Questions 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. Assess the bid for PacifiCorp. How does
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The Reformed System: Interest Free Banking ………………………………….. Dr. Sirajuddin H Chougle‚ Dr. Abdul Majid Ansari‚ Associate Professors‚ Department of Commerce‚ Maharashtra College‚ Nagpada‚ Mumbai. 400 008.India Contact:sirajchougle@gmail.com ……………………………………………………………………………… Abstract One major problem the world faces today is acute poverty or widening gap between rich and poor. There have been continuous efforts to tackle this issue. The efforts are made to develop a balanced world. Banks
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the Stock Market Crash The end of World War I heralded a new era in the United States. It was an era of enthusiasm‚ confidence‚ and optimism (Rosenberg). It is in such times of optimism that people took their savings out from under their mattresses and out of banks and invested it in the stock market. With everyone’s money in the market‚ the 1929 stock market crash took a heavy toll on everyone. This crash was a shattering event that went on to shape this country. Even though the market crash
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Case Problem 1: Measuring Stock Market Risk As indicated by the case study S&P 500 index was use as a measure of the total return for the stock market. Our standard deviation of the total return was used as a one measure of the risk of an individual stock. Also betas for individual stocks are determined by simple linear regression. The variables were: total return for the stock as the dependent variable and independent variable is the total return for the stock. Since the descriptive statistics
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If I could create a country of my choosing‚ I would create a Union State similar to the defunct Soviet Union with some important changes. The country I would create would be composed of the same countries that formed the former Soviet Union: Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijian‚Tajikstan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ Belarus‚ Moldova‚ Kazakhstan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Ukraine and Russia. This state would also be a one party country dominated by the Socialist Union Party. This is where the
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first banks in Nigeria‚ they introduced online banking and first sms banking and as very first naira denominated mastercard as well as the platinum and World signia cards and GTB on wheels‚ the only existing mobile branches. GT bank has already expanded to Cote d’ivoire‚ Gambia‚ Ghana‚ Liberia‚ and Sierra Leone. These countries belong to the ’Ecozone’. It has also expanded to the United Kingdom and future plans include expanding to more African countries. In 2011 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc became the biggest
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The US Stock Market. Friday Jan 24th 2014 Close. The week of Friday January 24th 2014 was a bad week for the US stock market. As market close Friday January 24th 2014‚ the Dow Jones industrial average was at its lowest falling by 1.96% making it the worst week since November 2011 moreover the S&P 500 and NASDAQ also fell by about 2%1 Hibah Yousuf‚ CNNMoney. The drop in stock prices was a result of slow economic recovery in the United States‚ EU region‚ and slowdown in China as well as emerging
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the whole system of waiting. Be it standing in long queues to pay your bills‚ or reserving a movie ticket‚ railway ticket‚ airway ticket ‚or even bus tickets‚ or moving around with trolleys at supermarkets‚ or choosing your stuff at shopping . These are now possible through online which mainly save time on waiting and pushes the bar to maximum speed. To complete this whole requirement money should be transferred to the dealer. This is when online banking comes into picture. Online banking has seen
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October 10‚ 2011 was the day when I joined the Stock Market Game with $100‚000. Over the term‚ I made $11‚807 which means 11.8 % of profit. I started the game with buying popular stocks such as Apple‚ AT&T and Verizon. They were not making much profit. So I looked for a new way of making more profit and I started short selling trade. Walmart‚ Amazon and Apple were good stocks for short selling before thanksgiving week started. Because most of the consumers were waiting for thanksgiving sales keeping
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In China savers are turning from traditional deposits to a higher return wealth management products; this trend is exposing risks to the Chinese banking system. Wealth management products are a mix of short term investments such as bonds‚ money market funds and other securities and the potential risk is that banks invest the proceeds from sales of these products in securities with longer maturities than short term investments; when products mature‚ banks persuade customers to either roll over the
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