Merger Fundamentals Firms sometimes use mergers to expand externally by acquiring control of another firm. The objective for a merger should be to improve the firm’s share value‚ a number of more immediate motivations such as diversification‚ tax considerations‚ and increasing owner liquidity frequently exist. Sometimes mergers are pursued to acquire specific assets owned by the target rather than by a desire to run the target as a going concern. Mergers‚ Consolidations‚ and Holding Companies
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate restructuring are a big part of the corporate finance world. Every day‚ Wall Street investment bankers arrange M&A transactions‚ which bring separate companies together to form larger ones. When they’re not creating big companies from smaller ones‚ corporate finance deals do the reverse and break up companies through spinoffs‚ carve-outs or tracking stocks. Not surprisingly‚ these actions often make the news. Deals can be worth hundreds of millions
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Proactive Tactics Police officers use many different methods in their duties to protect and serve citizens. Among these methods are the traditional and alternative methods. However‚ these are not the only methods that officers use. Officials use proactive tactics to further their means. The first tactic is called decoy operations. Decoy operations entail police officers to blend in with civilians and catch criminals in the middle of committing a crime and reducing local crimes. People
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ArtistsReflection on 4 Artists 1 Tree: What important concept does 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree convey concerning the perception and expression of objective‚ observable things? (The tree) The important concept that I picked up on was that though all of these varied views are put onto a tree that the artist’s perspectives and individualistic views are what are important. By the creativity behind how the artists pushed the bounds of how a tree is normally perceived and instead viewed the tree in a
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If I could travel back in time In this competitive world‚ sometimes we wish to make time stop and travel back to the past. I’m definitely sure that everyone at least once in his or her life thought: “If I could go back in time‚ I would…” All of us have something in our past that we want to change. Personally I regret that my UPSR result was not ideal. If I have a time machine‚ I will travel back to my golden age of about 10 years old. I have many reasons to explain my choice. Firstly
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Sydney Opera House: Jørn Utzon- 1957. Ask almost anybody anywhere in the world to suggest something they associated with Sydney and the answer is likely to be the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Without doubt the two landmarks‚ in many people ’s minds‚ define and epitomize Sydney. It is fair to suggest in fact that the harbour area of Sydney defines what would otherwise be a rather homogenous‚ dense‚ European type city. Devoid of the harbour area‚ what remains of the 4700 or
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Discuss broadly the merger assessment techniques. How are they applied? What are the advantages‚ disadvantages‚ etc.? There are many benefits to a merger between firms. These include: exploiting economies of scale‚ diversification and of course increasing shareholder wealth. The reason for mergers are predominantly monetary. These benefits can either be competitive or anti-competitive‚ when a collusion is anti competitive a governing body should intervene. Anti competitive behaviour would reduce
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Do you agree that it was the IRA’S tactics that brought the British government to the negotiating table? When looking at the sources L and M‚ there are many arguments and indications within them which support and suggest that the idea that it was the tactics of the IRA which led to the British government negotiating with Ireland. Source L for example‚ is the Soloheadbeg memorial which commemorates the ambush at Soloheadbeg on the 21st January 1919. Therefore it is referring to the murder of
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The Accidental Artist "--- you don’t reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ... serendipitously." -- John Barth‚ The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by Angelo T. Salazar Elmo Makil’s career in music apparently happened by accident. "I did not decide to get into music. It was decided for me!" he reflects. He recalls attending a summer music seminar in Baguio City. After two days‚ he walked into the church
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What practical measures could an organisation adopt to reduce staff turnover? Labour turnover refers to the ratio of the number of employees that leave a company through resignation‚ attrition or dismissal during a period‚ to the number of employees on payroll during the same period. The term is associated with employee retention‚ which refers to the practices and policies that companies adopt to prevent employees from leaving their jobs. High labour turnover causes problems for businesses. It
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