cups boiling water 1 cup (2 sticks) butter‚ softened 2-1/2 cups sugar 4 eggs‚ at room temperature 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Chocolate Cake Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans. 2. In a medium bowl‚ stir the boiling water into the cocoa until smooth‚ and set aside. 3. In a separate bowl‚ combine the flour‚ baking soda‚ baking powder
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Best Buy: Case Study Analysis Company site: www.bestbuy.com Stats: Approximately 180‚000 employees‚ 1‚172 stores‚ $35.9 billion revenue Industry: Electronics/Appliances About Best Buy: “Best Buy began as a small specialty audio retailer in 1966. Today the company is the world’s largest consumer electronics dealer. While many factors contributed to Best Buy’s success‚ one of the most important is its focus on understanding consumer behavior. Best Buy has used consumer research to
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to the investors. Why companies buyback? * Unused Cash: If they have huge cash reserves with not many new profitable projects to invest in and if the company thinks the market price of its share is undervalued. Eg. Bajaj Auto went on a massive buy back in 2000 and Reliance’s recent buyback. However‚ companies in emerging markets like India have growth opportunities. Therefore applying this argument to these companies is not logical. This argument is valid for MNCs‚ which already have adequate
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Slavery in the Chocolate Industry What a systematic‚ corporate‚ an individual and ethical issues raised by this case? The systematic ethical issues raised by this case include economical‚ political‚ and legal questions. Let us first look at the economical repercussions. Would it be economically logical not to do any business with these countries? The answer is no‚ considering close to half of the world’s chocolate is made from the cocoa beans that are grown in the Ivory Coast and Ghana
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Chocolate and Child Slavery: Unfulfilled Promises of the Cocoa Industry International Labor Rights Fund June 30‚ 2004 It is estimated that America spends $13 billion a year on chocolate. However‚ in the past few years‚ it has become increasingly clear that this favorite American product is tainted with the labor of innocent young children. The fact that child slaves are used in the harvesting of cocoa beans in Cote D’Ivoire‚ the world’s major supplier of cocoa‚ is undisputed. The US State
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The Prohibition; A Lead to the Chocolate Industry: It is post World War I and a new sense of joy filled the atmosphere. The war was finally over and a feeling of change was around everyone. The citizens have a new feeling of ravishment and society has changed. People are tapping their feet and humming to the tune of Jazz music‚ women find pride in the confidence they wear with their short hair and skirts‚ while other activist women are finding more pride in their right to vote . Men go to speakeasies
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Buy Nothing Day Buy Nothing Day is an day of protest that was founded in Canada in 1992 where people are asked to purchase no goods as a way to attempt to increase awareness of excessive consumerism and its environmental and ethical consequences. Over the last 22 years it has been held annually in many nations and activist groups are continuing to try to convince more and more countries to pledge their participate. A Buy Nothing Day‚ although based in good motives‚ is extreme and should not be
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never thought about what happens if a competitor gets their hands on a module after it’s sold and “reverse engineers” it). Sam makes the following agreement with his engineers (he’s a good guy and wants to keep them happy): “You perform a make-buy analysis for the circuit boards and‚ if the cost of in-house production is at least 5% less than cost of procuring them from one of our proven suppliers‚ we’ll produce them in-house.” The engineers prepare a specification that‚ while not revealing
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Loubelle Ara G. Cabalsa Sept. 4 2013 2MM Buy vs Build I agree with the author because according to the title of the article that says “Buy vs. Build”‚ he says that the judges ask him a question and he said “I don’t know-they just don’t”. I also agree to him that at each event he encounter the same question and he answers the same. Buy is to acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. While build is to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite
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Spanish cuisine consists of a great variety of dishes‚ Churros Con Chocolate happens to be one of those dishes. It is eaten as dessert or a snack in most Hispanic countries and it has a few varieties in Spain. With unknown origins people have made theories as to how the churros came into hispanic cuisine. Churros are very popular worldwide and as a result it has become a favorite of millions. The origins are unclear and many people have theories‚ one of the theories states that the Portuguese
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