For the exclusive use of J. Dababneh‚ 2015. 9 -2 1 1 -0 2 5 REV: MARCH 29‚ 2012 DANIEL BERGSTRESSER LAUREN COHEN RANDOLPH COHEN CHRISTOPHER MALLOY AQR’s Momentum Funds (A) In early 2009‚ after significant research and reflection‚ Cliff Asness‚ founder and principal at AQR‚ was considering the launch of three new retail mutual funds that would offer investors exposure to ‘Momentum‚’ a new investment style. While momentum strategies were commonplace among hedge funds‚ the new AQR funds would become
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a French-Algerian philosopher‚ stated “Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.” Being free from external control and allowed to choose his or her own destiny‚ one may venture in pursuit of personal perfection‚ allowing oneself to become better. In the American novel Native Son by Richard Wright‚ Bigger Thomas finds himself struggling in an age of segregation‚ being confined and alienated from the white world. Bigger is constantly working his way towards freedom‚ and only comes close to finding
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Case 10.4 — Investing for Retirement Executive Summary Retirement plans represent a unique opportunity to divert a portion of income into tax-deferred accounts. This report looks at hypothetical sample data from 194 couples with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of what characteristics affect this group’s tendency to invest or not invest in retirement plans. First‚ basic tests were performed on provided data to examine if the given characteristics were related to the amount invested
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Big Problem Getting Bigger Kate Fitch‚ RN‚ MEd‚ CCM Bruce Pyenson‚ FSA‚ MAAA Steven Abbs Margaret Liang Peer Review by Tom Ruehle‚ FSA‚ MAAA; Kathy Zaharias‚ RN‚ MBA MILLIMAN RESEARCH REPORT March 2004 Obesity: A Big Problem Getting Bigger PAGE I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. DEFINITION OF OBESITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 III. INCREASING
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the adult and last larval instar of T. confusum. In all cases‚ considerable differences in insect mortality were shown with different plant extract‚ different concentration at the same exposure period 24 hrs. The 24 hrs bioassay is a major tool for evaluating the toxicity of phytotoxins‚ and a number of researches have been applying this method to assess the toxic effect of different plant extractions against T. confusum (Hana‚ 2013 and Kundu et al.‚ 2007). The T. confusum larvae that exposed to the
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TARAMANI THUNDERS Integrating Street Hawkers into the urban ecology- The Case of T. Nagar‚ Chennai Anand Raj Irene Baby R. C. Sudheesh Uttara Narayan Vishnu Prasad The Problem • T. Nagar- quagmire of vendors‚ pedestrians‚ vehicles • Street vendors perceived as primary cause of bottleneck • Policy interventions lack implementation Who are the Stakeholders? Retailers Motorists Residents Street Vendors Pedestrians Corporation Street Vendors Economic Social
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and authority to the bank’s other units‚ and also to find solution to the bank units’ seemingly lack of clearly defined delineation of functions and accountability. C. RELEVANT FACTS/ANALYSIS Marshal Pinkard is a president and CEO of FMB&T a growing California-based regional commercial and consumer retail bank. The successful‚ leading edge banks used information technology not only to operate efficiently but also to help them focus more effectively on customer needs. The main causes
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FMB&T Case Study This case study is all about a bank by the name of FMB&T. Recently‚ the CEO and President of FMB&T‚ Marshall Pinkard‚ received an e-mail from a Vice President of the company‚ Ayishia Coles‚ who also happens to be the company’s Chief Information Officer. Ayishia reported to Marshall with several frustrations. She was having problems with her job because she didn’t have clear cut responsibilities or authorities‚ which had caused her some trouble in how to deal with people who had
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Case 2.5Alumina Jumps on Bad News 1.Alumina reported an 86.3 per cent fall in first half-year profit‚ and suspended its final dividend. Why did its share price rise by 9.79 per cent on the announcement date? Although the situation in Alumina was extraordinarily difficult‚ Alumina firmly believed that the worst reason behind them is the impact of the global crisis‚ and Alumina were quietly confident that market will begin to improve. In between last November and April‚ Aluminium prices had since rebounded
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successful diversity management systems: AT&T Inc. and Pepsi Co. First case‚ AT&T. For the year of 2015‚ AT&T is listed as one of the top 50 companies for a diverse workforce by DiversityInc. This remark does not come naturally. It is the result of the company’s long term planning‚ effort‚ and improvement. Even
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