1) On December 31‚ 2010‚ Pacifica‚ Inc.‚ acquired 100 percent of the voting stock of Seguros Company. Pacifica will maintain Seguros as a wholly owned subsidiary with its own legal and accounting identify. the consideration transferred to the owner of Seguros included 50000 newly issued Pacifica commom shares ($20 market value‚ $5 par value) and an agreement to pay an additional $130000 cash if Seguros meets certain project completion goals by December 31‚ 2011. Pacifica estimates a 50 percent probability
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United States railroad companies transport millions of freight cars a year over their network. Railroad companies rely on their network to move shipments from city to city and state to state. Each railroad company has a service-design department which coordinates the movement of railcars‚ crew‚ and locomotives over the railroad’s network. Creating an operating plan for the system is a challenging task because train scheduling consists of designing train routes‚ days of operation‚ timings‚ and
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1. What were the business challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the Oracle suite? Maruti Suzuki was confronted to a very fast growing market: India. They had to manage and deal with it. They decided to diversify their activities. They needed to adapt their large company to such a diversity of activities‚ such as a leasing providing structure‚ an insurance and pro-own car business. They needed also to improve training‚ their batch processing‚ their long turn-around time
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United States‚ announced the intent to undergo a friendly merger via a two-tiered transaction with an estimated value of $8.4 billion. During the 1980’s a trend towards the consolidation of railroad firms began as a result of the Staggers Act which was passed and in effect deregulated the industry. Consolidation continued into the 1990s with two billion dollar deals occurring in the Western United States: Burlington Northern acquired Santa Fe Pacific in 1995 and Union Pacific acquired
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expansion Rapid increase of personnel From groceries and medicines Mobiles and Electronics Consumer durables and IT (Too fast too furious!) Huge investments and cash flows … • Reason 2 : Growth ... without Consolidation 2004 marked a departure in Subhiksha philosophy from Consolidation & Growth to uncontrolled growth! Very few stores would have been profitable in terms of cash flows • Reason 3 : Whither Retail management The focus was towards multiplying turnovers! Expansions happened without
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440 Week 3 Discussion Questions shows the solutions to the following problems: DQ1: What are some of the issues we may run into when consolidating financial statements at period end? What types of transactions need to be addressed in a consolidation? DQ2: Why do most parent companies acquire 100 percent ownership of the subsidiary when 51 percent would grant them economic control? What are the economic reasons supporting more than a 51 percent ownership level? Business - Accounting
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Industry Analysis Firms in funeral industry operate funeral homes‚ cemeteries and crematoria. This includes the management of funerals‚ cremations and burials. The financial performance of the Funeral Directors‚ Crematoria and Cemeteries industry is strongly influenced by the number of deaths in Australia each year. This statistic has risen stably over the past five years but the baby boomers are driving the trend of funeral. Within the next decade‚ Australia’s death rate is set to increase from
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Deltona Lines‚ INC. Besson Freight Company had an agreement with Jay Transportation to purchase their assets for 225 million. In order to finance their purchase‚ Besson asked a shareholder in Besson‚ Deltona Lines‚ to invest 110 million. Deltona agrees with the stipulation that the investment be made into a newly formed subsidiary named Del-Bess Inc. Deltona will own 80 percent of Del-Bess voting preferred stock. Also in Deltona’s agreement‚ Besson would contribute an amount to be determined by
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Purpose is to achieve rapid complete remission of all manifestations of the disease. Consolidation: often consists of another course of either the same drugs used for induction at a different dosage or a different combination of chemo drugs. Maintenance: may be prescribed for months to years after successful induction and consolidation therapies. Treatments for CML: Gleevec first line oral drug well tolerated & effective @ inducing remission for early stages
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