Posted on 19 January 2011. Tags: Affiliated, ally, auto financing, bailout, Bank, bank holding company, detroit michigan, Financial, freddie mac, Gmac, insurance mortgage, mortgage services, range, u s treasury, unit
As of May 15, 2009, GMAC’s banking unit officially changed its name to Ally Bank. It is a bank holding company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. With more than 15 million customers worldwide, Ally Financial provides a range of financial services including auto financing, insurance, mortgage services, and online banking.
At one time, during the crisis bailout, the U.S. Treasury owned about 56% of GMAC, and as of January 2011 the Treasury still held a considerable amount of the Ally stock.
However, it is not affiliated with Freddie Mac.
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Posted on 17 November 2010. Tags: difference, environmental conditions, existence, fundamental niche, niche, Predation, range, Realized, realized niche
The fundamental niche of a species includes the total range of environmental conditions that are suitable for existence without the influence of interspecific competition or predation from other species. The realized niche describes that part of the fundamental niche actually occupied by the species.
Diagram in link.
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Posted on 04 November 2010. Tags: amp, arp, com, Musicnotes, range, side, Song, voice range
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0085338&arp=2&affsid=LS-Affiliate
there’s the song i’m looking at. on the side it says voice range: D4-D7, what notes are those?
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Posted on 29 October 2010. Tags: 1p, amp, bidders, boot, car, car boot, ebay, fiver, good stuff, international postage, Method..., niche, range, thanks in advance
I have tried £00.1, £00.9 & Buy it now.
I have sold 12 items so far and they are getting good final bids – Which have been paid for & I posted.
Although pleased with the results (I only sell good quality items) I do not know which method to use.
Sold dartboards, musical instruments etc in the range £20-30 range (better than I would get at a car boot – I reckon a fiver)
I have find my niche (electronics) – second hand but good stuff.
Just posting more items now but do not know whether to put reserves, high bids, international postage.
Also, I read ebay blogs saying that it is good to start everything at 1p and watch the bids climb up.
However, the stuff I sold for good prices I put a minimum (£10 & £20) and got bidding higher. But today I had to post stuff (bags) for 1p & .99p – so I am confused about using reserves, buy it now or not.
I have already concluded that if something is worth anything it will get high bids – However that does not tell me whether I should entice more bidders with low starting bid or just cater to serious buyers/those who really want the item.
Any advice/suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Posted on 01 October 2010. Tags: abiotic factor, biological conditions, biotic factor, change, ecosystem, factor, farm pond, mountain lion, Mutualism, organism lives, range, science questions, spruce tree, sybiosis, type
Science Packet Questions:
Which is a biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem?
a. average temperature of the ecosystem b. type of soil in the ecosystem
c. number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem d. concentration of oxygen in the ecosystem
During a long period when there is no rainfall, a mountain lion may temporarily leave its usual hunting territory to drink from a farm pond. This behavior is probably due to
a. its need to find different food to eat
b. the change in an abiotic factor in its environment
c. its need to find a new habitat
d. the change in a biotic factor in its environment
An organism’s niche is
a. the range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which it uses those conditions
b. all the physical and biological factors in the organism’s environment
c. the range of temperature that the organism needs to survive
d. a full description of the place an organism lives
Several species of warblers can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they
a. have different habitats within the tree
b. eat different foods within the tree
c. occupy different niches within the tree
d. can find different temperatures within the tree
An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called
a. competition b. sybiosis c. mutualism d. predation
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Posted on 30 September 2010. Tags: adjectives and adverbs, adobe systems inc, inch, interactive material, ipad, jim balsillie, mike lazaridis, mobile gadgets, phone, range, research in motion ltd, screen, standalone device, tablet market
Research in Motion Ltd. showed off the tablet for the first time yesterday and is set to launch it early 2011, with an expanded international rollout later in the year. With it, RIM is betting on a smaller, lighter device than Apple Inc.’s iPad, which kicked-started the tablet market when it launched in April.
The PlayBook will have a 7-inch screen and will weigh slightly less than a pound. And unlike the 9.7-inch iPad, it will have two cameras, front and back. RIM said tablet’s price would be in the same range as the iPad, which starts at $499.
The PlayBook will be able to act as a second, larger screen for a BlackBerry phone, through a secure short-range wireless link. When the connection is severed — perhaps because the user walks away with the phone — no sensitive data like company e-mails are left on the tablet. Outside of Wi-Fi range, it will be able to pick up cellular service to access the Web by linking to a BlackBerry.
But the tablet will also work as a standalone device. RIM’s co-chief executive, Jim Balsillie, said its goal is to present the full Web experience of a computer, including the ability to display Flash, Adobe Systems Inc.’s format for video and interactive material on the Web. That means the tablet will be less dependent on third-party applications, Balsillie said.
“I don’t need to download a YouTube app if I’ve got YouTube on the Web,’’ said Balsillie, who leads the company along with co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.
Apple’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, has resisted allowing Flash on any of the company’s mobile gadgets, arguing the software has too many bugs and drains battery life.
“Much of the market has been defined in terms of how you fit the Web to mobility,’’ Balsillie said. “What we’re launching is really the first mobile product that is designed to give full Web fidelity.’’
In part, the PlayBook is a move by RIM to protect its position as the top provider of mobile devices for the business set. Balsillie says he has had briefings with corporate chief information officers and “this is hands-down, slam-dunk what they’re looking for.’’
Analysts agree that RIM’s close relationship with its corporate clients could help the company establish a comfortable niche in the tablet market despite Apple’s early lead.
“We do think that RIM has a play with enterprise customers because it has established relationships with so many businesses, and its technology is so deeply integrated with their IT departments,’’ said Susan Kevorkian, an IDC analyst. IDC predicts that the corporate market for tablets will grow as a portion of overall sales over the next few years.
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