settlement

Examples of settlement in the following topics:

• The Settlement House Movement

  • Its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with and alleviate the poverty of their low-income neighbors.
  • In the U.S., by 1913 there were 413 settlements in 32 states.
  • Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, founded in 1894, Henry Street Settlement, founded in 1893, and University Settlement House, founded in 1886, and the oldest in the United States were important sites for social reform.
  • United Neighborhood Houses of New York is the federation of 35 settlement houses in New York City.
  • These and other settlement houses inspired the establishment of settlement schools to serve isolated rural communities in Appalachia.

• Global Research Settlement

  • The Global Settlement was an enforcement agreement to address issues of conflict of interest within the SEC and other big investment companies.
  • The investment firms involved in the settlement had all engaged in actions and practices that had aided and abetted the inappropriate influence of their research analysts by their investment bankers seeking lucrative fees.
  • Similarly, the Global Settlement also increased the IPO "quiet period" from 25 days to 40 days.
  • Other than these regulatory actions, the firms involved in the settlement were required to pay fines to their investors, to fund investor education, and to pay for independent third-party market research.
  • Describe how the Global Research Settlement addressed conflicts of interest in the market

• Settlement of the New Land

  • The United States began continental expansion immediately after the Constitution of 1789 through war, treaty, land deals, and settlement.
  • Control and settlement of the North American territories was a centuries-long contest that affected Britain, Spain, France, and, from 1776, the United States.

• The Carolinas

  • The Albemarle Settlements, which preceded the royal charter by 10 years, came to be known in Virginia as "Rogues' Harbor."
  • The Charles Town settlement developed more rapidly than the Albemarle and Cape Fear settlements due to the advantages of a natural harbor, and it quickly developed trade with the West Indies.
  • As the settlement around Charles Town grew, it began to produce livestock for export to the West Indies.
  • The Charleston settlement was the principal seat of government for the entire province.
  • From that time until 1708, the northern and southern settlements remained under one government.

• Defining Liabilities

  • In financial accounting, a liability is defined as an obligation of an entity arising from past transactions or events, the settlement of which may result in the transfer or use of assets, provision of services or other yielding of economic benefits in the future.
  • A duty or responsibility to others that entails settlement by future transfer or use of assets, provision of services, or other transaction yielding an economic benefit due at a specified or determinable date, on occurrence of a specified event, or on demand.
  • A duty or responsibility that obligates the entity to another, leaving it little or no discretion to avoid settlement.
  • The following is a quotation from the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Framework: "A liability is a present obligation of the enterprise arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the enterprise of resources embodying economic benefits. "

• Liabilities

  • A "liability" is an obligation of an entity, the settlement of which may result in the yielding of economic benefits in future.
  • In financial accounting, a liability is defined as an obligation of an entity arising from past transactions or events, the settlement of which may result in the transfer or use of assets, provision of services or other yielding of economic benefits in the future.
  • A duty or responsibility to others that entails settlement by future transfer or use of assets, provision of services, or other transaction yielding an economic benefit, at a specified or determinable date, on occurrence of a specified event, or on demand
  • A duty or responsibility that obligates the entity to another, leaving it little or no discretion to avoid settlement

• Spot Rates, Forward Rates, and Cross Rates

  • Spot & forward rates are settlement prices of spot & forward contracts; cross rates are the exchange rate between two unofficial currencies.
  • In finance, a spot contract, spot transaction, or simply "spot," is a contract of buying or selling a commodity, security, or currency for settlement (payment and delivery) on the spot date, which is normally two business days after the trade date.
  • The settlement price (or rate) is called a "spot price" or "spot rate. "
  • The settlement price of a forward contract is called a "forward price" or "forward rate. " Depending on the item being traded, spot prices can indicate market expectations of future price movements.

• The Western Lands

  • In the earliest days of European settlement of the Atlantic coast, from about 1600 to 1680, the "frontier" was essentially any part of the forested interior of the continent beyond the fringe of existing settlements along the coast.
  • English, French, Spanish, and Dutch patterns of expansion and settlement differed widely.
  • The typical English settlements were quite compact and small, typically under a square mile.
  • The Royal Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the North American colonists from establishing or maintaining settlements west of a line running down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • The other intention of the proclamation was to concentrate colonial settlements on the seaboard, where they could be active participants in the British mercantile system.

• The Coming of the English

  • In 1578, he reached the shores of Greenland and made an unsuccessful attempt at founding a settlement in Frobisher Bay.
  • Proprietors were appointed to found and govern settlements under mercantile charters granted to joint stock companies.
  • The Northern Plymouth settlement in Maine faltered and was abandoned.
  • However, the London Virginia Company created the first successful English overseas settlements at Jamestown in 1607.
  • The location of the Jamestown Settlement ("J") is shown just south of the overlapping area, 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

• Defining Current Liabilities

  • In financial accounting, a liability is defined as an obligation of an entity arising from past transactions or events, the settlement of which may result in the transfer or use of assets, provision of services or other yielding of future economic benefits.
  • A duty or responsibility to others that entails settlement by future transfer or use of assets, provision of services, or other transaction yielding an economic benefit, at a specified date, on occurrence of a specified event, or on demand.
  • A duty or responsibility that obligates the entity to another entity, with no option to avoid settlement.