marketplace for books to providing web services to online retailers‚ storage solutions and a dramatically expanded product line. Nevertheless‚ despite massive sales the company failed to produce a profit for shareholders and Amazon was on the brink of bankruptcy at the beginning of 2001. If I were a shareholder who received the company’s 2000 annual report‚ I would have strongly agreed with CEO Jeff Bezos that the company must achieve profitability by year-end 2001. I would recommend that the company
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Course: Corporate Finance Faculty: Prof. Pramod Yadav Submitted by: Jeet K Bhatt Roll No: 14 Assignment – FMC Corp. 1. What were the motivations for FMC corp. to go for recapitalization? a) To eliminate a takeover attempt: The stock was attractively valued and the company had quite a lot of cash ($403 million in 1986) in its hands. It made the company attractive to hostile takeovers. b) To give FMC employees a greater stake in the company: Company showed strong cash on its balance sheet
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one in the United States Military. I would like to eventually become an Infantry Officer or an Aircraft Maintenance Officer in the United States Marine Corps. The reason is I want to be part of a force that could stand up to any enemy and fight for the country that I live in and the people in it. The journey to become an officer in the Marine Corps will not be easy and starts right now. To get to the Military Occupational Specialty of an Infantry Officer or Aircraft Maintenance Officer ‚ one must
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Peace Corps “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor‚ it cannot save the few who are rich‚” said President John F. Kennedy during his inaugural speech on January 20‚ 1961 (Weitsman15). Unlike presidents before him‚ Kennedy had a desire to reform the American attitude of ignorance and apathy towards the world‚ leading him to challenge a “new generation of Americans” to join “a grand and global alliance” (Weitsman 15). This “global alliance” was intended to combat tyranny‚ poverty‚ disease
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headquartered in Oak Brook‚ IL. McDonalds began in 1940 as a barbeque restaurant by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948‚ they reorganized as a hamburger stand and subsequently became the best in the business. The original mascot of McDonald ’s was a man with a chef ’s hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose name was "Speedee." Speedee was eventually replaced with Ronald McDonald in 1963. The current corporation dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc‚ in April of
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Polluter Corp. Polluter Corp. is a company that operates three manufacturing facilities and produces household cleaning products in the United States. The U.S. government grants this company with emission allowances (EAs) that can be used during 2010 to 2030. According to The Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions (FERC)‚ Polluter Corporation records emission allowances as elusive assets with a cost basis of zero. The fiscal year is December 31. To control and decrease the release of pollutants
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Group Case 3: MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 Executive Summary Assumptions The following are the assumptions we made through the whole analysis. The predicted revenues from 1983 to 1990 were assumed to follow the pattern in Exhibit 9A‚ despite the uncertainty of the higher access charge and competition increase. The marginal tax rate is 30% during that period. The firm must keep minimal cash balance of $100 million to support its operating activities. However
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The Marine Corps The perspectives I have of Latin America were developed over 18 years of immersion as a local. Social awareness‚ familiarity of speech‚ understanding of issues that matter in the region vs. issues important outside of the region are second nature to me. I was born and raised in Colombia‚ and finished high school in Panama. The political environment of Colombia and Panama shaped my cultural awareness and political understanding of these two countries’ overall climate as well
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Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of China December‚ 1st‚ 2013 Contents A. Introduction "PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law" by the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People ’s Congress of the PRC on the twenty-third meeting of 27 August 2006‚ adopted in order to regulate bankruptcy process‚ fairness clearing debts‚ protection the legitimate rights and interests of creditors and debtors‚ safeguard the socialist market economic order‚ so
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Chemical Corps Chemical Corps There are many different types of branches in the United States Army. All of them serve important needs to protect the nation’s freedom. The branch that has to do with defending the nation against the threat of chemical‚ biological‚ radiological‚ and nuclear weapons and lies within the Chemical Corps of the United States. This is important because rise of weapons of mass destruction has skyrocketed in the past 15 years. There are 3 companies of the Chemical corps and
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