1. AOL - Time Warner $164 billion deal in 2000. In 2002 reported a $99 billion loss with $45 billion write-down. Destroyed 97% of shareholder value. 2. Invensys - Baan Invensys paid Euros 762 million to buy Baan in 2000. Baan was sold in 2003 for $130 million. 3. Taylor Woodrow - Wimpey Taylor Woodrow bought Wimpey for £5 billion in 2007. Since then £4 billion has been wiped off Taylor Wimpey’s share price. 4. HSBC - Household HSBC bought Household for $15 billion in
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1) A 4-kg mass moving with speed 2 m/s‚ and a 2-kg mass moving with a speed of 4 m/s‚ are gliding over a horizontal frictionless surface. Both objects encounter the same horizontal force‚ which directly opposes their motion‚ and are brought to rest by it. Which statement best describes their respective stopping distances? (A) The 4-kg mass travels twice as far as the 2-kg mass before stopping. (B) The 2-kg mass travels twice as far as the 4-kg mass before stopping. (C) Both masses travel the
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Philippines. Contributing to peace processes in the Philippines Conciliation Resources works with all sections of Filipino society from grassroots communities to the political elite‚ enabling individuals and organisations to play a constructive‚ problem-solving role in developing peace in the Philippines. Through our Dialogue Series and Philippines and Colombia exchange visits‚ we also promote a better understanding of how the Filipino peace processes can both learn from and contribute to peace processes
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compounded quarterly‚ find the present value of P5‚500 for 10years and 9 months. -Deferred Ordinary Annuity *Find the present value of a deferred annuity of P1‚050 a year for 8 years that is deferred 2 years‚ If money is worth 7% effective. -Problem on Amortization *Arlette owes P10‚000 with interest at 12% compounded semi-annually for three years. Find her periodic payment payable semi-annually and construct the amortization table. -Sinking Fund *Paula borrowed P5‚000 from the Baranggay
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Have you ever heard somebody complain about a problem but never do anything to fix it? That is what is happening to the Florida Everglades. Over a hundred years ago American settlers drained and annihilated this to be national park that was home to countless species of wildlife. Many of the problems still continue today and are about the the water supply. There are many problems that the Everglades is facing. First‚ according to the sources one and two‚ humans have drained and reduced the Everglades
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The top 3 problems of the Philippines is‚ one‚ poverty. Poverty is common in our country. We are doom of poverty because there are many poor families and we have slow progress in our economy. Yes‚ we have government to help us and the poor people and families out there but there are so many of them because we have high levels of population growth and slow developing agriculture sector. These are one of the causes of the poverty. We are known as one of the poor countries in the world because of poverty
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Environmental Problems The environment is everything around us. It is the air‚ water‚ land‚ climate and so on. Since many years ago‚ people interferences with the environment which causes several problems. Some of these problems are air pollution‚ water pollution‚ rain forest destruction‚ smog‚ overpopulation‚ and global warming. The worst problems now affecting the world are global warming and overpopulation. First of all‚ global warming‚ which means increasing the temperature
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The Effectiveness of Pro-market Reforms‚ Ownership Structure and The Institutional framework at Addressing the Agency Problem and how Different Types of Firms in Transition Economies are affected by these measures. As economies grow‚ in order for businesses to retain market shares‚ they can no longer rely on organic growth‚ many seek external finance either through initial public offerings or through banks‚ mutual funds and insurance companies. Although there are many side benefits of pursuing
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agencies in providing services even when it comes to "merit goods". In the discussion of housing problem‚ I would disagree with the economist’s view. Housing is a very complicate issue that I believe it will work the best by the cooperation of market and government agencies. The Canadian government has worked for many years on the housing issue‚ but does not seem to have any adequate solutions to solve the problem. The housing market‚ unlike other industry‚ has a dominant feature of inelastic short-run
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URBAN OPERATION RESEARCH 6.4 ROUTING PROBLEMS One of the most common problems in urban service systems is the design of routes for vehicles or people. In some instances‚ these routes must be designed so that they traverse in an exhaustive way the streets in a neighborhood or in a specific part of a city or‚ occasionally‚ in a whole city. Alternatively‚ the objective may be to visit a set of given geographical points in a city in order to provide some service there or to deliver or collect goods
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