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|PRAN-RFL Group Ltd |
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|Australia |
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|Manufacturer |
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|[pic]Registration Date: |
|2009/01/15 (Year/Month/Date) |
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|Seller
Progressive began in 1937 by Joseph Lewis and Jack Green, and over the years, it became the number three player in the US private passenger auto insurance industry through competitive pricing and by continuously improving our products and services. Progressive’s customer value proposition was “Fast, Fair Better”. The Progressive was constantly looking for ways to provide insurance to customers at a reasonable price compared to competitors; using sophisticated data mining techniques t price its policy, which had proven very profitable.…
Polluter Corp. (the “Company”), an SEC registrant, operates three manufacturing facilities in the United States. The Company manufactures various household cleaning products at each facility, which are sold to retail customers. The U.S. government granted the Company emission allowances (“EAs”) of varying vintage years (i.e., the years in which the allowance may be used) to be used between 2010 and 2030. Upon receipt of the EAs, the Company recorded the EAs as intangible assets with a cost basis of zero, in accordance with The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) accounting guidance for EAs. The Company has a fiscal year end of December 31.…
Apollo Group Inc. was launched in 1976. John Sperling came up with the idea that rather than catering to 18-22 year olds he focused on the neglected market of working adults and he recruited working professionals as teachers rather than tenured professors. The University of Phoenix Online has more than 18,000 faculties, only about 450 are full time. Sperling ran his University to make money, despite the critiques from the education establishment. Sperling faced failure everyday for the first 10 years. From an IPO of $0.76 to a mid 2005 high of $98, Apollo stock had risen and was in the top 50 performing companies on Wall Street and with a net income of $414 million and a price-earnings ratio of 76. 15% of the 600,000 U.S. students earning a degree via the Net are enrolled at Phoenix Online. Phoenix Online gets about 1/3 of the industry's revenue. The online trend has moved to many universities. The University of Maryland there are 63,000 enrolled in online classes. Even the Army is getting in on the action. They have an e-learning program which annually there are more than 10,000 soldiers taking classes and earning degrees online from 24 colleges. The Army enrollment soon grew to 80,000. The Army awarded PWC Consulting a $453 million, five year contract to create an electronic university that allows soldiers to be anywhere and study. Also by cutting turnover, eArmyU could almost pay for itself. The use of internet learning is an increasing business. Nearly 75% of the 4,000 major colleges and universities in the U.S. now offer classes over the internet or use the web to enhance campus classes. Roughly 6 million students take online classes from U.S. higher-ed institutions and students from developing countries are jumping online too. E-learning is an influence in the traditional college class as well. Colleges are using the Web in on-campus classes to augment textbooks and boost communication. Venture capitalists pumped some $5 billion into e-learning companies,…
Puritans were not happy during the 1630s – 1660s with the King of England because he did not change the Church of England enough for their liking. They decided to go to the New World to live by their own religious rules. Even though the Puritans came to the New World for religious freedom they wanted everyone, including the Indians to follow their religious beliefs.…
Under the new criteria, a Vanguard shareholder owning a regular or IRA account will qualify for Admiral Shares under the following circumstances:…
Regina Company Inc. Common Size Income Statement Year 1988 1988 1987 1987 1986 19862 Net Sales $181,123 100% $128,234 100% $76,144 100% Cost of Goods Sold $94,934 52.41% $70,756 55.18% $46,213 60.69% Selling Distribution and Administrative $21,870 12.07% $14,621 11.40% $10,366 13.61% Advertising $39,992 22.08% $26,449 20.63% $8,557 11.24% R&D $2,423 1.34% $1,530 1.19% $1,182 1.55% Total Operating Cost & Expenses $159,219 87.91% $113,356 88.40% $66,318 87.10% Operating income $21,904 12.09% $14,878 11.60% $9,826…
Mebel, Doran & Company is a Philadelphia base company, which start up as merchants, importers and shippers, then develop to financial operation business. Moreover, company offer service in stock and bond market such as trading service and M&A. Company see growing importance of M&A as a source of revenue to securities firm like itself.…
What is P&Gs strategy for success in the marketplace? Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy, operational excellence, or product leadership customer value proposition? What evidence supports your conclusion?…
Following a series of expansions and acquisitions in the early 2000s Prada has found itself with a large amount of debt maturing over the next year. Since Prada is challenged with raising €1 billion to cover loans maturing in the coming year, the analysts at GCP have researched several options for the board to consider. These alternatives include issuing sort term bonds, forming a joint venture, and completing an IPO. Considering the pros and cons of each option while heeding the concerns and preferences of the Prada family, GCP recommends the board pursue an IPO. Outlined in this memo the board will read the rationale behind pursuing the IPO as well as information on alternative options.…
Profitel Inc. a publicly traded enterprise in telecommunications, known for monopolizing the industry in telephone copper wiring. For decades Profitel Inc. had very little competition; however the competition has increased in cellular (mobile) telephone business and other technologies such as voice-over-internet. (McShane & Von Gilnow, 2010, p. 379) Since the company’s dominance was threatened by emerging technology, the Board of Directors decided to hire Lars Peeters as the new CEO of Profitel Inc. Mr. Peeters was well known in the business industry for his extensive telecommunication knowledge and global expertise. (McShane & Von Gilnow, 2010, p. 380) Under his leadership the company’s strategy was to bolster profit margin, this included investing in the latest wireless broadband technology and reduction of costs through layoffs. The company’s vision quickly diminished over a two year period, there were very aggressive tactics used by Peeters which caused customer satisfaction ratings to fall and unintended consequences for criticizing the government’s telecommunication regulations. (McShane & Von Gilnow, 2010, p. 380)…
The Ferre Media Group case talks about a family business starting out as the Puerto Rican Cement Company in the 1940s, with a grandfather and son, Luis A. Ferre or Antonio’s father. But, Over the years and a few generations on, by the mid- 1960s tension and sibling rivalry started. Antonio Luis Ferre and his brothers divided the companies and their shares rather than to risk further family disharmony. After 8 years one sibling, Antonio Luis Ferre bought his father dying newspaper El Dia, in hoping to turn the newspaper company into the largest and most influential newspaper in Puerto Rice. After 2 ½ years into it, El Nuevo Dia had become an important editorial voice. The Ferre Rangel family represents the fourth generation of long line of business and civic leaders. Antonio and his wife Luisa believed that the succession process began before the beginning. His children were educated in hopes to achieve excellence and do things well, for hope in the future the adult siblings considered business, since they could all conceivably want to be president of their company.…
1) What leadership, management, and governance best practices have the firm and the owning family already implemented? How do they seem to be working?…
Pressure groups do both strengthen and weaken democracy, as they strengthen democracy because the give citizens a voice on a issues, be it big or small, they give a voice all the time when the group is active, they also persuade the government to change things be that laws or how the country is run, they give minorities a voice who normal would not have a voice/ representative in government or parliament, e.g. subgroups small groups on a n issue, they have expert knowledge in there area they support they also have passion and the education, pressure group carats new ideas. Why do pressure groups weaken democracy some things are that they could be seen as selfish that they only stand for one issue for a small group of people and don�t care what will happen to everyone else, they can become too political more cross with a political party then a pressure group so to lose it touch with it�s members, and that some pressure groups do not have an elected head by it�s members so the members of the group do not get a say in who should be there leader.…
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A pressure group is an organised group that seeks to influence government policy, public opinions or protect or advance a particular cause or interest. Groups may promote a specific issue and raise it up the political agenda, represent a particular section in society or they may have more general political and ideological objectives in mind when they campaign. In this essay I am going to analyse the significant changes in the nature and activities of pressure groups that have occurred in recent years and use examples accordingly.…