Business
In the Business section, you can find material dedicated to all things business. This section collects data on the activities of the various companies operating in markets all over the world.
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World Com: An International Company’s Questionable Ethics
WorldCom was born in 1983 with the name LDDS (Long-Distance Discount Service) in Clinton, Mississippi. In 1985 Early investor Bernard Ebbers becomes chief executive officers (CEO) of LDDS. The company became public in August 1983 with the acquisition of Advantage Companies Inc. In 1993 LDDS acquired long distance providers Resurgens Communications Group and Metromedia Communications in a three-way stock and cash transaction that created the fourth-largest long distance network in the United States. The company
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World of Tui
A Smile for the whole world - THE WORLD OF TUI - INTRODUCTION At a time of brand development, marketers have to front a decision involving brand flexibility: Should a new product be attached to an already existing brand's name, or should it be developed as a stand-alone brand? For example, should Microsoft give its name to brand cars? Or would Rolex weaken its brand by branding shoes? According to Aaker (1996) the definition of
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World Telecommunications Inc
World Telecommunications IncWorldwide Telecommunications, Inc. is a telecommunication company that is rapidly growing; Worldwide Telecommunications Inc., is not only increasing their financial margin, but also doubling in employee size. Worldwide Telecommunications, Inc. believes it is important to ensure their employees of both genders and every race, faith, nationality and physical capability have access to equal opportunity and likelihood of success. Below we will evaluate the positive and negative aspects a multicultural workforce might have on
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World Trade
Traditional and most developed form of international relationships is world trade. World trade is around 80 percent of all international economical relationships. International trade is a form of communications between manufactures of different countries that comes out as a result of world labor division, and express mutual economic dependence. Wild, in his book gives us a definition of world trade as: “The purchase, sale, or exchange of goods and services across national borders induced
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World Trade Organisation
International organizations and movements. Their role in the promotion of peace, global cooperation and mutual understanding WORLD TRADE ORGANISTAION WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION Nobody will deny if I say that in our modern world it is very important to control the relationship between different countries. There are different organizations nowadays. They control different aspects of our everyday life. I would like to speak about world trade organization. It deals with the global rules of trade between
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World Wine Market
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction……………………………………………………… 1 2. World wine producers……………………………………….…..… 1 3. World wine exports………………………………………….…..….2 4. France productions, exports and international image…….….…..3 5. Success of New World over the Old World : key factors……...…..4 6. Evaluation of different strategies………………………….…....5-8 6.1 Premium & Standard wine market 6.2 Creation of an accessible French brand 6.3 The Global wine company (acquisitions and mergers) 6.4 Appellation d’origine controlee and competitive disadvantage 6.5 Protectionism versus being marketing oriented 7. World
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World Wrestling Entertainment Stock Presentation
World Wrestling Entertainment, INC Company Overview World Wrestling Entertainment, INC. is an integrated media and entertainment company primarily engaged in the development, production and marketing of television programming, live events and the licensing and sale of consumer products featuring the WWE brand. WWE has been involved in the sports entertainment business for over twenty years and has developed wrestling into one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Economic drivers remain down from historical
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World Wrestling Federation as a Business
Relevant Facts Since 1890, professional wrestling has garnered the attention of the public. However, no one has capitalized on this sport’s entertainment value more than the World Wrestling Federation and Vince McMahon Jr. Vince McMahon Jr. acquired the WWF from his father Vice McMahon Sr. in 1982. Vince McMahon Jr.’s succession brought along freshness, flare, success, and much controversy to the world of professional wrestling. Before McMahon’s takeover of his father’s company, professional wrestling had
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Worldcom
Two of the three major institutions of the financial market trade organizations are AMEX (American Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System); the third being the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). These two markets have contributed to the wealth of the economy and individuals since the 1800’s for AMEX and 1971 for NASDAQ. Following a merger in 1998 forming NASDAQ-AMEX this company is now better equipped to compete with the
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Worldcom Paper Accounting
Financial Accounting Due: April 17, 2008 MON & WED 2:00-3:45 WorldCom Case WorldCom was an American telecommunication company back in the 1990's that made many successful mergers and then ran into serious problems with the SEC. In 1997 WorldCom merged with MCI communications for 37 billion dollars and became the second largest merger in US history. WorldCom was the second largest long distance phone service provider here in the US and also owned major part
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Worldcom’s Fraudulent Fallout
WorldCom’s Fraudulent Fallout WorldCom got its start as a small discount long distance provider in Mississippi. Founded by Bernard Ebbers the idea for WorldCom was simple, buy long distance services from larger companies and then sell them off to small local ones. The idea worked and before long Long Distance Discount Services, later to be called WorldCom, was off and running. The company began acquiring small telecommunications firms and grew larger and larger. By 1995,
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Worlplace Dilemma
Professional Workplace Dilemma The versatility of life sometimes put us in front of situations where we really stuck in a tug of war between good and not good. Imagine a situation where a customer asked for a product from you. After telling him the price, he said he couldn't afford it. You know he could get it cheaper from a competitor. Should you tell him about the competitor or let him go without getting what
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Worries About the Doha Round
The Doha talks, which took place in Qatar in 2001, are suffering. The talks were designed to help developing countries gain a seat in world market and to help the countries economies grow. Since the Doha round in 2001, many fear that the talks will do more harm than good for poor countries if it succeeds. The main reason for the uncertainty of Doha is the direction in which the talks have turned to and
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Wotking into Retirement
After the attacks of September 11, 2001 more than 40 percent of the FBI agents around the world had five or less years of experience on the job. The agency was partially to blame because of its policy of mandatory retirement at age 57. This caused what was described as a “brain drain” because so many of the more experience analysts were gone. The solution was to hire back the retirees as consultants and classify
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Would I Recommend an Interventionist or a Non-Interventionist Approach to Supply Side Policy in Order to Achieve the Four Key Macroeconomic Objectives?
Would I recommend an interventionist or a non-interventionist approach to supply side policy in order to achieve the four key Macroeconomic objectives? Four key Macroeconomics objective: - Low and steady inflation - Low unemployment - High economic growth - The balance of payments on the current account Interventionism is where the governments are involved in the regulation of markets through government policy rather than leaving the markets to regulate themselves. Supply side economists believe that
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Would Modifying Hac My Music’s Marketing Strategy Aid with Its Overall Profitability?
Would modifyingHAC My Music’s marketing strategy aid with its overall profitability? The purpose of this research is to develop a proposal and carry out field research that will compromise of several components, which will help determine whether a shift in the focus’s marketing strategy would have a direct or indirect impact to the business’s overall profitability. Part of this research, I will also be identifying current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, as well as threats so that
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Would You like to Pay by Check
Would You Like to Pay by Check, Cash-or Gold In this article, a man named James Turk thinks that people should pay for things with gold instead of cash. A lot of companies are taking in consideration the idea of paying each other with gold. Founded by Mr. Turk, goldmoney.com currently has over 20,000 users, which has doubled since a year ago. This company is following a company called e-gold.com. Other companies are following
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Wow...Sorry
Wow, I'm sorry that i bought you roses to tell you that i like you Wow, I'm sorry That I was raised with respect not to sleep with you when you were drunk Wow, I'm sorry That my body's not ripped enough to "satisfy" your wants Wow, I'm sorry that I open your car door, and pull out your chair like I was raised Wow, I'm sorry That I'm not cute enough to be "your
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Wriston
To: Richard Sullivan From: xxx Subject: Wriston There are two major decisions facing Wriston at this point in time. Firstly, what needs to be done with the Detroit plant? Secondly, what is to be done with ‘Group 3’ products? Standing alone, the Detroit plant loses money year-over-year. However, it is difficult to compare Detroit to the other plants in the Heavy Equipment Division (HED). Detroit is a job-shop and has a diverse low-volume product offering.
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Writing a Business Proposal
5-1501 Notre-Dame West Montreal, QC, Canada March 26, 2007 Dear Business Colleague: Re: Sample Business Proposals To Work With As a professional writer and consultant with an M.B.A., I have written numerous business proposals for various clients over the years. (about) I am writing this letter because I know that quite a few business people and/or professionals like you are looking for help with writing that all-critical "business proposal". What I'm talking about here is
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Writing Business Letter
Writing Business Letters A good business letter is brief, straightforward, and polite. If possible, it should be limited to one single-spaced typewritten page. Because it is so brief, a business letter is often judged on small, but important, things: format, grammar, punctuation, openings and closings. A business letter is not the place to try out fancy fonts or experimental writing styles. There are two main styles of business letters: Full block style: Align all elements
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Written Assignment Essay
Amanda Murray Writing Assignment #1 In order to properly address which type of business organization would best suit Tawanna’s needs, this analysis will explore the various options available to her and the reasoning behind why certain options may not be a good fit for her unique business goals. Additional analysis will provide a specific business direction she should take as well as an explanation as to why such direction may be ideal. Tawanna’s entrepreneurial venture
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Wrongful Dismissal & How to Minimize Legal Risk
Wrongful Dismissal & How to Minimize Legal Risk Introduction: Employment is a relationship between an employers and employees. This relationship is extremely important, as it becomes a part of our daily life. Aside of being a professional relationship, in many cases it becomes a personal and expressive one. In today’s work place, if the conditions of employment are excellent, and the employees are treated with fairly, it is more likely that they will be pleased,
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Wrt227 Chapter4 Exercise#6
Manqing Zheng (Carrie) WRT227 / 0004 Date (February 13th , 2016) Chapter 3 Exercise # (9) Original sentence: Local markets are opening to worldwide competition as business of all sizes look for new growth opportunities outside their own countries. Spanish: Los mercados locales se están abriendo a la competencia en todo el mundo como los negocios de todos los tamaños buscar nuevas oportunidades de crecimiento fuera de sus propios países. Back-translate: Local markets are opening
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Wsj 10/20 Presentations
The Economy Consumer Prices Jump 1.2% on Rising Energy Costs By Joi Preciphs 717 words 15 October 2005 The Wall Street Journal A2 English (Copyright (c) 2005, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Rising energy costs pushed consumer prices up 1.2% in September, the fastest acceleration in more than 25 years, and led consumers to spend more on gasoline and less on cars, the government said. But a slew of reports on the economy Friday also
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Wyatt Earp Steakhouse into Jordan
Introduction Jordan is a small country located in the Middle East. We have researched all aspects of opening a Wyatt Earp Steakhouse in Jordan and have found that the disadvantages outweigh the benefits. Annual income in Jordan is substantially lower than that of the United States and a high percentage of the population lives in poverty. Religion plays a significant role in the culture of Jordanians. The majority is Muslim and abides by strict customs
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Wyndham International
Change Management in Bank Danamon Indonesia Introduction Change management is not a stand-alone process for designing a business solution. Change management is the processes, tools and techniques for managing the people-side of change. Change management is not a process improvement method. Change management is a method for reducing and managing resistance to change when implementing process, technology or organizational change. Change management is not a stand-alone technique for improving organizational performance. It is important to
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Wyndham International Case
Is Andrew Jordan (SVP of Marketing) correct - that by ByRequest is targeting the right customers? The findings do not support the conclusion by Andrew Jordan that ByRequest is targeting the right customers. On page 59, Andrew Jordan notes that ByRequest members spend, on average, 25% more per stay than do non-members. According to Exhibit 2, members actually spent 7.08% less in 2001 on a per stay basis than did non-members. Jordan notes that ByRequest
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Wyoming Political Identity
Lately we have been discussing a lot about how Wyoming and its elected officials have become great examples and influences for our state and I think there have been a few legislators in the past decade or so who have made a major impact on how Wyoming views ourselves and how we are viewed nationally. With the lowest population of all the 50 states, we are stereotyped into a category where our votes are considered
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X Ltd., Acquired All the Shares of Y Ltd - Balance Sheet
X Ltd., acquired all the shares of Y Ltd., on 1/1/2010. From the Balance sheet given below prepare the a Consolidated Balance Sheet: Liabilities X Ltd (Rs) Y Ltd. (Rs) Assets X Ltd (Rs) Y Ltd. (Rs) Share capital: Shares of Rs.10 each 8,00,000 3,00,000 Land & Building 4,00,000 2,70,000 Creditors 3,50,000 1,60,000 Plant & Machinery 2,00,000 1,00,000 Bills payable 40,000 20,000 Furniture & Fixtures 50,000 20,000 Reserves on 1/4/2009 2,10,000 40,000 Investment in Shares
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