c. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured rating of AZN from A1 to Aa2 in 2007. Assess any potential association between this downgrade and AZN’s arrangements with Merck. Paris‚ July 30‚ 2007 -- Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured ratings of AstraZeneca plc and its guaranteed subsidiary to A1 from Aa2. This downgrade followed the announcement of AstraZeneca’s acquisition of MedImmune for a total consideration of more than US$15 billion
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Licensing * Permission Granted * Legal Considerations involved in developing a sport/event licensing program * Procedures for developing a sport/event licensing program * Why learn how to develop a sport/event licensing program * 1. Every licensed product= a detailed license agreement * 2. Important to develop and maintain licensing systems carefully * 3. Essential for anyone interested in the field to learn the basics of developing a licensing system
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Memorandum Date: To: For: From: Subject: April 11‚ 2013 Jay Jenlink‚ Regional Vice President Securities Licensing Recruits Joshua Conaway‚ Sales Representative Getting Licensed to Increase Business with Primerica There are many business opportunities in Primerica Financial Services. One of the greatest opportunities is receiving residual income by helping clients with investing for their future. It is rewarding in knowing that you are helping your clients’ future financial status as well as getting
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Pada tahun 2005‚ Clark Richard menjadi CEO Merck & Co. Sedikitnya lebih dari satu tahun kemudian‚ CEO Pfizer Inc bernama Clark Kindler Jeffrey telah bergabung dengan Merck pada tahun 1972 dan berasal dari latar belakang industri‚ sedangkan Kindler telah bergabung dengan Pfizer dari McDonald’s pada tahun 2002 sebagai konsultan hukum umum. Seperti CEO mereka‚ kedua perusahaan itu secara historis mengikuti jalur yang sangat berbeda; Merck dikenal karena keahlian penelitian‚ sedangkan Pfizer dianggap
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Merck SWOT Analysis MGT/521 July 25‚ 2012 Merck SWOT Analysis Company Overview Merck is the 2nd largest pharmaceutical company in world offering prescription medications‚ biologics‚ vaccines‚ animal health‚ and consumer care products. It generated 48 billion dollars in revenue in 2011 and has 40‚000 employees. Research and development of proprietary medicines for global marketing is the core of the business. Recent acquisitions and transactions designed to take advantage
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Merck‚ being on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world today‚ came from a meek beginning and still encounters many problems today while trying to maintain a lead amongst its competition. While being looked at as a research and development driven company‚ Merck now has to go beyond R&D to stay competitive in the pharmaceutical industry. Attracting talent to work for the company has never been a problem for Merck‚ but the bigger question was whether or not this talent would be able
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Merck was at the top of the pharmaceutical market for many years. The company made substantial profits almost every year. Not only were they a company that made money but they also made their financial gains in an ethical manor. Fourton magazine even named them the “most admired” company. But in 2004‚ the company would be faced with major challenges that would threaten to end the company’s existence. Their once best selling painkiller Viol had been recalled by the federal government because the drug
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of direction 4) ________ is the degree to which decision making takes place at upper levels of the organization. 4) _______ A) Decentralization B) Formalization C) Functionalization D) Centralization 5) A company is planning to revise its organizational structure and one of the managers‚ Anderson Cooper‚ suggests increasing employee empowerment by giving them more decision-making authority. Which of the following‚ if true‚ would support
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