Not in Favor of Common Core Standard According to the” Implementing the common Core state standard(‚2012)“The common core states standards is identified as a clear understanding of what students are expected to learn‚ so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real work‚ reflecting the knowledge and skill that our young people need for success. “Although is statement was articulated perfectly in a perfect world‚ but
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To sum up what I’m saying the way we act affects our relationships and causes some to be made and some to be changed or even lost. This theme is present in the stories “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?”‚ “The Wife’s Story”‚ and “My So-Called Enemy” as they all have to do with the way relationships affect us. In the short story “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret the main character Sergei acts consistently with his three wishes. Each time he uses a wish he uses it to help
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Question 1: The investment banker commented that Blaine was “over-liquid and under-levered” due to the fact that Blaine was debt-free and also held $231 million in cash‚ a 39% of its total assets. The pros of this type of capital structure are that it gives the company more freedom when making business decision and disturbing its cash. And the company with more liquidity reacts quicker under an economic or industry hardship. The cons of this type of capital structure are that it is wasting the potential
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11/10/2013 MEMORANDUM To: Victor Dubinski‚ CEO of Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc. From: Zhangkai Zhou Kelley School of Business MSA student Subject: Is it a good idea for BKI to repurchase its own stocks? Date: Nov 19‚ 2013 There is a banker pointed out that BKI is currently highly over-liquid and under-levered. He suggested to borrow money and to buy back own shares. In detail‚ the proposal is involves that borrowing another $50 million and paying a 13.8% premium
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BLAINE KITCHENWARE INC. Blaine Kitchenware was a mid-sized producer of small appliances primarily used in residential kitchens. By 2006‚ the company’s products consisted of a wide range of small kitchen appliances including deep fryers‚ griddles‚ toasters‚ ovens etc. Blaine had just under 10% of the $2.3 billion U.S. market for small kitchen appliances. For the period 2003 to 2006‚ the industry posted modest annual unit sales growth of 2%. In 2006‚ 65% of its revenue was generated from shipments
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RATE F FINANC CE C CASE II Blaine Kitche enwar re‚ Inc. .: Capital Str ucture r e Grou up Mem mbers Shivam m Pitaria (3 336/50) Tanuj j Madan (37 76/50) Vinit Bansal (395/50) Yuvraj S Singh Bist (402/50) Q1 ‐ Is Blaine’s capital structure appropriate? Give reasons. Blaine’s capital structure is not appropriate because of several reasons. The biggest of them being not using debt financing. Without debt‚ Blaine is not realizing its true potential
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2011 Group Assignment 3 “Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc.: Capital Structure” Due: Thursday‚ March 24‚ 2011 Instructions: • This is a group assignment. • Prepare a memo from your group to address the items found below. Please limit your memo to no more than three pages of text. You may use as many pages of exhibits as you deem necessary. However‚ you will only want to provide exhibits that you discuss in your memo. • Presentation counts. Make sure to proof you memo for spelling‚ grammar‚
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HEILPRIN Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc.: Capital Structure On April 27‚ 2007‚ Victor Dubinski‚ CEO of Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc. (BKI)‚ sat in his office reflecting on a meeting he had had with an investment banker earlier in the week. The banker‚ whom Dubinski had known for years‚ asked for the meeting after a group of private equity investors made discreet inquiries about a possible acquisition of Blaine. Although Blaine was a public company‚ a majority of its shares were controlled by family members descended
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Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc.: Capital Structure Course in Strategic Finance University of Vienna‚ 2015 Mila Dineva‚ 1153546 Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc. • • • • • founded in 1927‚ small appliances for kitchens Public company‚ mainly controlled by the family 10% of the $ 2.3 bill. market 1994 – IPO In the 90’s – moved its production abroad Financial figures • • • • Over-liquid and under-leveraged‚ no debt 2% sales growth 2003-2006 11% p.a. annual returns for shareholders 2004-2006 $53.6 mil. Net income
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Danang University of Technology Automation House-Controlling System PROPOSAL Le Anh Ton 2013 Automation House-Controlling System Memo Date: November 1‚ 2013 To: Mr. Adam Levine‚ CEO of Smarthome Company From: Le Anh Ton Subject: Proposal for Feasibility Study on Automation House-Controlling System Purpose The purpose of my proposal is to request authorization and funding to study automation controlling system of security and appliances in houses by using GSM module‚ sensors
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