902-1918 james.covello@gs.com Goldman Sachs & Co. Assessing the impact on the PC ecosystem Based on our analysis of the tablet market we expect: (1)16 mn tablets in 2010 and 35 mn in 2011‚ (2) tablet sales to begin to impact the notebook market in 2011‚ with about 40% of tablet sales being cannibalistic to notebooks or netbooks (and 95% coming out of netbooks in the first year). James Schneider‚ Ph.D. (917) 343-3149 james.schneider@gs.com Goldman Sachs & Co. Sarah Friar (415) 249-7436
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Tay Sachs Disease Tay Sachs disease is caused by the homozygous recessive gene on chromosome 15 that codes for the lack of production of hexosaminidase-A (Hex-A) [1]. Since there is no HexA‚ a fatty substance is allowed build up abnormally in nerve cells‚ which damages the cells and the brain [1]. Males and females are equally likely to carry this recessive gene but the heterozygous gene carriers are not affected‚ because they still have the dominant gene [2]. If both parents have the heterozygous
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Is greed good? In the 1987 film Wallsteet‚ a millionaire bond trader said “Greed‚ for lack of a better word‚ is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies‚ cuts through‚ and captures‚ the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed‚ in all of its forms; greed for life‚ for money‚ for love‚ knowledge‚ has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed‚ you mark my words‚ will save the malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A”. The character who spoke this was based off a man who was convicted
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Executive summary Vodafone AirTouch‚ one of the world’s leading international mobile telecommunications companies‚ was considering launching a formal hostile bid for Mannesmann‚ a German telecommunications company which is also among the largest telecommunications companies in Europe. If this come true‚ it will become the largest hostile takeover in the world. But now we are facing one of the biggest problems during this process---valuation of Mannesmann. After our discussion‚ we decide to use
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Case Study: Jeffrey MacDonald 1. Describe the crime scene: The back door was still wide open. The murder weapons were found outside the back door (which included an ice pick‚ a club‚ and a kitchen knife). The living room‚ where MacDonald had supposedly fought for his life against three armed assailants‚ showed little signs of a struggle apart from an overturned coffee table and knocked over flower plant. An issue of Esquire was found in the living room which contained articles on the Manson Family
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participated in the third annual summit of the BRICs after the letter ‘S’ was added to the term BRIC and South Africa was made a full member of the group. The formation of this group occurred around eleven years ago‚ when economist Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym ‘BRIC’ to group together four of the fast-rising economies of the world – Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China. When the alliance was formed in 2001‚ along with many other economic factors‚ population was considered to be a major influence
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lose. Danimark would be acting unethically if it did not disclose since it would fail in its fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of its potential investors. This is similar to the sequence of events‚ and transactions in The SEC vs. Goldman Sachs case. In that deal‚ Goldman was approached by John Paulson of Paulson & Co. to assemble a synthetic CDO dubbed ABACUS 2007-AC1‚ in exchange for a $15 million fee. Goldman brought in an outside asset manager (ACA Capital) to aid in the selection of
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SUMMARY: The Devil Wears Prada‚ directed by David Frankel is a comedy/drama film which follows the central character Andrea Sachs’ personal transition‚ a plain and unstylish young women‚ to a trendy and classy fashion victim. Played by Anne Hathaway‚ Andrea lands a job at ‘Runway Magazine’ and assist the editor in chief‚ an intimidating and assertive women known as Miranda Priestly‚ played by Meryl Streep. Andrea gets caught up in her working life where everything and anything she does revolves
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During the last century‚ the world has been through a technological revolution. We have in few years moved from being a world where it could take months to receive a message‚ to being a world where it takes microseconds. Within most industries‚ technology is a very important factor to succeed. Especially in certain industries‚ like energy‚ transport and financial services‚ technological innovations have been vital to make those industries develop into what they are today. Companies are always struggling
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The book David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell follows in the footsteps of his other famous works The Tipping Point‚ Blink‚ and Outliers. Gladwell’s books seek to show readers a new perspective on the world‚ where they can be insightful and take advantage of any situation. However‚ unlike Gladwell’s previous works‚ David and Goliath fails to deliver its point. Gladwell’s message of overcoming seemingly unfavorable odds is clouded by poor creativity‚ a lack of ethos‚ and awkward pace. Many people
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