university of phoenix | Biography of Allen Pinkerton | CJS/250 | | | 6/6/2011 | | Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one the most famous American private detective organizations in the late 1800’s. Although he was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819‚ he and his wife fled to the United States in 1842 the morning after their wedding. A warrant had been issued for his arrest. He was wanted in Scotland for his involvement in Chartism‚ a mass movement that sought political and social
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Allan Pinkerton forms a special caliber posse including Virgil and Wyatt Earp‚ Bass Reeve‚ Wild Bill Hickok‚ and Calamity Jane to track down the notorious outlaws Jesse and Frank James. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ALLAN PINKERTON‚ of Pinkerton detectives‚ approaches VIRGIL EARP about forming a special posse to track down notorious outlaws Jesse and Frank James. The outlaws are infamous robbers‚ who have been stealing gold. They have sent a special coded message about their next big gold heist and Pinkerton
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Biography of Allan Pinkerton CJS 250 Laureen Wendt University of Phoenix Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland. Pinkerton was a cooper and barrel maker by trade and in his early years he became involved and sought political and social reform. Pinkerton left Scotland and moved to Chicago in 1842 and here he obtained a position as a deputy sheriff of Cook County. Over time Pinkerton realized he had a knack for catching criminals. He also believed
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Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying
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Biography of Allan Pinkerton Troy Smith CJS/250 May 19‚ 2013 Tom Jones When it came to detective work Allan Pinkerton and his detective agency was the standard of how detective work was done in America. Before he ever established the first detective agency in United States or before he was ever known as America’s first private eye he was first forced to immigrate to America due to his involvement in radical politics as a young man. He was born near Gorbals‚ Glasgow‚ Scotland on August 25
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Pinkerton Group Project Executive Overview The security guard services industry consisted of two segments: proprietary guards and contract guards. The historical growth was driven by companies realizing‚ that contracting guards allowed them gain operating flexibility instead of managing their own security personnel. In 1987 security guard services was a $10 billion industry growing at 6% a year. Due to the industry being very mature‚ fragmented‚ and price competitive there was an ongoing
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Allan Pinkerton and his Impact on Law Enforcement Allan Pinkerton started his career in law enforcement in 1849 when he was appointed the first detective in Chicago. In the 1850s‚ he joined forces with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency‚ later known as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency which is still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations‚ a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton’s business insignia was a wide open eye with
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Exhibit 1 Selected Pinkerton’s Financial Data (in $millions) 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 (E) Income From Services Cost of Services provided Gross Profit Operating Expenses Operating Profit Cash Accounts receivable‚ net Other current assets Total Current Assets Net property‚ plant‚ and equipment Total Assets Accounts payable Accrued expenses ad other current Liabilities Total Current Liabilities Exhibit 2 $ 296 265 32 16 16 4 49 53 11 64 0 29 $ 308 275 32 17 15 3 51 54 11 65 1 29
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9 Calculating WACC Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 60 percent common stock‚ 5 percent preferred stock‚ and a 35 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 12.5 percent‚ the cost of preferred stock is 5.5 percent‚ and the cost of debt is 7.2 percent. The relevant tax rate is 35 percent. a. What is Mullineaux’s WACC? b. The company president has approached you about Mullineax’s capital structure. He wants to know why the company doesn’t use more preferred stock financing
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at 4.5% * JP Morgan has issued an estimate for Expected Market Return at 8.5% * Euribor is 2% * Before tax cost of debt = 5% * Tax rate = 30% Please calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for this firm. 2. You are now asked to calculate the WACC for a toothpaste manufacturer with the following data: * Average share price for last 6 months = €34/ share * Current year’s dividend = €3/ share * Applicable growth rate = 3% * Tax rate =
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