BOSTON CHICKEN‚ INC* At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken was one of the hottest names on Wall Street. Operating in the highly competitive restaurant industry‚ the chain had grown from 18 stores in 1991 to over 1‚000 stores in 1996 and in its short history had raised over $1 billion in public offerings. EPS had grown from just $0.06 in 1993 to $1.01 in 1996‚ representing an annual growth rate of well over 100%. At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken traded around $40‚ representing a price-earnings multiple
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Beer was discovered accidentally in Mesopotamia and Egypt when humans were transitioning from the period of being hunter gatherers to farmers. During this time‚ people found that cereal grains were a dependable source of food that could be stored for long intervals of time‚ and were looking for ways to do so; since water sometimes got into their storage containers‚ people learned that grain immersed in water would taste sweet‚ producing beer. Another discovery was that gruel left alone for a few
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Discussion An Illinois court probably won’t enforce the non-compete agreement in Mr. Gold’s restrictive covenant but it will most likely sever the non-compete and enforce the non-solicitation agreement. A court will enforce a restrictive covenant if it is: (1) ancillary to a valid employment relationship; (2) supported by adequate consideration‚ and (3) reasonable. Reliable Fire Equip. Co. v. Arredondo‚ 965 N.E.2d 393‚ 396 (Ill. 2011). I. Ancillary to a Valid Contract A court will most likely find
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De Beers‚ the so-called cartel in the jewellery industry‚ is a company that dominates diamond industry. The core operational of De Beers includes diamond mining‚ diamond shops‚ diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit‚ underground‚ large-scale alluvial‚ coastal and deep sea. The company’s headquarter located in Johannesburg‚ South Africa. As the vertically integrated diamonds producer‚ De Beers also
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Joe DeCerchio I-Search Bobbie & John 29‚ April 2013 The Boston Marathon Bombings The Boston Marathon is an annual race that has been taking place on Patriot’s Day‚ which is the third Monday of April‚ since 1897. The race usually attracts about 20‚000 participants and more than 500‚000 spectators! On April 15‚ 2013 the Boston Marathon was targeted by two radical Islamic brothers‚ Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev. At approximately 2:49 PM on that day‚ two bombs were detonated at the home stretch
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* Introduction: The beer game is a simulation first developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management in the 1960s. This game was made in other to experiment how real organisations functions‚ where the consequences of every decisions play out as clearly as possible in the game as they would in a real organisation (Senge‚ 1990). Narayanan Arunachalam (2006) described the game as a popular classroom exercise for business schools conceived at MIT with the primary purpose
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STRATEGY: INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION Problem Set 3 1. Throughout the 1990s‚ several developments contributed to the loss of market-share of the Central Selling Organization‚ which inevitably led to diminishing profits for De Beers. In 1991‚ the Soviet Union collapsed and this disintegration brought down the exclusivity that the CSO had enjoyed for so long. Indeed‚ the fall of communism made it difficult for the cartel to protect its trading agreements. As such‚ only limited shares of the Russian
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lives of both royalty and commoner they powered the nation. Beer in Mesopotamia 1 Beer might have influenced the the transition of a Paleolithic society to a Neolithic society because beer slowly became very important in the everyday life. Beer was a substantial source of nutrition and was often used daily during religious ceremonies‚ social gatherings‚ and was an early source of trade for goods and services. It was soon realized beer could not be easily cultivated
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potential profitability of the beer industry. II. INTRODUCTION The Beer makes up most of the alcoholic beverage industry‚ with a 74% volume in 2002 (Alcoholic Beverages‚ 2005). The production of beer around the world has increased from 36.85 billions gallons in 2000 to 38.78 billion gallons in 2003 (Alcoholic Beverages‚ 2005). Beer production has been a part of society close to the beginning of civilization. A Mesopotamian tablet dating back to 7000 B.C. contains a beer recipe named ¡§wine of the
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The Boston Marathon bombing was a tragic event in history. Many people died and America will never forget it. No one expected these things to happen it was just an ordinary day‚ then bang things blew up. First responders ran on the site in all the kayas. The event was a horrible act of Islamic terrorism. It was a big day‚ a very big and important race was about to take place. Some runners had come and passed the finish line‚ and some were about to finish. Out of nowhere a bomb went off and 12 seconds
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