making babies and wearing pants and waving hats and dancing and going swimming in rivers on picnics in the middle of the summer and just generally ’living it up’ Yes but then right in the middle of it comes the smiling mortician Lawrence Ferlinghetti The beauty of the world presented in a highly sarcastic tone as the outcome of both misery and bliss is the subject of Ferlinghtetti`s poem. A world of contrasts where death and life shake hands and where the reality of human condition
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Tropicana Resort and Casino. Because of her dad’s entrepreneurial adventures‚ she went to many different school along the east coast‚ but ended up graduating high school in New York City in 1947. She went to college in Bronxville‚ New York at Sarah Lawrence
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In this article‚ the author Lawrence B. schlack claims is trying to convince people that not go straight to college after high school is an best choice. He believed there are not only paths to be success in the life. Therefore‚ his article is effective and persuasive. College is a great option for student but not the only option. “European use the term“Gap year.” It’s the year after secondary education in which the graduate takes take off for travel‚ work or public service before making a
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Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Private Equity Firms Mark Humphery-Jenner University of New South Wales Zacharias Sautner University of Amsterdam Duisenberg School of Finance Jo-Ann Suchard University of New South Wales This draft: July 2012 Abstract: We study the role of private equity firms in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. We find that private equity-backed firms are more likely to become targets in crossborder M&A transactions. This effect is particularly
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Key Issue: Lion Capital and Blackstone Group want to prevent third round bidding for Orangina while ensuring that they were not overpaying. Analysis of Lion Capital and Blackstone Partnership: Both Lion Capital and Blackstone are motivated by a strategic partnership because: * Lion Capital would be able to participate in a larger deal‚ such as Orangina thus circumventing the 30% exposure limit. The partnership would also bring credibility to Lion Capital and help in its future marketing
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Savannah Paterson FINAN Case Questions #5 Toys “R” Us LBO 1. What are the risks and merits of the transaction? This LBO transaction has both risk and profit potential. KKR‚ Bain‚ and Vornado Realty Trust face risk because the industry that Toys “R” Us (toys) is currently in‚ the retail toy industry‚ is in a decline. Industry sales have been down 4% in the last year‚ and analysts don’t have a positive projection for future sales in the US. This declining industry‚ and threat of new competitors
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The Blackstone Group’s decision to file an initial public offering (IPO) involved the development of the compensation system‚ protection of the limited partners (LP)‚ structure of the public ownership‚ and an accounting transition in order to alleviate problems that would arise. Blackstone was required to establish a new compensation package that addressed partners carried interests as well as compensation for investment professionals and staff members that allowed each party to be no worse off
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Case (1)：The Blackstone Group’s IPO 1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them? 2. If you were an LP in Blackstone‚ how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public? 3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP? 4. As a potential employee‚ how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that
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are too low due to students not being able to afford tuition‚ not being properly prepared in high school‚ and not being able to balance social life and study time. College tuitions are very expensive‚ the top two expensive U.S. colleges‚ Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville N.Y. costing over $61‚236 which includes tuition‚ room‚ board and other required fees. The next leading is New York University which is a private university costing 59‚837 for tuition‚ room‚ board and required fees. There are
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“...We deplore the social media posts by Prof. Fnez-Flores’ and find them to be hateful‚ antisemitic‚ and antithetical to our Code of Ethics.” This was an official statement released by President Lawrence Schovanec of Texas Tech University just this week. The professor had made hateful‚ antisemitic posts on his personal social media accounts. Staff and students did not take his posts lightly‚ which led to the employee’s six-week paid suspension. Yet the investigation into the professor’s posts found
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