British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum British Petroleum (BP) reputation was put to the test in 2005 when a major explosion at one of the refineries in Texas exploded killing 15 people and injuring more than 180. Investigations returned a history of poorly regulated safety measures and facilities’ safety compromised in favor of profits‚ cost savings‚ and lack of supervised management. Two years later‚ Lord John Browne announces an early retirement before a
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FINC421 – Case Study in Corporate Finance Case Report Diamond Chemicals plc. : The Merseyside Project Introduction The goal of this report is to analyze and evaluate the capital budgeting decision of Ms. Morris and suggestion to the senior management of Diamond Chemicals PLC if sufficient capital should be allocated for the proposed £12 million expenditure to modernize and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside Plant. The project
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Lloyds Bank PLC v. Rosset [1991] AC 107‚ House of Lords Facts Mr. and Mrs. Rosset purchased a dilapidated farmhouse found by Mrs. Rosset. She knew that the purchase money came from a family trust fund‚ inherited by Mr. Rosset and it was required for the property to be in his name alone. Mrs. Rosset spent most of the time managing the work of constructors and aided in construction even in the absence of Mr. Rosset. The trust fund couldn’t maintain the renovations and the price of the house so
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Europe and America‚ but in the past 9 months the division has grown for 2 percent‚ so this result is to be minimized. We expect that the stock will upkeep its performance and a profit between 3 and 4 percent per share. Secondly‚ we recommend Tesco PLC a multinational grocery retailer‚ despite the recent relapse; it’s a share to watch. Tesco has recently invested one billion pounds in their British stores‚ hiring new employees‚ cutting the prices and supply a larger array of foods. Their strategy
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Financial Analysis of Vodafone Group Plc 2012 AC4907 Assignment This is a financial analysis of Vodafone Group Plc based on the group’s annual report for the financial year ended 31st March 2012. Shane Gaughan 11/25/2012 Student ID 0173061 Lecturer: Orla Lenihan Introduction Vodafone Group Plc who in 1985 made its first mobile telephone call is today a global communications company serving over 404 million customers in more than 30 countries across 5 continents in which they operate
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Executive Summary. The following report will aim to identify and categorise risks to easyJet as a company. By identifying risks to the company we are able to see what risks the company have and potentially how to avoid or deal with them. Then by classifying them in groups it may be possible to tackle a few risks with one solution. After listing the risks and putting them in a risk matrix‚ the report will then aim to explain how the risk will affect easyJet and justify the position of it in the
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Abstract Sainsbury’s is the third largest store chain inUKand 80th placed in FTSE 100 companies with market capitalisation of £ 5‚457.35 million. The essay employs SWOT analysis to assess the strengths‚ opportunities‚ weaknesses and threats in relation to its strategy and operations in the UK and international markets with reference to its retail business. The strengths and opportunities of the company should be used to neutralise the weaknesses and to develop a competitive strategy against the
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Environmental analysis First of all it is considered as crucial to find out in which environment the company CHR exists‚ therefore I decided to use Porter`s five forces model and Pest analysis. 1. 1 Porter`s five forces model This model was articulated for the first time by Michael Porter in 1979 in his successful record-breaker book named “How competitive forces shape strategy” (Porter‚ p.78). Five forces are illustrated in following picture. Source: Porter‚ p. 78 Before this analysis
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Porter’s Five Forces Threat of New Entrants Grocery market in UK is primary dominate by few big organisation which including Tesco‚ Asda‚ Safeway and Sainsbury’s. Nowadays‚ grocery market has transformed into supermarket business. Customers prefer one stop shopping and supermarket usually provide more selection of products and products quality can be assure. Hence‚ it is hard and strong barrier for the new organisation to enter the market. New entrants need to have sufficient capital to set up
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1. Assume there are three separate real estate companies US Realty (which uses the cost model)‚ UK Realty (which uses the revaluation model‚ and International Realty (which uses the fair value model). Assume that on December 31‚ 2003‚ each company pays £1‚000 cash to obtain investment property comprising of land with negligible value and an office building worth £1‚000. The building has a 10 year useful life‚ has no residual value‚ and is expected to provide a constant stream of economic benefits
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