teachers’ strikes only fueled the city’s fiscal crisis and made necessary the establishment of the Chicago School Finance Authority to address the situation. Along with negative reports by Chicago United and disappointing reported standardized test scores from students‚ the situation reached a point of severe distress. In 1986‚ Mayor Washington had called for a summit on education reform in which many Chicago leaders were brought together to think of ways to solve issues surrounding CPS. Following the
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Executive Summary Purinex is a drug discovery and development company based in Syracuse‚ New York. The company sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on Purine‚ which is useful in numerous biochemical processes and its intellectual portfolio of Purinex consists of more than 35 patents‚ pending and issued in the purine field. The company has a headcount of 14 and maintains a chemistry laboratory a few miles from its main office. The company’s target is to develop products that act
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officially became a part of Chicago sports in 1925. Originally‚ there were two club basketball teams that were put together by George “Papa Bear” Halas in Chicago. They were both named the Chicago Bruins. Another team known as the Harlem Globetrotter originated in Chicago in the 1920’s too‚ but were forced to play road games once the skating rink they played in closed down. The first NBA basketball team however to be a part of Chicago was a team called the Chicago Stags. This basketball team
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The Wing city Chicago When I first visit Chicago two years ago‚ I thought Chicago is just a city with cold winter and nothing fancy. So I always stay in my little comfort zoon like Chinatown and only hangout with my Chinese friends. However‚ after a month of exploring Chicago‚ I was totally wrong. Chicago is a place with rich history‚ culture diversity and innovation in business. It is so fabulous and modern‚ yet so calm and beautiful. When you pay close attention to your surrounding‚ you
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Chicago has world class museums that make the city one of a kind. Some of the museum are listed on the top of the world‚ for example‚ the art museums of Chicago has several famous artworks from all over the world. And the other museums are famous for their artwork and sculptures. One of the most famous and exalting museum is the cultural center‚ which is located on Michigan Ave and Randolph. The location of this museum played a big role in making this museum one of the most visited museums in Chicago
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telecommuter Smith‚ or hog butcher Smith? Chicago‚ by Carl Sandburg‚ gives ordinary jobs‚ such as a hog butcher‚ the honor of titles. Sandburg opens the poem with well worded apostrophe by giving the city of Chicago these honored jobs. Chicago does not symbolize these jobs‚ or contain people who have these jobs; Chicago actually has those jobs. After Sandburg establishes Chicago’s different jobs‚ he goes on to talk about what other people say about Chicago. Although these things are phrased as accusations
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1920’s is at odds with itself. There are those of older generations and the middle class who still cling to the Puritan ethics that accompanied our Founding Fathers. This segment of society wallows in propriety of the later 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th. Religious groups made up mostly of women searching to assert themselves politically formed a crusade against immoral practices including the consumption of liquor. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti Saloon League
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What was going on in Chicago in the late 60‘s and early 70‘s? - There was a lot of construction going on. The City was getting bigger and getting modernized and expanding with new skyscrapers‚ buildings and expressways. The Mayor of Chicago was Richard J. Daley Sr.. Chicago had not grown much since the Great Depression. Daley was a big part of the growth in the 60‘s and 70‘s. The 1968 Democratic Convention was held in Chicago. There were lots of civil right issues at the time. There was the Chicano
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Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have higher level of leverage and it is easier to separate project assets from the parent company. Advantages and Disadvantages: 1) Advantages a. Maximize Leverage b. Off-Balance Sheet Treatment c. Agency Cost d. Multilateral Financial Institutions 2) Disadvantages
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following updates to the existing cases should be noted. Case 03-5a Part I: Trademark Subsequent to the release of the Exposure Draft issued by the FASB and IASB in June 2010 the Boards received a number of comments and is currently reviewing and analyzing these comments. A revised draft of the Exposure Draft is expected in Q3 of 2011. We encourage users of this case study to follow this project and review the FASB’s and IASB’s Web site for updates. Case 04-9: Healthcare Depot On April 22
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