Frontiero v. Richardson In his opinion in the 1973 case Frontiero v. Richardson‚ Justice William Brennan stated‚“Our nation had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination‚ rationalized by an attitude of “romantic paternalism” which‚ in practical effect‚ put women not on a pedestal‚ but in a cage.” The Justice felt discrimination against women in America has been passed off ignorantly as romantic or reasonable. In 1973‚ Sharron Frontiero‚ a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force‚ was treated
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text] [Type text] [Type text] Summery: Atchison Corporation is a case based on a large U.S.- based manufacturer of household products (Dial Corporation). They make soap‚ laundry detergent‚ household cleaning products. In 1994‚ they were in a strange situation with three things happening: Highest level of sales in the company history Lowest after-tax profits in many decades Retirement of long-standing president and CEO - Jerome Atchison Products were manufactured in four regional factories located
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did Bob Reiss accomplish this? * Offering incentive‚ 5% ad allowance‚ to department stores for placing ad in print * Free media publicity * In this industry the fad of products was really high * The industry was highly competitive with big retailers having maximum say and share * R and R was a new and small player in this industry which was unknown to both retailers and customers so there were doubt of their acceptance * In order to achieve credibility‚ they went ahead
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Litonjua v. L&R Corporation December 9‚ 1999 Facts: Litonjua obtained loans from L&R Corporation secured by a mortgage. Without knowledge of L&R‚ Litonjua sold to PWHAS the parcels of land they had previously mortgaged to L & R Corporation. When Litonjua defaulted in the payment of their loans‚ L & R Corporation initiated extrajudicial foreclosure proceedings and L & R Corporation was the only bidder. When L & R Corporation presented its corresponding Certificate of Sale for registration‚ it
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BUTT JOINT Yr-8 Timber Joint Assignment Butt and Rebate Joints REBATE JOINT 1. Where Could You Use These Joints? You can use these joints building anything with wood (i.e. bird house‚ chairs‚ tables.) but you need to be smart about which joints will be strong enough for the task
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Investment and Capital Structure Case 5 American Home Products Corporation Assess American Home Products ’ (AHP) business risk. THE BUSINESS RISK OF A COMPANY INCLUDES ΒR WHICH IS RELATED TO ITS REVENUE AND OPERATING LEVERAGE WHICH ARISES FROM FIXED COSTS OF PRODUCTION. IN GENERAL‚ THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY HAS A VERY HIGH BUSINESS RISK DUE TO HIGH RISKS AND COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS HAS A LOW BUSINESS RISK IN COMPARISON
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1. Statement of the Problem In 1996‚ Arctic Timber Engineered Woods Division‚ a highly mature business unit‚ faced a market downturn and began losing millions of dollars each month. Before becoming the President of the Engineered Woods Division‚ Bjorn Gustavsson had already determined that the company could not sustain its commodity business and was not aligned with the new direction devised by Peter Hammarskjöld‚ the CEO of Arctic Timber. According to Gustavsson‚ in order to prosper in a more
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Unifine Richardson Case General Comments HONEY CHOICES It appears to be nearly unanimous in terms of choice of honey among the nine groups in the class. Five groups recommend pure Canadian honey‚ two of which also recommend U.S. honey as a secondary source. Three groups recommend pure U.S. honey‚ contributing largely to the fact that the teams did not convert the U.S. honey price quoted in U.S. dollar to Canadian dollar in which the other alternative honey price are quoted. One team recommend
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SAMUEL RICHARDSON (1689 – 1761) [pic] Samuel Richardson (1689 – 1761) was a self-educated tradesman who had little formal literary training‚ yet he made an impact on English literature which is nothing the less remarkable. He expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel through an inventive use of the letter form (thus contributing to the emergence of the so-called “epistolary novel”) and was the promoter of sentimentalism[1]. Together with Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding‚ he is credited
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American Home Product Corporation (AHP)‚ a highly growing American company‚ has four business lines: prescription drugs‚ packaged drugs‚ food products‚ house wares and household products. Its policies include: -A tight financial control and maintained an aggressive capital structure policy. - Make money for its stockholders and to maximize profits by minimizing cost. - It has been able to finance internally its growth while paying a very high portion of its earning to its shareholders
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