Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation Fourth Edition July‚ 2002 Robert F. Bruner Distinguished Professor of Business Administration Darden Graduate School of Business Administration University of Virginia Post Office Box 6550 Charlottesville‚ Virginia 22906 Email: brunerr@virginia.edu Web site: http://faculty.darden.edu/brunerb/ ABSTRACT: This book presents 46 case studies in finance‚ targeted toward upper-level undergraduates and introductory and intermediate-level MBA
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Case Questions: 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? Assess the bid for
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University of Pennsylvania . School of Design Department of City and Regional Planning Spring 2015 . Studio Final Report Meadowlands South PENN Long Island City Newark Newark Liberty Airport Jamaica JFK Airport New York - New Jersey CrossRail VISION 1 New York - New Jersey CrossRail University of Pennsylvania School of Design The University of Pennsylvania carries on the principles and spirit of its founder‚ Benjamin Franklin: entrepreneurship‚ innovation‚ invention‚ outreach‚ and a
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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Corridor main line in Chase‚ Maryland‚ at Gunpow Interlocking‚ about 18 miles northeast of Baltimore. Amtrak Train 94‚ the Colonial‚ from Washington‚ D.C.‚ to Boston‚ crashed into a set of Conrail locomotives running light which had fouled the mainline. Train 94’s speed at the time of the collision was estimated at about 108 mph. Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed‚ as well as the Amtrak engineer and lounge car attendant. Two members of the Conrail locomotive crew tested positive for
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References: Anaejionu‚ R. (2013). What is corporate social responsibility? Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/corporate-social-responsibility-11605.html CarbonFree. (2010) Amtrak. Carbonfund.org. Retrieved 14:23 Feb 26‚ 2012 from http://carbonfund.org/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=2&Itemid=216. Chandler‚ D. (2009). The perfect storm of leaders’ unethical behavior: A conceptual framework. Retrieved from http://www
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performance of the staff. Amtrak: Improved Management and Controls over Food and Beverage Service Needed As Amtrak was created to travel around the country‚ then the company is responsible to receive‚ stock‚ warehousing food‚ beverages and others items for the on board Cafes and dinning services. The supplier‚ Gate Gourmet‚ is in charge to operate‚ order‚ receive‚ store and stock the train with food‚ beverages and related items like napkins‚ linens‚ silverware‚ etc. Today Amtrak is looking for better
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level governments. These airports do not meet the requirements for a federally operated control tower due to inadequate activity-level criteria. Advocates in favor of restructuring the ATC system‚ and making it similar to the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak model‚ lament that federal laws inhibit the FAA’s endeavor to update information systems that would lead to flight improvement for the public. Opponents quickly argue that the two leading flight delays in the industry are weather and airport congestion;
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take place upstairs in the main banquet hall. Training will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday the 6th of December 2014. The second training session will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday the 7th of December 2014. Travel accommodations will be made through Amtrak for all management that lives out of the state of California. For management within the state of California we will be paying drive time at your normal pay. All management scheduled for training will receive hotel accommodations at the Marriott hotel
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three marketing opportunities for them. These three firms are: Amtrak‚ SW Airlines‚ and Wal-Mart. I’ve researched these firms through the internet and will discuss more about each one later. Also the three marketing opportunities will be discussed with each of the firms found. Afterwards these marketing opportunities will see what is best and how these will reflect the firms and why. Amtrak As being interviewed soon with the Amtrak station for a marketing manager position‚ this train station is
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