Supporting Documents 1) American and US Airways plan to seek a merger deadline extension By SHERYL JEAN Staff Writer sjean@dallasnews.com Published: 11 September 2013 09:17 PM Updated: 16 September 2013 06:27 PM American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. reportedly plan to seek an extension to the deadline for completing their proposed $11 billion merger because of possible delays caused by a government lawsuit. American’s parent‚ AMR Corp.‚ and US Airways told AMR creditors Tuesday that
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Overview FPL Group‚ Inc. is Florida’s largest electric utility company. In 1925‚ through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies‚ they formed Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L). FP&L grew steadily over the next 50 years until rising fuel costs‚ operating issues‚ and construction costs began to decrease profitability. In the mid-1980s‚ FPL diversified with four major acquisitions - Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company‚ Telesat Cablevision‚ Inc.‚ CBR Information Group Inc.‚ and Turner
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ABOUT THE ORGANISATION Borders Group Inc. started in 1971 in the United States of America. The international bookstore chain set up their first store in Singapore in 1997 (Reuters‚ 2011)‚ bringing in a unique “library culture” practised by few others in the country as the company did not shrink-wrap their books‚ therefore customers were allowed to browse books freely (Trager Bohley‚ 2009). This stemmed from the belief that tactile pleasures derived from interaction with the new books would play an
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EBC I‚ INC.‚ Formerly Known as eTOYS‚ INC.‚ by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of EBC I‚ Inc.‚ Respondent‚ v. GOLDMAN‚ SACHS & CO.‚ Appellant. Court of Appeals of the State of New York. 5 N.Y.3d 11 (2005) Before Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH‚ ROSENBLATT‚ GRAFFEO and R.S. SMITH concur with Judge CIPARICK. Judge READ dissents in part in a separate opinion. OPINION OF THE COURT CIPARICK‚ J. Plaintiff‚ the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of EBC I‚ Inc.‚ formerly known
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Problem Kate Stark‚ the electric utilities analyst at First Equity Securities Corporation was faced with a decision involving FPL Group on May 5‚ 1994. Three weeks earlier‚ she had valued FPL with a “hold” recommendation due to the belief that FPL would either keep its dividend payout at $2.48 or increase it slightly. Today however‚ she saw a report from Merrill Lynch stating that they were downgrading FPL stock due to management’s concern that the dividend payout was too high given the increasing
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1. 4–3. Business Torts. Medtronic‚ Inc.‚ is a medical technology company that competes for customers with St. Jude Medical S.C.‚ Inc. James Hughes worked for Medtronic as a sales manager. His contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving Medtronic. Hughes sought a position as a sales director for St. Jude. St. Jude told Hughes that his contract with Medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. Hughes accepted. Medtronic filed a suit‚ alleging wrongful interference
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ZHENG v. LIBERTY APPAREL COMPANY INC 88 91 998 103 Ling Nan ZHENG‚ Ren Zhu Yang‚ Yun Zhen Huang‚ Wen Qin Lin‚ Sai Bing Wang‚ Ye Biao Yang‚ Cui Zhen Lin‚ Rong Yun Zheng‚ Hui Fang Lin‚ Xiu Ying Zheng‚ Jin Ping Lin‚ Hui Ming Dong‚ Yu Bing Luo‚ Sau Chi Kwok‚ Sai Xian Tang‚ Yi Zhen Lin‚ Rui Fang Zhang‚ Mei Juan Yu‚ Mei Ying Li‚ Qin Fang Qiu‚ Yi Mei Lin‚ Mei Zhu Dong‚ Fung Lam‚ Xiu Zhu Ye‚ Sing Kei Lam‚ and Xue Jin Lin‚ Plaintiffs-Appellants‚ v. LIBERTY APPAREL COMPANY INC.‚ Albert Nigri‚ and Hagai Laniado
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Introduction The case of Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575‚ [2002] HCA 56 raised the legal principle of defamation and its application when committed over the internet. In this instance‚ an article published on 30 October 2000 in a weekly financial magazine‚ a magazine which in turn was published by Dow Jones & Company Inc (‘Dow Jones’). The article‚ entitled ‘Unholy Gains’ alleged that Joseph Gutnick (‘Gutnick’) was connected to a jailed money launderer and tax evader and was
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Middle eastern. South Asians‚ Hispanic (fast growing race) and other ethnicities need to be considered. EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores‚ Inc. No. CV-04-4731 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10‚ 2004) a lawsuit filed against Abercrombie & Fitch on behalf of a class of African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Latinos‚ and women allegedly subjected to discrimination in recruitment‚ hiring‚ assignment
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Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Linda Ray Webster University Abstract Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services is a sexual discrimination case in which the Fifth Circuit court ruled in the case of the defendant Sundowner Offshore Services that same sex discrimination was not pursuable under Title VII. The US Supreme Court reversed that decision by stating that any discrimination based on sex is actionable so long at it places the victim
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