Mathew Attalla Thomas Valencia US History 5 April 2015 The Policy of Containment Containment was a United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad. This policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe‚ China‚ Korea‚ Africa‚ and Vietnam. Soon after the end of World War II‚ it became clear that the Soviet Union was going to try to expand its territory. Starting in 1945 it began to force communist governments upon East European
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Before the board could implement the recapitalization‚ shareholders would have to approve it at a special meeting on July 8‚ 1988. The recapitalization‚ however‚ was not the only option available to shareholders. Desert Partners‚ a Texas-based takeover group‚ had an outstanding tender offer for $42.00 per share in cash due to expire on June 10‚ 1988. In a publicly disclosed letter to the board‚ they had indicated a willingness to increase their offer to $50.00 per share in cash‚ debt‚ and stock
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Narayanan. (1993). "Motives for Takeovers: An Empirical Investigation." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. • Elazar Berkovitch‚ M. P. Narayanan. (1990). "Competition and the Medium of Exchange in Takeovers." Review of Financial Studies. • Fabozzi‚ F.‚ & Modigliani‚ F. (Ed.). (1996). Capital Markets: Institutions and Instruments (2nd Ed.). New Jersey‚ Simon and Schuster Co.. • Journal of Finance (1995) "Initial Shareholdings and Overbidding in Takeover Contests.” • PR Newswire (Feb
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creating jobs. However‚ many affluent Americans used the money saved in taxes to purchase luxury products instead. Corporate mergers‚ or more bluntly corporate takeovers‚ spurred the deindustrialization of America. While deindustrialization eliminated many high-paying manufacturing jobs and left several Americans unemployed‚ the corporate takeovers that spurred the deindustrialization created a tremendous amount of wealth on Wall Street. Reagan also reduced funds allotted for public housing and psychiatric
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Prompt: DBQ Analyze attitudes toward and evaluate the motivations behind the European acquisition of African colonies in the period 1880 to 1914. Prior to the European takeover of colonies in Africa‚ Europe had been going through the Industrial Revolution. While European nations had been focusing on building up themselves to become stronger‚ they began sending missionaries and explorers such as Stanley and Livingston deep into central Africa. European nations soon discovered that there were
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in Anglo-Saxon countries than they do in the other groups of countries. The best known characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon systems of corporate governance is an active external market for corporate control‚ often referred to as the takeover market. The most familiar takeover techniques are mergers‚ tender offers‚ proxy fights and leveraged buy-outs. In
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final goods and services produced within the country in a stipulated period of time. BANKING CRISIS Banking crises as two types of events: bank runs that lead to the closure‚ merger‚ or takeover by the public sector of one or more financial institutions; and if there are no runs‚ the closure‚ merger‚ takeover‚ or large-scale government assistance for an important financial institution that marks the start of a string of similar outcomes for other financial institutions. The banking crises lead
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Who knew that an uprising that occurred in the fall of 1971 at a New York correctional facility would help change the American penal system forever? It was the culmination of a storm that had been brewing for months. There was a tension between the guards and inmates that had not gone unnoticed. With little to no attention given to the circumstances of the inmates‚ they had had enough. Earlier that year during the summer months‚ inmates had come together and participated in peaceful protests. These
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In regard to the revolution that took place during 1959 in Cuba‚ it’s interesting that the country yet prospering and experiencing relative economic success‚ still endured a revolution. To explain why such a substantial ‘takeover’ was still able to occur‚ the instability of Cuba during the years leading up to 1959 needs to be addressed. Cubans generally had strong resentment for the US and these feelings combined with the deeply divided state the society of Cuba was in‚ gave Fidel Castro and his
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Letter of Transmittal November 28th‚ 2012 Mohammed Sawkat Hossain Lecturer‚ Department of Business Administration‚ Plot No-A/2‚ Jahurul Islam City‚ Aftabnagar‚ Dhaka-1212 East West University Subject: Submission of Assignment. Dear Sir‚ In accordance with your case study we solve that. It is of great honor and delight to us to present you our assignment‚ prepared as a part of the FIN 201: Business Finance course being offered in Fall Semester of 2012. The
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