -- pt. 6. The United States and the early Cold War -- pt. 7. The Korean War and its aftermath -- pt. 8. The Vietnam War -- pt. 9. U.S. clandestine operations and the Cold War on the periphery -- pt. 10. America and post Cold War interventions -- pt. 11. September 11, 2001 and its aftermath

"The U.S. Constitution is clear on the appointment of executive officials: the president nominates, the Senate approves. But on the question of removing those officials, the Constitution is silent--although that silence has not discouraged strenuous efforts to challenge, censure, and even impeach presidents from Andrew Jackson to Bill Clinton. As J. David Alvis, Jeremy D. Bailey, and Flagg Taylor show, the removal power has always been and continues to be a thorny issue, especially as presidential power has expanded dramatically during the past century. Linking this provocative issue to American political and constitutional development, the authors recount removal power debate from the Founding to the present day. Understanding the historical context of outbreaks in the debate, they contend, is essential to sorting out the theoretical claims from partisan maneuvering and sectional interests, enabling readers to better understand the actual constitutional questions involved. After a detailed review of the Decision of 1789, the book examines the initial assertions of executive power theory, particularly by Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, then the rise of the argument for congressional delegation, beginning with the Whigs and ending with the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. The authors chronicle the return of executive power theory in the efforts of Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Cleveland, who all battled with Congress over removals, then describe the emergence of new institutional arrangements with the creation of independent regulatory commissions.

Trade in war -- Presumptions and pretense : international trade in narcotics -- A society which requires some sort of sedation : domestic drug consumption, circulation, and perception -- Review and reform : the Kennedy Commission -- Police and clinics : enforcement and treatment in the city, 1960-1973 -- The cost of denial : Vietnam and the global diversity of the drug trade

Zeitgeistiges Gezwitscher, brandneue Business-News, politischer Protest, der die Welt verändert - zusammengefasst in 140 Zeichen, verbreitet in Echtzeit. Twitter! Ein Start-up mit einer kometenhaften Erfolgstory, ein 11,5 Milliarden-Dollar-Geschäft mit 200 Millionen aktiven Usern. Doch wie sieht es hinter der Fassade aus? Nick Bilton nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise ins Innere von Twitter. Er beschreibt, wie vier junge Programmierer zu den ?einflussreichsten Menschen der Welt? avancierten und was dabei auf der Strecke blieb. Sein intimes Porträt erzählt von Freundschaft und Verrat, von Intrigen und erbitterten Machtkämpfen. Ein wahrer ?Business-Thriller? aus Silicon Valley