Lehigh Steel Background- Lehigh Steel was founded in 1913 and it manufactures specialty steels for high strength‚ high use applications. In 1975 it was acquired by Palmer due to its ownership of Continuous Rolling Mill‚ a specialized equipment that convert steel intermediate shape to wire for Palmer’s bearing. The industry as a whole is highly competitive‚ even a small change in price could alter customers’ consumption decision greatly‚ keeping costs down is therefore‚ one of the most important
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Does it mean that black parents are very negligent? Or the fact that they are very poor? This reading tells us about a book by Dorothy Roberts titled Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. This book tells us that poverty is the leading cause of children being put in foster care. We see that poverty led to women losing their children as a result of lack of healthcare‚ inadequate housing and an inability to
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The pay gap affects women from all backgrounds‚ at all ages‚ and of all levels of education. In the U.S.‚ the gap stands at 64%‚ which means that women earn about two-thirds of what men make for similar work. That’s actually worse than last year‚ when gap was 66%. “The U.S. now ranks 74th in wage equality among 145 countries.” Well according to World Economic Forum‚ in the year 2133 women’s earning will finally match their male coworkers. The World Economic Forum believes it will take another 118
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I recommend buying the OSX 9.25 2015 bond for 90 cents on the dollar for a YTW of 15% in 2015‚ but I believe the correct yield is yield to next call (111%)‚ as I believe the company will call this bond in June‚ 2013 at 103. The bond is secured by a 1st lien collateral on an FPSO that is being built in Singapore (87% completed) that will be delivered on Q4 to the company. Value of the FPSO is 700MM USD as marked on OSX´s book‚ total debt is 500MM USD. Eike Batista is the main shareholder of Centennial
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as possible‚ and borrowers would like to pay as little as possible. The interest rate prevailing in the market at any given time reflects the equilibrium between savers and borrowers. INTEREST RATE FUNDAMENTALS The interest rate or required return represents the cost of money. It is the compensation that a supplier of funds expects and a demander of funds must pay. Usually the term interest rate is applied to debt instruments such as bank loans or bonds‚ and the term required return is applied
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Abstract The main two reasons for the companies to implement variable pay plan are: motivating employees and reducing cost. In this paper we try to point out the challenges the organizations might face when they apply variable pay system by reviewing related literature. We find that it is difficult for the company to have a reliable measure for the variable pay system. In addition‚ the focus of the variable pay plan should be on motivating employees or cutting cost and how to strike a balance between
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received “$57‚692 in salary‚ a $15 million signing bonus and an additional $68 million in stock options.” or Lloyd Blankfein who was president and chief executive officer for Goldman Sachs who “took home nearly $54 million in compensation last year.” referring to 2007‚ is compensation of this magnitude for one year’s worth of work does two things. First‚ once you receive compensation this large it takes away the motivation to stay successful for the following years. Secondly‚ it creates motivation
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Introduction In recent years‚ the issue of efficiently mobilizing capital has become the concern of all companies. There are some ways of doing this: borrowing from the banks‚ issuing stocks or issuing bonds. However‚ when the interest rate of borrowing from banks is very high due to high inflation‚ together with the stock market is quite instable; calling for capital from bond market is much more preferred by investors. In the context of this report‚ some major points regarding the bond market in Vietnam
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15) A country’s consumption possibilities frontier can be outside its production possibilities frontier if __________. A. the country engages in trade B. the citizens of the country have a greater desire to consume goods and services than do the citizens of other countries C. the country imports more than it exports D. the country’s technology is superior to the technologies of other countries 16) In computing GDP‚ market prices are used to value final goods and services because __________
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It’s a fact‚ when talking on the subject of war‚ we presume that if the generals and country leaders didn’t start them‚ they would by no means occur. In a book like Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger‚ though‚ there seems to be one more requirement‚ ready and enthusiastic soldiers. Junger would have probably preferred themselves "warriors" or barbarians. It’s within this book that Ernst Junger tells the story of a man who describes and most likely believed that the battlefront of World War I was not a
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