1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996217135603316

Autore

Roberts Richard <1952->

Titolo

The city [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to London's global financial centre / / Richard Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Economist in association with Profile Books, c2004

ISBN

1-281-84567-1

1-84765-006-6

Descrizione fisica

344 p. : ill

Disciplina

332.109421

Soggetti

Financial institutions - England - London

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the city -- From the Royal Exchange to Canary Wharf -- Financial markets and instruments -- The sell-side : investment banking and securities -- The buy-side : investors and asset management -- Banking, payments, and specialist financial institutions -- Insurance -- Professional and support services -- Shipping and commodities -- Bank of England -- Regulation -- Financial centre league tables -- City scandals and calamities -- Challenges and outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

Designed as a companion to Richard Roberts's earlier Economist guide to Wall Street, The City provides comprehensive, relevant and up-to-date coverage of what goes on in the City and its role as a global financial centre and as the leading financial centre in Europe.  Individual chapters focus on the City's various wholesale international financial markets and institutions - from the money markets to the securities industry, commodities to shipping, the Bank of England to the Financial Services Authority. Other chapters review its historical development and  the scandals that have dogged its reputation. Finally, the book looks at the outlook for the City and the challenges it faces - the current downturn, the impact of developments in communications technology, the threat from Wall Street, and what difference the euro is making and will make.  In addition, there are appendices giving details of City institutions and organisations, profiles of the principal City players, and key City events from the late 17th century.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715068803321

Autore

Stankiewicz N.

Titolo

The ellipsoidal velocity distribution function / / by N. Stankiewicz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, , February 1969

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ii, 16 pages)

Collana

NASA technical note ; ; TN D-5026

Soggetti

Theory of distributions (Functional analysis)

Viscosity

Entropy (Information theory)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 1969."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 16).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794192603321

Autore

Bashiri Iraj

Titolo

The History of the civil war in Tajikistan / / Iraj Bashiri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-64469-288-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages)

Collana

Central Asian studies

Disciplina

958.6086

Soggetti

HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia

Tajikistan History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The War Year -- The Emirate of Bukhara -- The Sovietization of Tajikistan -- End of an Era -- The Government of National Reconciliation -- Reinventing the Wheel -- The Path to Recovery.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book is about the Tajiks, a Muslim community in Central Asia, their Sovietization, and their bloody civil war. The conflict was about the type of constitution that Tajikistan should adopt: Communist, secular, or based on the Islamic Shari'a. The parliamentary discussions aimed at preventing a war, and the armed struggle that ensued are both discussed in detail. Events are seen through the eyes of Safarali Kenjaev, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan at the time. The volume also includes the author's impressions and interviews gathered during his year-long residence (1993) in war-torn Tajikistan as IREX's man in Dushanbe."--