but what really happened there? The Warsaw Ghetto was a ghetto in the holocaust that was a place of death for many thousands of Jews. Understanding how the Warsaw Ghetto was formed‚ how many people died there and the Warsaw Uprising may help you further understand how terrible this ghetto really was. Warsaw wasn’t always home to a massive ghetto. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. Before the Nazis invaded Warsaw and started the construction of the ghetto‚ Warsaw flourished with Jewish life. In fact
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shot and sent to camps. The Warsaw ghetto was the largest Jewish occupied ghetto in the Nazi catrolled Europe. The summer of 1942 300‚000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Trblinka. There were mass murders were traced back to Warsaw. January of 1943 Warsaw fired upon German troops. The Germans tried to round up the Jews for deportation. The fighters used a small supply of weapons. The weapons they has were smuggled into the ghetto. 55‚000 to 60‚000 Jews remained in Warsaw ghetto. 50‚000 Jews who survied
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Jason Oliver Case Study 1.2 Module 1 Case Analysis: Whither an MBA at Strutledge 4/30/15 I). Background Strutledge is a small private arts school located about 50 miles outside a major urban area. At this time‚ the school does not offer a graduate or undergraduate degree in business although they do teach some business classes. This school is considering implementing a MBA program in hopes to help lower its costs as well as bringing in new students since enrollments are decreasing. The
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) 1. How does Marriott use its estimate of cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriot use cost of capital as the hurdle rate (minimum rate of return required to accept the project) to discount future cash flows for the investment projects of the three lines of business (Lodging‚ Contract Services and Restaurants). They use this rate to calculate NPV and net present value over cost to decide for the profit rate. Since cost of the project
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What is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Marriott Corporation? WACC = (1 - τ)rD(D/V) + rE(E/V) D = market value of debt E = market value of equity V = value of the firm = D + E rD = pretax cost of debt rE = after tax cost of debt τ = tax rate = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Cost of Equity Target debt ratio is 60%; actual is 41% [Exhibit 1] βs = 1.11 βu = βs / (1 + (1 – τ) D/E) = 1.11/(1 + (1 – .44) (.41)) = 0.80 Using the target debt ratio of 60%: βTs = βu (1 + (1 – τ) D/E)
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reality‚ it is impossible to have no taxes‚ but the case did not provide the relevant information and we can get an approximate result without big errors due to the feature of fraction number. Therefore‚ we used βu = βE * E/V to deleverage the financial risk for each of the hotels and compute the weight average of the βu for the hotel business by the revenue of each hotel. The details are in the attached excel file. βu of lodging division of Marriott = βu of pure play in the hotel industry Then‚ we
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When J. Willard Marriott opened his first nine stool A&W restaurant in Washington D.C. on May 20‚ 1927 he had no idea what his name would mean to the world one day. John Willard Marriott was born on September 17‚ 1900. He was from a farm in Utah where he spent his childhood and young adult ages working for his parents. Early on‚ J. Willard was a young mind looking for business. When he was old enough his dad let him travel for the family business. While he was going through Washington D.C. he
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Strengths and Weaknesses The ideal joint partnership for Marriott will be with a corporation that has tangible and intangible resources (i.e.‚ assets‚ skilled employees) and years of experiences in the business which would be complementary (Schmitz‚ 2012; Jurevicius‚ 2013); therefore‚ assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a potential partner is vital. Strengths. Strengths of Frasers are analyzed to determine how they align with Marriott’s search for joint partnership (Fraser Centrepoint
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UNIVERSITY MARRIOTT CORPORATION BONDHOLDERS VERSUS EQUITY HOLDERS On October 5‚ 1992‚ Marriott Corporation announced a plan to restructure the company by splitting itself into two parts. The announcement caused immediate and opposite price movements for its stock and its bonds. Stockholders were happy and bondholders were in a furor‚ particularly those that bought a new issue of bonds in April. The Restructuring Plan The two separate companies were to be Marriott International and Host Marriott. The
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital T c=income taxes of 1987 / income before income taxes of 1987 = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Step 1:From the Exhibit 3 ß equity for each firm in this industry are below Marriot Corporation 1.11; Hilton Hotels Corporation .76 ; Holiday Corporation 1.35 La Quinta Motor Inns .89; Ramada Inns‚ Inc 1.36. Step 2: For each firm in the industry‚ to estimate bunlevered using the bequity estimate: bequity = [1 + (1-TC)Debt/Equity]bunlevered bunlevered of Marriot= 1.11/[1+(1-
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