September 2004 Understanding the Demographic Dividend By John Ross A fresh reason for attending to fertility dynamics has emerged—the “demographic dividend.” As fertility rates fall during the demographic transition‚ if countries act wisely before and during the transition‚ a special window opens up for faster economic growth and human development. WHAT IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND? Simply stated‚ the demographic dividend occurs when a falling birth rate changes the age distribution‚1 so
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The Merger of Suncor Energy Inc & Petro Canada Date: November 23‚ 2010 Deal Summary Event | Merger | Bidder | Suncor Energy Inc | Target | Petro-Canada | Announcement Date | March 23‚ 2009 | Effective Date | August 1‚ 2009 | Type | Stock Exchange | Exchange ratio | 1.28 | Stock Price | Petro Canada- C$29.67 and Suncor- C$30.74 (as of March 20‚ 2009) | Premium Paid | 28% (Based on stock price at March 20‚ 2009) | Total Offer | C$18.43 billion | Table of
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IJRESS Volume 1‚ Issue 1(October‚ 2011) (ISSN 2249-7382) A STUDY OF TRAINING IN INSURANCE AND THEIR IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES PRODUCTIVITY Dr. Shefali Verma* Rita Goyal** ABSTRACT The training and development function plays a further enhanced role and holds more importance‚ as it deals with knowledge of workers .Employees are entrusted different roles and responsibilities in the LIC. Training enables them to carry out these roles and responsibilities efficiently and also learn new things‚ which will
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Centennial’s Energy Audit Conducted by Thomas K. & Tyler M. ! During our audit of Centennial’s energy use‚ we came to the conclusion that most of the teachers and staff at Centennial leave their powered-off electronics plugged in. This is a problem because even though electronics are turned off they are still consuming energy. Individually‚ each plugged in (but turned off) electronic device does not consume a noticeable amount of energy‚ but as a whole‚ all the plugged in electronics at Centennial
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has cracked a whip on all filing stations selling adulterated fuel to unaware customers. It has conducted an inspection and found out that 96 per cent petroleum outlets are free from contaminated fuel or fuel meant for export. Petroleum adulteration is the mixing of diesel with kerosene or mixing super petrol with kerosene in order to exploit the lower taxes on kerosene. ERC said it is empowered by the Energy Retail Facility Construction and Licensing (RFCL)
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Spinoff In 2009‚ Canada’s largest natural gas producer‚ Encana‚ split into two highly focused energy company: Cenovus Energy Inc.‚ an integrated oil company and EnCana Corporation‚ a pure play natural gas company. There are two main business reasons for Encana to spin off part of its business. Enhanced business focus. A spin-off will allow each business to focus on its own strategic and operational plans without diverting human and financial resources from the other business. Post Spinoff‚ Cenovus
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Forms of payment Cash dividends (most common) are those paid out in currency‚ usually via electronic funds transfer or a printed paper check. Such dividends are a form of investment income and are usually taxable to the recipient in the year they are paid. This is the most common method of sharing corporate profits with the shareholders of the company. For each share owned‚ a declared amount of money is distributed. Thus‚ if a person owns 100 shares and the cash dividend is USD $0.50 per share‚
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Rahul ‚ the chief executive officer of ABC Energy Limited (ABC Ltd)‚ was preparing his presentations for the board meeting to be held . ABC Ltd was a small India-based energy firm and was primarily focused on power generation. Rahul wanted to highlight ABC Ltd’s readiness to triple its capacity by 2015 in order to achieve a growth target. He also wanted to propose organizational changes to the board that would help the company meet this target. ABC Ltd had employees distributed over four management
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15.3 Dividend Relevance Model 15.3.1 15.3.2 Walter Model Gordon’s Dividend Capitalization Model Dividend Decision 15.4 Dividend Irrelevance Theory: Miller and Modigliani Model 15.5 Stability of Dividends 15.6 Forms of Dividends 15.7 Stock Split 15.8 Summary Terminal Questions Answers to SAQs and TQs 15.1 Introduction Dividends are that portion of a firm’s net earnings paid to the shareholders. Preference shareholders are entitled to a fixed rate of dividend irrespective
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Constructive Dividends In Ltr. Rul 20028806‚ the shareholders of a corporation owned‚ managed‚ and operated country club were given discounts for the use of the club’s facilities. The club was located in a community where both non shareholders and shareholders resided. Shareholders received discounts on membership dues as well as other incentives inside the club. Taxpayer requested a letter ruling on whether or not the discounts received constitute as constructive dividends received. The IRS indeed
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