the acquisition of Lumley Australian and New Zealand insurance business which helped diversify Wesfarmers business operations and finally in 2007‚ Wesfarmers acquired the Coles group (Greenhalgh‚ 2008). Table 1: Major Acquisitions Business Price EBIT ($m) EV/EBIT multiple OAMPS 725 58 12.5 Linde Gas 500 73 13.5 Coles Group 19‚300 1‚150 16.8 Source: www.wesfarmers.com.au The most common form of financial analysis is undertaken using ratios‚ using the data from financial statements
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British population obsession with talent shows: innocent or damaging? by Christy Phelps In recent years‚ TV talent shows have burst onto our screens with a vengeance. Most showing ordinary members of the public competing for a large monetary prize‚ they are only increasing in popularity. Every year millions of viewers around the UK tune in their TVs to watch ITV’s ’X Factor’‚ ’Britain’s Got Talent’ or the BBC’s ’The Voice’. It seems that talent shows are a never ending entertainment that have
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A GLOBAL / COUNTRY STUDY AND REPORT ON “PESTLE Analysis and Sectorial Study of Russia” Submitted to (Gujarat Technological University) IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AWARD FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ASMINISTRATION In Gujarat Technological University Kum. M.H. Gardi School of Management (First Shift) (727) PREFACE Today we are at the door step of 21st century. The world is widening without having a New and new developments are coming these days in all
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Country report PERU Summary Now that the worst of the economic crisis is over‚ the balance can be made up for Peru as well. GDP growth will fall to 1% in 2009‚ a steep drop from the 9.8% registered in 2008. However‚ in comparison to its peers‚ this can be considered a good result. Monetary and fiscal stimuli have supported growth so far. However‚ with regard to the fiscal stimulus‚ the bottom of the treasury chest is in sight. On the back of higher spending and falling revenues‚ the budget deficit
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Political/Legal * Singapore is an enterprise friendly country. Several organisations are set up by the Singapore government to help businesses runs in a very systematic way. * Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) provide the vision of make Singapore a leading global city of talent‚ enterprise and innovation. * SPRING Singapore (Standards‚ Productivity‚ and Innovation Boards) helps for growing innovative companies and fostering and encouraging a competitive SME sector. * Lemon Law
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Introduction The macroeconomic environment that Starbucks operates in is characterized by the ongoing global economic recession‚ which has dented the purchasing power of the consumers. However‚ market research done in the last few months has indicated that consumers have not cut down on their coffee consumption and instead‚ are shifting to lower priced options. This means that Starbucks can still leverage the buying power of the consumers in a manner that would give it a significant advantage over
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The external environment may be analysed using the following: PESTEL involves analyzing the external environment by focusing on: Political environment where government legislation may have a direct or indirect impact on how businesses may operate. For instance deregulation and privatization of public enterprises have created more competition moving government focus towards regulating the operations of such businesses rather than focusing its efforts and resources on running the business
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Woolworths which has been deemed untouchable for more than a decade is now in a price war with Coles which was a shambles just three years ago. The price of milk is down and staying down is one of the recent aggressive price cuts introduced in a five year plan. The strategy of Coles is simple. By setting lower prices‚ a company hopes to win back its customers and in this way sees an opportunity to increase market share or profits. However‚ many unprofitable price wars happen‚ because the fact that
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DBQ Han and Roman Attitudes toward Technology From the around second century B.C.E. to the third century C.E. the Han and Roman attitudes toward technology were different in how they took pride in some of their inventions with the Han accepting the role of the craftsmen and their technology they created showed in documents 1-4. However‚ the Romans did not do as much of this and did not care as much about the technology and how it could be utilized. This was shown in documents 5-8. Both Han China
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ultra fine Grinding mill /ultra fine powder grinding millConcrete ultra fine Grinding mill /ultra fine powder grinding mill:—— five models: HGM80‚ HGM90‚ HGM100‚ HGM100A‚ and HGM125——finished production fineness: 300meshes~3000meshes‚ 5-47 micron——the capacity (ton/hour) ranges from 0.4T/H to 12T/H Application of ultra fine Grinding mill /ultra fine powder grinding mill:HGM Series ultra fine Powder Grinding Mill is the equipment specializing in producing fine and superfine powder of non-inflammable
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