The movie makes some really good points. The best point is that subsidized corn artificially lowers the cost of animal feed and high-fructose corn syrup. This creates a tax-subsidized economic incentive for people to choose fast food over nutritious options. Scrapping farm subsidies including corn would be a great idea (that the movie doesn’t propose). It has a good segment about how Monsanto is using intellectual property law to unfairly create a US soybean monopoly‚ suing farmers who never bought
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NorthPoint Large Cap Fund‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ deciding whether to buy Nike’s Stock Nike’s net income has fallen from $800 million to $580 million since 1997. Also its profit and market share have declines significantly from 48% to 42% (Shoe products market share) from 1997 to 2000 To counter this down fall Nike has decided to develop more athletic shoe products in mid-priced segment and also to push their apparel line. It has also decided to cut down expenses Analyst reactions are
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Apple Case 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple was a hip alternative to other computer brands. It supported a plug-and-play peripheral‚ offered a cutting-edge‚ tightly integrated user experience. The Apple Mac Pro had a sleek metal case and featured high-end graphics capability. Apple had attractive design factors‚ enabled ease of use‚ had high security and was high-quality bundled software. 2. Analyze the dynamics of the PC industry. Are these dynamics favorable or problematic
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The food industry and how food is processed has changed dramatically over the past fifty plus years. The food industry is longer run by farmers. It is now operated more like an industry in a factory setting. Foods like chicken and beef are now produced in massive quantities from enormous assembly lines. The popularity of fast food brought the factory system into the food processing industry. McDonalds was the first restaurant to incorporate this system. Due to the demand for more food‚ the demand
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Warren Buffett 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? Answer1: The increase in the stock price of Scottish Power plc and Berkshire Hathaway indicate a market approval for the acquisition and created value for both buyers and sellers. Answer2: a
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Google Logo Sign in ChromeChromeHelp Google Chrome Forum Search using the Address Bar (omnibox) The address bar (sometimes called the "omnibox") not only doubles as a search box‚ but can also be used to provide you with a lot of other useful information. search Search the web Simply type your search term in the address bar and press Enter to see results from your default search engine. You can also use it to search specific sites. Search and browse the web faster by trying the
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1. In the excel worksheet‚ we combined the 12% non-callable bond maturing in May 05 and the zero coupon STRIPS with the same maturity to get a synthetic bond with semiannual interest payments of $4.125 per $100 par value. The ask and bid prices of the synthetic bond are calculated to be $98.78 and $98.53. Alternatively‚ we combined the non-callable bond maturing in 2000 and the STRIPS 00 to get a synthetic bond to match the callable bond if it was called at the first possible date. The ask and
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BBM – Case 3 Loctite Corporation - International Distribution Case Assignment Questions 1. What is Loctite’s distribution strategy? Loctite’s distribution strategy is to have their sealants and adhesive products reach world wide demographic segments. Loctite offers industrial products and consumer based products. Loctite’s strategy is a work from the bottom up plan. They first focus on what their consumers want‚ and then they build up a distribution network from there. They do not start
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BOSTON CHICKEN‚ INC* At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken was one of the hottest names on Wall Street. Operating in the highly competitive restaurant industry‚ the chain had grown from 18 stores in 1991 to over 1‚000 stores in 1996 and in its short history had raised over $1 billion in public offerings. EPS had grown from just $0.06 in 1993 to $1.01 in 1996‚ representing an annual growth rate of well over 100%. At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken traded around $40‚ representing a price-earnings multiple
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