Haley Ankenbauer Lehman Brother’s Discussion Questions Question 1: The financial position of Lehman Brothers on September 14th was that they were facing bankruptcy. The firm’s liquidity problem was much more than they expected. Just 5 days earlier the firm’s management had assured the board that they had $42 billion in liquidity. The firm actually had much less than this. This problem was very serious and the firm did not know what to do. Companies like JP Morgan kept pulling money for collateral
Premium Board of directors Management Corporate governance
Citation Eisner v. Macomber‚3 AFTR 3020‚ 252 US 189‚1 USTC ¶32 (US‚ 1920) Issue (1) Under the 16th Amendment‚ does Congress have the power to tax stock dividends received by the Macomber? (2) Are stock dividends considered income? Facts Mrs. Macomber owned 2‚200 shares of Standard Oil Company. In January 1916‚ Standard Oil Company declared a 50% stock dividend. Mrs. Macomber received an additional 1‚100 shares of stock with a $19‚877 par value. The shares represented a surplus for Standard
Premium Stock market Stock Supreme Court of the United States
The Brown v. Board of Education case is landmark in the history of the United States society and the judiciary system (Hartung). It drastically affected the education systems‚ the civil rights movements‚ and is known as one of the first cases to acknowledge social science results. The Brown v. Board of Education case took place over sixty years ago‚ and its affects continue to influence many aspects of today’s society‚ and more specifically today’s education systems. Although the Brown case had many
Premium Supreme Court of the United States Brown v. Board of Education Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1. In the case of Hampton v. Snead State Community College (SSCC)‚ the one element that Hampton failed to establish of a prima facie case of racial discrimination was the forth element in the case. The forth element in the case stated‚ “SSCC treated similarly situated employees outside of Hampton’s protected class more favorably” (Hampton). According to the court‚ Hampton failed to establish the prima facie case of bring substantial evidence of employees of another race who were tried fairly. The
Premium Prima facie Arbitration Legal burden of proof
Abstract The paragraphs below will detail the case study questions in chapters 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4. Unit 1: Understanding MIS Chapter 1: What’s the buzz on smart grids? 1. How do smart grids differ from the current electricity infrastructure in the United States? a. The current electricity infrastructure in the United States consists of energy companies providing power to consumers without providing any information about how the consumers are using that energy. Operating this way makes
Premium Collaborative software
Project Shakti case questions With the advantages and benefits HLL attained from the market strategy in competing with the other FMCG companies in urban area while facing the intense situations of shrinking market shares brought by its rivals emulating the market strategy‚ HLL experienced a hard time of scaling up its attractiveness in products. After gaining the temporary increased sales‚ the competitors in rural marketing aggregate again. Increasing numbers of companies‚ heating up competition
Premium Marketing Economics Entrepreneurship
Mapp v. Ohio‚ 367 U.S. 1081‚ 81 S. Ct. 1684‚ 6 L. Ed. 2d 1081 (1961) Facts: On May 23rd‚ 1957‚ three Cleveland police officers arrived at the home of Mrs. Mapp with information that ‘a person was hiding out in the home‚ who was wanted for questioning in connection with a recent bombing‚ and that there was a large amount of policy paraphernalia being hidden in the home’. Mrs. Mapp and her daughter lived on the top floor of the two-family dwelling. Upon their arrival at that house‚ the officers
Premium Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution United States Constitution Exclusionary rule
Sir Frederick Grant Banting Among the Greatest Canadians 2011-01-08 Sir Frederick Grant Banting was one of the greatest Canadians in history. He was born on November 14‚ 1891 near Alliston Ontario‚ and died in 1941 at the age of 50. After serving as a medical officer in France during the First World War‚ Frederick Banting was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. He was also responsible for one of the greatest achievements in medical history‚ the discovery of insulin in 1922. He had saved
Premium Insulin Nobel Prize Medicine
if (a) the minor made a false and fraudulent representation of his or her age; (b) the contracting party justifiably relied on the minor’s representation; and (c) the minor has reached the age of discretion. Carney v. Southland Loan Co.‚ S.E.2d 805‚ 808 (Ga. Ct. App. 1955) (quoting Hood v. Duren‚ 125 S.E. 787 (Ga. Ct. )). In Carney‚ Carney‚ a minor‚ made a fraudulent
Premium Contract United States Money
A: Hello‚ I’ve just got information that if we want to receive a 100000 euro from European Union we are obligated to make a survey about our facultity’s needs and we need to present them in contract. Do you have any ideas ? B: Every year we have more and more students‚ standard of our university is still the same but we have scarce timr to make all subjects. I think we should hire more reaserach workers who will relieve professors of some part work and then they could have more time to make extra
Premium Idea Time Thought