dreaming of going to Hacienda Luisita. I want to see the exact location where farmers of that hacienda shed blood and life and to know firsthand what is the current situation there. After two years‚ I was given the opportunity to do that so‚ without a second thought I confirmed my attendance. But before I continue‚ let me give you a brief background of Hacienda Luisita 25 years back. In 1985‚ the Manila RTC made a decision to order the the Cojuangcos to transfer control of Hacienda Luisita to the Ministry
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The Volcanic Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Nevado Del Ruiz located in Central Colombia‚ is a broad‚ glacier covered volcano. A relatively small eruption caused a devastating mud flow that killed almost 25‚000 people in the town of Armero‚ marking one of the worst volcanic disasters in history. Sadly‚ this tragedy could have been easily avoided if clear warnings by volcanologists had been taken seriously. On November 13‚ 1985‚ Nevado Del Ruiz erupted and created a lahar. Surprisingly‚ not all the
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Enron Case 10.8.2014 Melissa Becker Boya Du Sidi (Fiona) Chen Wei (David) Yu In June of 2001 Enron’s new CEO‚ Jeff Skilling‚ was heralded as the “No. 1 CEO in the entire country and Enron was saluted as “America’s most innovated company.”1 Just six months later‚ in December‚ Enron filed for bankruptcy. The failure shocked the public and angered investors. How could this have happened? Did no one see this coming? Where were the accountants? Where were the controls? Enron’s public troubles
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Punta del Este is a small town with few inhabitants‚ making their main source of profit from tourism and real estate investments. Its main consumer is the Argentinian public; representing seventy percent of vacationers who every year visit the beaches in this small town. Since 2009‚ Argentina adopted a series of economic obstacles‚ for example‚ the information exchange treaty that hindered tourism in Punta del Este‚ together with the Argentine peso monetary devaluation. These measures impacted negatively
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1 Dilemma with Opportunity Presented to F´enix del Sur F´enix del Sur‚ an antique and artifact brokerage firm specialized in authentic African‚ South and Native American decorative artifacts. It started in the early 1900s but has continued to grow and become known as one of the best in authentic pieces. Problems the company is facing is contenting in a hyper competitive environment with mass merchandisers‚ internet dealers‚ cheap imitators and government export regulations. Supply has become
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Case Study La Shampoo 14/08/2011 Senay Sumercan 23307188 Evandra Tamzil 21215553 Jimmy Adrian Yulianto 21761728 Nuttapong Sungkhawun 21431760 Fastrelia Astrelia 21763038 In 1989 La Shampoo had began a very slow descent‚ but the company had not really addressed the problem till about two years ago. The problem? La Shampoo’s ability to keep up to date with the demands of the market. La Shampoo failed to comply with
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Esclavitud en la industria del chocolate La mayoría de fabricantes de chocolate utilizan granos de cacao que se producen en los campos de Costa de Marfil y Ghana‚ ubicados en el lado oeste de África; muchos niños son utilizados como esclavos por los campesinos para cosechar los granos‚ a su vez estos son maltratados y obligados a vivir en condiciones precarias; todo ello con la finalidad de tener mano de obra barata para disminuir sus costos de mano de obra. En septiembre del 2000 a través de la compañía
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Introduction Hacienda Luisita was once part of the holdings of Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas‚ Sociedad Anónima‚ better known as Tabacalera‚ which was founded on November 26‚ 1881 by a Spaniard from Santander‚ Cantabria and Santiago de Cuba‚ Don Antonio López y López. He was the first Marques de Comillas and was famous for being an associate of the first Spanish Prime Minister with foreign blood‚ the Spanish-Filipino mestizo Don Marcelo Azcárraga y Palmero. His relative on his Spanish
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The generic competitive strategy 4 2. The aspects that efforts to execute its strategy 5 3. Critique on the company’s operations 7 4. The culture at Shangri-La Hotels 8 5. Challenges the company faces 9 6. The company’s financial and operational performance 10 7. Challenges Shangri-La face in expanding into Eastern China 11 8. The challenges associated with Shangri-La’s expansion 12 9. The threats of expansion of other hotel chains pose into China 13 10
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Background: • Nevado Del Ruiz is an active stratovolcano located in Colombia. • The volcano lies on the Andean Volcanic Belt which is produced by the subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the South American continental plate. • The volcano has been active for 150‚000 years – the eruption in 1985 is the most recent after being dormant for 69 years. • Eruption: • A rise in seismic activity was first noticed in late 1984‚ and by September 1985 people were warned an eruption was likely‚ with
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