Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended September 26‚ 2009 Or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number: 000-10030 APPLE INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California (State
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Adidas: Brand Case Study Company Background: Adidas was founded in 1949. Adolf Dassler was the founder‚ hence the name “Adidas”. Dassler passed away in the 1980’s and his family carried on the business. However‚ in the 90’s‚ new CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus switches the philosophies of the company from a manufacturing & sales company to a marketing company. The company then went public in 1995. Then in 2000‚ an ambitious Growth and Efficiency program is initiated. In 2005‚ the Solomon group sold the
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(8) “Blogging has great appeal to people but little value to society.” Do you agree? Essay by Joel Lee Jia Wen (06S65) This essay is very well organized. The reader is always aware of where an argument ends and a new one begins‚ yet the essay does not come across as segmented. This is primarily because arguments and examples of a similar nature are grouped together and the same thesis is successfully used to link a variety of points. The style is engaging because language has been chosen carefully
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Credit CARD Act SUMMARY “THE CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTABILITY RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCLOSURE ACT” The CARD Act of 2009 May 19‚ 2009 Prevents Unfair Increases in Interest Rates and Changes in Terms • Prohibits arbitrary interest rate increases and universal default on existing balances; • Requires a credit card issuer who increases a cardholder’s interest rate to periodically review and decrease the rate if indicated by the review; • Prohibits credi
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Private equity‚ pecuniary logic and enterprise restructuring Private equity firms‚ which in recent decades have become an important avenue for financial transactions in the US and UK markets‚ are being hard hit by the sub-prime crisis as they are unable to source their funding from investors. The resulting credit crunch and financial turmoil may also pose a threat to developing-country financial markets where they have become significant investors‚ particularly in Asia. The danger‚ according to
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Abstract This report presents a brief summary of the M&A deal and the performance of the Adidas-Salmon Group and the Reebok International which are the top players after Nike‚ in sportswear market. Mergers and Acquisitions is an extreme matter of concern in the corporate world since last few decades. M&A can also be considered as a main vehicle which drives towards direct investments‚ either domestic or foreign. With motives of achieving greater efficiency and effective strategies‚ most of
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Increased life expectancy With the rapid development of the economy‚ people’s life quality has become better. Compared with the past‚ life expectancy is linear growth now. Take Japan as an example‚ men are 67.74 years and females are 72.92 years in 1965‚ but in 1995 average life expectancy of men was 76.57 and for women it was 82.98 years. According to some organizations it is predicted that the growth of the human life expectancy will increase 0.86 years per decade between 2000-2080. This includes
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Chapter 6 Corporate-Level Strategy Colorado State University Copyright © 2004 South-Western All rights reserved. R. Dennis Middlemist PowerPoint slides by: Knowledge Objectives • Studying this chapter should provide you with the strategic management knowledge needed to: Define corporate-level strategy and discuss its importance to the diversified firm. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of single- and dominant- business strategies. Explain three primary reasons why firms move
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King Arthur there are many heroes and villains who showcase amazing abilities. You have King Arthur and Sir Gawain who all showed great chivalric values‚ but none like Beowulf. Beowulf was a bonafide hero with some of the best chivalric values ever. In this essay I promise you‚ I will explain in two contentions why Beowulf has the best chivalric values. Contention number one‚ Beowulf is one to always to have a fair fight. When Grendel decided to go into battle with HrothgarWhen Beowulf heard of
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate governance involves a set of relationships amongst the company’s management‚ its board of directors‚ its shareholders‚ its auditors and other stakeholders. These relationships‚ which involve various rules and incentives‚ provide the structure through which the objectives of the company are set‚ and the means of attaining these objectives as well as monitoring performance are determined. Thus‚ the key aspects of good corporate governance include transparency of corporate
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