Wannabees and also Odd Girl Out‚ discusses two of these divisions. She labels the first group the "alpha" group; these are the girls that are considered "popular‚" who wear the trendy clothes‚ and are beautiful and wealthy. The second group she calls "beta‚" and these are the girls who are "outside the box" - they long to be invited to the parties‚ and try everything to fit in. Susannah Meadows‚ author of the June 3‚ 2002 cover story of Newsweek entitled‚ "Meet the Gamma Girls‚" breaks open a third group
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Beta blockers (β-blockers or BBs) were invented and designed by Sir James Black‚ who was a Nobel Prize winning scientist. Black designed beta blockers to counteract stimulated adrenergic effects. He demonstrated that‚ by blocking the cardiac beta-receptors‚ these agents could cause inhibitory effects on the sinus node (chronotropic effect)‚ atrioventricular node (dromotropic effect)‚ and on myocardial contractility (inotropic effect).1 It is important to note that not all beta receptors (β-receptors)
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The History Of Beta The year of 1934 was the year that saw many exciting events and changes throughout the world… The Dionne sisters (the first quintuplets to survive birth) were born in Canada‚ The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Detroit Lions for the World Series‚ Vitamin K was discovered by Henrik Dam‚ and a first class stamp cost $0.03‚ but the most exciting event by far happened when the National Beta Club began as the dream of Dr. John W. Harris‚ a professor at Wofford College in Spartanburg
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Beta Blockers In Case of Heart Failure Noor M. Al-Tarouti Beta Blockers in Case of Heart Failure Introduction : Beta-blockers‚ also known as beta antagonists‚ beta-adrenergic blocking agents‚ or beta-adrenergic antagonists‚ are drugs that are prescribed to treat several different types of conditions‚ including hypertension (high blood pressure)‚ angina‚ some abnormal heart rhythms‚ heart attack (myocardial infarction)‚ anxiety‚ migraine‚ glaucoma‚ and overactive thyroid symptoms. Beta-blockers
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Interco Summary of the Case Even before we go into the specifics of the case‚ we can point out a few important pieces of information from the case: 1) Interco management and Wall Street analysts believed that the apparel group’s performance would continue to weaken Interco’s overall operations and cause the equity markets to undervalue its common stock. Case Page 4. 2) To deter any unwanted third- party acquisition‚ the board voted on July 11‚ 1988‚ to amend Interco’s shareholder rights plan‚ making
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Interco Case Study Interco’s Business Interco was comprised of four major divisions: Apparel‚ General Retail‚ Footwear‚ and Furniture and Home Furnishings. Each operating division had multiple independent companies that designed‚ manufactured‚ and distributed their products. The apparel group included eleven different companies whose products included private-label sportswear‚ casual apparel‚ and a number of other apparel items. The general retail operation had 201 locations in fifteen states.
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HBS Case Study : Interco 9-291-033 • Started out as shoe company – been around a long time • Business has spread to other consumer products / services through acquisitions • Fairly conservative financially‚ debt level is relatively low • Interco has moved away from apparel and general retail (went from 59% to 40% of total sales) • Placed more emphasis on the footwear division. (acquired Converse in 1986)• • Placed much more emphasis on the furniture division (sales rose from 20-33% of Interco’s
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Interco case Introduction Interco is retail a company with essentially four major operating divisions: Apparel Manufacturing‚ General Retail Merchandising‚ Footwear Manufacturing and Retailing. The business climate in 1988 was questioned; cheap imports hurting the profitability of the Apparel group in the US‚ due to less consumer spending the retail group had to deal with decreasing profits. However‚ the furniture and home furnishing group experienced positive circumstances in demographic developments
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A) Long-acting beta agonist: Beta-agonists (Beta2-agonists) are the medications that affect smooth muscles surrounding airways.1 In an irritated state of lung‚ muscles around the airways are constricted; these kinds of drugs can influence these muscles and make them relaxed‚ which brings about widening of airway and leads to comfortable breath (“easier breathing”1).1 They are categorized into two subtypes according to their duration time of action‚ including long-acting and short-acting. They can
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Interco Case Study Interco’s financial performance was moderately successful for the 1988 fiscal year. Interco’s current ratio (3.6 to 1) and debt-to-capitalization rate (19.3%) indicate that the company is financially flexible. Furthermore‚ both overall sales and net income increased from the previous year (1987) due largely to the strong performance of Interco’s furniture and footwear divisions. Sales in 1988 increased by 14.7% in the furniture division and 34.2% in the footwear division.
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