Business name: mercury drugs Logo Product: pharmacy‚ drug BagumbayanStreet‚ Sta. Cruz‚ Manila‚ Philippines (1945) The company began in 1945 with a single drugstore owned by Mariano Que. He named it after Mercury‚ the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology‚ whose caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol of medicine. The store began cutting packaged‚ bulk items into single pieces and selling them individually; this practise is colloquially called tingí-tingì in Filipino. Upon the invitation
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Net Present Value of Mercury Athletic Enterprise The results of my financial analysis based on the Free Cash Flow Method considering the base case of financial projections and assumptions for Mercury Athletic Footwear collated and developed by John Liedtke indicate that that the project to acquire Mercury Althletic has a positive net present value at $243‚025 (in thousands) [ given by PV(FCF)=86‚681+ PV (Terminal Value) =156‚343] which is also greater than the recommended acquisition price of $186
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Dynamics of mercury in the environment Mercury is a persistent‚ mobile and bio-accumulative element in the environment and retained in organisms. Because mercury is an element it is ultimately persistent; it cannot be converted to a non-mercury compound. Mercury in the aquatic environment is changed to various forms‚ mainly methylmercury. Once mercury enters into the environment‚ mercury permanently exists in the environment by changing its chemical forms depending on the environment. Figure as
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the Alfrancus C. It has a maximum diameter of 10 km and a maximum radius of 5km. It has an estimated depth of 1.2km. Alfrancus C Planet Mercury Mercury is in many ways similar to the Moon: its surface is heavily cratered and very old; it has no plate tectonics. On the other hand‚ Mercury is much denser than the Moon (5.43 gm/cm3 vs 3.34). Mercury is the second densest major body in the
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of thermometers and are known as the fixed points. The temperature range that is typically marked on a laboratory thermometer is −10oC to 110oC. Thermometric liquids are those that are used in thermometers. Some examples of such liquids are mercury and alcohol. The thermometric fluid used by Galileo Galilei in his thermometer was air. Alcohol‚ which is used as a thermometric liquid‚ has the following characteristic properties : 1. Alcohol has a very low freezing point of about −112oC and
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divisions: Mercury Athletic with $431.1 million revenue in 2006. AGI is very profitable but it is smaller than other competitors‚ which is becoming a competitive disadvantage‚ so that AGI saw it has a possible opportunity for growth via acquire Mercury Athletic which represents a similar market share in the mature‚ highly competitive industry. Executive Summary There are several reasons why Mercury Athletic is an appropriate target for AGI since an acquisition. Firstly‚ AGI and Mercury are dealing
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Mercury Athletic Footwear Case Assignment Questions: 1. Is Mercury a good target for AGI? Discuss strategic fit of brands‚ products‚ customers‚ and distribution. Identify specific sources of value. Discuss AGI’s strengths/weaknesses compared with other bidders. I think Mercury is a good target for AGI: The brands--the AGI brands and logos are associated with a lifestyle that was prosperous‚ active and fashion-conscious. The Mercury brands are athletic and casual footwear. The products--AGI focused
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Mercury : Due to mercury being extremely close to the sun‚ causes its planet to have no atmosphere. If any air was ever around Mercury‚ it would have been within its early years and from that point to now‚ it is gone because of all of the heat being given off of the sun. Mercury has crazy weather issues because of the lack of atmosphere‚ which includes a drastic weather change within day to night.Whenever the sun touches the surface of Mercury‚ that is when the climate reaches its highess at
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The day my life would change for ever was April 16th‚ 2013. This was the day that I left planet earth and embarked on one of the most important missions in NASA’s history. I should probably back up though‚ and explain to you how this came about. April 16th was sunny with only a few clouds in the sky‚ the smell of spring was in the air and with the end of second semester right around the corner‚ the quad was packed with people eager to catch some much desired sun rays. Unfortunately for me though
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GOLD MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Dirty gold mining has ravaged landscapes‚ contaminated ecosystems with toxic waste and resulted in widespread water pollution. Cyanide and mercury‚ two highly toxic substances‚ have been released freely into the environment as a result of dirty gold mining. TOXIC WASTE Toxic waste is a devastating consequence of dirty gold mining practices. Cyanide heap leaching is the cheapest way to extract gold and as a result‚ is commonly used around the world. The process leaves
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