Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.
The correct answer is: "the private citizen who owns the factory".
It would be more accurate to say the private citizens who own the factory, as it is likely that the capital of the corporation is divided in shares, whose owners are in turn, also owners of the corporation in the proportion evidenced by the number of shares they hold.
The losses generated by the fire will be assumed by the capital available in the firm, and due to the increase suffered in the costs, owners will suffer a decrease in their dividends which are the return they receive for their invesment. In case that the available capital is not enough, investors can decide either to invest more money or to let the corporation go bankrupt. It is possible that the local community provides some aid in terms of funding in a mixed economy, to prevent job losses for example, but it is not mandatory that they do so.
In order to afford the large and immediate payments required in case of an unpredictable disaster or accident without risking the solvency of the whole business, firms sign insurance contracts and make periodic payments so that in case of an accident the insurance company would face all costs.
it was the only thing keeping the sixth army in tact
The Mesheviks and the Bolsheviks were two totally different movements in Russia from ideological perspective and their actions. The Mesheviks wanted a gradual, peaceful change in the country, with progressive methods used, and by including the Middle class in the process, with the end goal being modernization of the country. The Bolsheviks, on the other side, wanted radical changes, and that was supposed to be done by the elites, not by the middle class people. Also, instead of modernizing the country, the Bolshevkis wanted to establish communism in the country.
Because the soviets had previously signed a Non-Aggression pact with Germany and didn't expect the attack from Hitler (A.K.A Germany.)
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