Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982‚ Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983‚ Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices
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Taking On the Trust Steve Weinberg’s “Taking on the Trust” is a book that chronicles the lives of both Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller. Ida Tarbell was born in Pennsylvania to Franklin and Esther Tarbell. While her family was not necessarily poor they were not rich either. At times they had to struggle to make it through while at other times they had money in the bank. One of the interesting things about her family is how strongly religion played a role in their family. Even when they didn’t
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exxon mobil and chevron Exxon Mobil and Chevron Financial Performance Understanding the key ratios of a company is very important for investors. Each ratio uncovers the inner workings of the company‚ and may lead an investor to make a decision on whether to invest in the company‚ or to continue looking elsewhere. Exxon Mobil and Chevron are both in the same industry‚ and are virtually household names. In this study‚ key ratios of these two companies will be analyzed‚ and a comparison of results
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Today ‚ Technology plays a crucial role in people’s daily lives‚ in businesses and organizations around the world . We are in a phase that we can no longer stop the human mind from creating new needs and new inventions everyday . This obsession is clearly prevailing and despite all the positive aspects it holds for us . We should highlight the dangers of letting artificial intelligence become way beyond human intelligence. In modern society‚ we use computer and cyber technology to communicate with
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Generally speaking‚ advertising is the promotion of goods‚ services and ideas‚ usually by an identified sponsor. Marketers see advertising as part of an overall promotional strategy. Other components of the promotional mix include publicity‚ public relations‚ personal selling and sales promotion. Advertisement Advertising is a form of communication whose purpose is to inform potential customers about products and services and how to obtain and use them. Many advertisements are also designed to
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Ethical human resource policies are vital to creating and maintaining an ethical company culture. Employees who are treated with basic decency are more likely to be content with their jobs. When employees feel exploited‚ they are prone to overt unethical behavior such as theft‚ as well as more subtle offenses such as using company resources for personal gain. When employees are fairly compensated for their work‚ they are likely to give more to the company and less inclined to take advantage of opportunities
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Assignment 2: Unethical Advertising Dupree Clark B6003: Ethics in Business Argosy University Professor Marla Brady February 11‚ 2013 To: Harris CC: Human Resource Department Subject: Advertisement Campaign Promoting Bait and switch is a dishonest marketing tactic in which a marketer advertises a very attractive price/rate/term that is really a teaser rate meant to attract customers. One good example of bait and switch is in the mortgage market. In a mortgage bait and switch an agent
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Americas Africa Asia Australia Europe Operating Data Downstream 44 Highlights 45 Refining and Marketing 46 Lubricants 46 Supply & Trading 47 Chemicals 48 Transportation 49 Operating Data 56 57 57 57 Other Businesses Technology Power Generation Mining Chevron Energy Solutions Reference 58 Glossary of Energy and Financial Terms 60 Additional Information Cover and inside front photos: Production at the Agbami Field in Nigeria is by subsea wells tied back to the floating production‚ storage and offloading
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BP: The Oil and Energy Company BP is an oil company whose roots start back in Cleveland‚ Ohio in the 1870 ’s. BP has grown from a local oil company to now being a global energy group employing over 80‚000 people and operating in over 100 countries worldwide. BP provides fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services‚ and petrochemical products for everyday items. They are all about finding oil and natural gas and have several brands that might sound familiar: BP‚ Castrol
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KFC for Kentucky Fried Chicken is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States (US). It is the world’s second largest restaurant chain overall (as measured by sales) after McDonald’s‚ with over 18‚000 outlets in 120 countries and territories as of December 2012. The company is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands‚ a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurant chains. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders
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