Case 1: Atlas Eléctrica Atlas Eléctrica (Atlas) was founded in a small shack in 1961 and‚ by 1976‚ grew to be the first listed company to issue shares on Costa Rica’s stock exchange‚ the BolsaNacional de Valores (BNV). The founders of the company knew that this new listing opportunity would allow them to fund and help sustain Atlas’s growth potential. This still holds true today. Market capitalization of Atlas at the end of September 2005 was US$ 17.2 million down 11.8% from US$ 19.5 million as
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Does Ford have too much cash? For this question‚ we need some measurement of liquidity to compare the turnover rate and reservation of cash for Ford‚ GM‚ Chrysler and compare those measurements in different years to see if Ford have too much liquidity which means too much cash. Quick ratio is liquidity measurement which is a variant of the current ratio. It focuses on quick assets‚ which are those assets likely to be converted to cash within a relatively short period of time. Quick ratio=
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The early twentieth century was an era of business expansion‚ mainly in the industrial industry‚ and progressive reform in the U.S... Progressive reform touched all aspects of society. It fostered a movement that sought resolution for the problems of city‚ state‚ and nation. The main objective of the Progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government which primarily targeted political machines and their bosses. With concerns so large‚ progressivism often had a sense of crisis and
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A BOOK REVIEW OF MADAME VIEUX CARRÉ: THE FRENCH QUARTER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY When thinking about the city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ one may think of the opulent Garden District homes or the historic cemeteries where the dead are buried in above-ground mausoleums to avoid the below-sea-level ground conditions. But for most people‚ the thought of the Crescent City evokes images of the debauchery of Bourbon Street or the jazz musicians in Jackson Square: collectively‚ the French Quarter. In his
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Ford operates in the US auto mkt‚ a huge‚ but not a high growth market. Growth in last 7 yrs – 1% US players losing share to foreign players. Firms consolidating. Targeting smaller segments – large no of models‚ low sales volume / model Focus on fuel efficiency‚ alternate fuels. All firms targeting US mkt. Chrysler merged with Daimler Benz‚ breaking off now. Focussed on clean diesel Power - BLUETEC GM focussing on hybrid vehicles‚ tying up with Toyota. Toyota caught up with Ford in sales volume
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American Fashion Fads of the Twentieth Century A fad‚ or craze‚ becomes popular in a culture relatively quickly‚ but also loses its popularity dramatically. A fad that remains for a significant amount of time typically loses its significance in current popular culture as it evolves and becomes accepted into a society ’s everyday culture. In the past hundred years‚ fashion fads have been characterized by politics‚ popular movies‚ music and famous celebrities. Most fads just wither and quickly fad
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Muckrakers were early twentieth-century reformers whose 1 mission was to look for and uncover political and business corruption. The term muckraker‚ which referred to the "man with a muckrake" in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ was first used in a pejorative sense by Theodore Roosevelt‚ whose opinion of the muckrakers was that they were biased and overreacting. The movement began about 1902 and died down by 1917. Despite its brief duration‚ however‚ it had a significant
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during the Age of Imperialism‚ which led to very invasive foreign policy in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Imperialism caused the US to have a paternalistic attitude‚ and a craving to expand- which shaped their selfish policy. The United States derived an overbearing feeling of paternalism from imperialism that bled on to their foreign policy during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The US felt that they were a superior nation and that they had a duty to better underdeveloped
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The turn of the twentieth century offered a significant increase to the diversity in music‚ such that the comparison to any previous centuries is difficult to sort out. This factor (diversity) is one of the principle reasons to consider that the music of the Impressionists and Early Primitivists is more of a reaction against Romanticism versus and extension of the same. During the Romantic era the principal factor in a musical piece was the melody. This was a time in which the composer
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19 June 2011 Ford Motor Company: Over a Decade of Practice Makes Perfect The Ford Company has been a successful American owned auto industry since 1903. With Fords global marketing establishment‚ their great investments in alternative fuel sources and most importantly it’s commitment to diversity‚ community service and environmental responsibility served as a brilliant and strategic move on Ford Motor’s behalf. In his book The Ford Century‚ Russ Banham talked of the
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