Angela Lindsey SHR 247 Blackboard Assignment 2 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company‚ headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company wholly owns Geico‚ BNSF‚ Lubrizol‚ Dairy Queen‚ Fruit of the Loom‚ Helzberg Diamonds‚ FlightSafety International‚ and Netjets. It also owns half of Heinz and has significant minority holdings in American Express‚ Coca-Cola Company‚ Wells Fargo‚ IBM‚ and Restaurant
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. – Executive Summary This team has been assigned to perform an executive summary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BHI). This company has been profitable for the last three fiscal years‚ and is on the U.S. Stock Exchange. This summary will contain information gathered from BHI’s most recent annual report. Using the company’s balance sheet‚ cash flow statement‚ and income statement (all three are attached following the references) 14 key areas will be addressed: 1. Company
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INDUSTRY BACKGROUND & HISTORY Company Overview Vodafone Group PLC is one of the leading mobile telecommunication companies in the world. It won the third mobile license in Australia in 1992 and by 1993 it had established Vodafone Australia and began actively marketing its digital mobile services (Vodafone‚ 2011). Vodafone first launched a wireless network under the brand name “Arena” in 1993‚ while Hutchison started under the brand name “Orange” says Business Monitor International Ltd (2008)
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cash flow and a very good future. Mr. Berkshire Hathaway’s business model was to buy large insurance companies that ensured a stabilized cash-float‚ but the purchase of BNSF may have seemed to differ from his usual business model‚ but the outcome was the same‚ with having a stabilized cash-float. With the oil boom and increase in agriculture‚ and industrial shipments‚ this made BNSF a perfect financial asset for Mr. Berkshire Hathaway. What does Berkshire Hathaway’s purchase of BNSF Railroad say
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Suggested Questions 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. Assess the bid for PacifiCorp
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? Answer: - The possible meaning of the change of the stock is that the facts that are created in the deal had a positive effect on both the buyers ( BRK) and the sellers which
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Corporate Valuation Berkshire Partners: Bidding for Carter’s 1. Berkshire brought expertise in finding the right financing structure and operational and strategy related to the retail and manufacturing industry. Berkshire managers believed that the equity portion of a capital structure should be at least 25% to order to achieve the desired results as far as return and to show true commitment to the lending base. When determining the capital structure‚ they also seriously
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Fleetwood Mac got together in 1967 in London‚ England. They became a very popular British-American rock group. Due to the fact that the band changed member so many different times the only original remaining band member is Mick Fleetwood. The group’s biggest success was achieved from 1971 to 1974. Select members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Overall this group sold over 100 million albums all around the globe. When the group made their debut they were
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current state of the PLC industry in Global and China. The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions‚ applications and industry chain structure. Global market analysis and Chinese domestic market analysis are provided with a focus on history‚ developments‚ trends and competitive landscape of the market. A comparison between the international and Chinese situation is also offered. The report also focuses on development policies and plans for the industry as well as a consideration
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Date:16th January 2012 Electrocomponents plc Electrocomponents plc is a high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products. It has two brands – RS Components and Allied Electronics. It operates in 32 countries and another 37 through dustributors. It is a European technology hardware and equipment sector. They offer customers an easy way to find‚ design‚ and purchase the right electronic components for their application. Electrocomponents plc has been implementing a major reorganization
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