UNIVERSITY OF OREGON INVESTMENT GROUP April 30‚ 2010 Consumer Goods La-Z-Boy Incorporated BUY Stock Data Price (52 weeks) Symbol (Exchange) Beta Standard Error of Beta Shares Outstanding Average daily volume (3 month average) Current market cap Valuation (per share) DCF Analysis Comparables Analysis Target Price Current Price (as of 4/29/10) Summary Financials Revenue Net Income Operating Cash Flow Earnings/Diluted Share BUSINESS OVERVIEW La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB) is the most recognized
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Space technology has benefited our modern society. To what extent has it benefitted us? (Word Count: -25) This picture of our blue planet has become so mundane that even grade school students would cease to be mesmerised by it. Thanks to daily real-time forecast on TV‚ the picture of mother earth has almost become ho-hum. Weather forecast has improved to a point where we take the forecast for granted. Without realising it‚ the technological spin-offs from Space Program (spinoff.nasa.gov) of the
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The SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON In the book I read‚ The Swiss Family Robinson‚ the family was ship wrecked on an island. Their boat was made of wood. Nowadays boats are made of metal and have radar or other tracking devices on board. Instead of leather masts we have giant motor propelled rudders and jets. Instead of just transportation today boats are used for pleasure‚ or even marriages. They have boats with big swimming pools‚ dining areas‚ tennis courts and even the movie theaters on-board. Many years
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Top 10 Inventions in America • A clothes hanger‚ or coat hanger‚ is a device in the shape of human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat‚ jacket‚ sweater‚ shirt‚ blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles‚ with a lower bar for the hanging of pants. Invented by albert park house in 1903. • Air-conditioning is mechanism designed to extract heat from an occupied space air temperature using a refrigeration cycle. It was made in 1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier. http://www
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My Invention would be a way to keep children and surfers completely safe in water activities in the pool and the ocean. My product name is the magic bubble. What the target market is parents and experienced surfers. The product also has much potential to be marketed not only in the US but throughout the entire world. The Magic Bubble is built within a wet suit that is linked to a tube with string that can pulled at anytime that fills the back of the suit with a pocket of air that would potentially
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Throughout history‚ there have been many technological advancements. During the late 19th century‚ or "The Age of the Machine‚" there have been many new inventions. One of these inventions include the typewriter. The typewriter was patented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1868. Sholes is known as the first creator of the typewriter‚ while in fact‚ many before him have tried to accomplish that goal. Christopher Sholes was born in Mooresburg‚ Pennsylvania in 1918. He grew up in and went to school
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SCIENTIFIC INVENTION ASSEMBLY LINE: Primitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ran some Eli Olds (1864-1950)‚ an early car-maker (he manufactured the Oldsmobile‚ the first commercially successful American car). Henry Ford (1863-1947) used the first conveyor belt-based assembly-line in his car factory in 1913-14 in Ford’s Highland Park‚ Michigan plant. This type of production greatly reduced the amount of time taken to put each car together (93 minutes for a Model T) from its
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What is Modern Technology Provide to Us? “Technology begins with human nature‚” this is a slogan what I believe. There is one question always appear in my mind‚ what does modern technology bring us? Since development of modern technology‚ more and more inventions appear. Modern technology was designed to meet human needs‚ and for convenience. It cannot be denied that modern technology makes our life more convenient; however‚ modern technologies still bring greater inconvenience than convenience
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Fable The fable I chose is called “X Marks the Spot.” This fable is about an old man who is dying‚ and has three lazy sons. The father owns a large land‚ that was a vineyard. As the old man was on his deathbed he told his sons that he has buried a treasure in the vineyard. The three lazy sons were shot with energy and happiness‚ that they started to dig and try to find the treasure through out the entire vineyard. As the three sons fully dug the vineyard‚ they couldn’t find the treasure. After
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Halloween Bake Sale Decorate cookies package in containers‚ each box the same and sell three different versions. Dress them up with ribbon‚ and seal the boxes to stay fresh! Mothers Day Gift Sale Expecting mothers‚ gifts for guys who don’t know what to buy‚ kids to pick something out. Candles‚ cupcake bouquet‚ bath stuff‚ gardening stuff‚ spa‚ smell goods‚ mani/pedi‚ etc. Gift Wrapping for Christmas Drop off gifts before mass‚ we wrap and they can pick them up after mass
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