Facebook announces $19bn WhatsApp deal Facebook will buy fast-growing cellphone-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19-billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world’s largest social network closer to the heart of cellphone communications and may bring younger users into the fold. The transaction involves $4-billion in cash‚ $12-billion in stock and $3-billion in restricted stock that vests over several years. The WhatsApp deal is worth more than Facebook raised in its own initial
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Schwab Equity Ratings® Report Report generated on 05/28/2013‚ 07:31 PM Best Buy Co Inc SCHWAB EQUITY RATING BBY NYSE A Strongly Outperform Data as of 05/24/2013 BUSINESS SUMMARY Source: S&P Capital IQ Last weeks rating: A Strongly Outperform Percentile Ranking: 1 Data as of 05/17/2013 A Strongly Outperform Percentile Ranking: 3 Data as of 05/24/2013 B 6-30 C 31-70 D 71-95 BUY A 1-5 Best Buy Co.‚ Inc. operates as an e-commerce and physical retailer of consumer electronics
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Strategies for Stock Selection Hi everyone‚ today my topic is about teaching everyone how to buy stock. I am going to introduce some strategies for stock selection step by step. Buy what you know Go with what you know. That is the advice of Peter Lynch‚ former portfolio manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund. According to Peter‚ during a lifetime of buying cars or cameras‚ you would develop a sense of product recognition like what’s good‚ what’s bad‚ what sells‚ and what doesn’t. The same applies
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Although Best Buy is an electronic consumer’s dream‚ they are facing two major threats: 1) The increasing number of competitors and‚ 2) The strong emergence of online retailing. I recommend that to address these issues Best Buy should close several “Brick and Mortar” stores and move to more of an online based strategy. Due to the low cost of online retailing‚ discount retailers such as Amazon‚ Wal-Mart and Target have been able to gain significant market share. Unlike Best Buy‚ Amazon does not
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BEST BUY Making Life Fun & Easy! Tiago Alves Andrew Bornstein Mae Brana Grace Tan Meredith Walters Table of Contents Business Summary 4 Vision Statement & Corporate Values 4 Rankings 4 Market Share 5 Stock Chart – 5 Year Performance 5 Financial Highlights 6 History 7 Key Executives 8 Strategy 9 Customer Centricity 9 Value-added Services Business 11 Supply Chain and IT Systems 11 New Store Openings 11 Mergers & Acquisitions 12 Employees 13 Key Competitors
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Loubelle Ara G. Cabalsa Sept. 4 2013 2MM Buy vs Build I agree with the author because according to the title of the article that says “Buy vs. Build”‚ he says that the judges ask him a question and he said “I don’t know-they just don’t”. I also agree to him that at each event he encounter the same question and he answers the same. Buy is to acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. While build is to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite
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biggest problem is the decision whether to buy or lease the automobile. Many people are faced with this question. Buying and leasing a car both have many positive and negative attributes. The beauty of it is that it is your choice! Leasing is one great way to get an automobile. The concept is quite simple. Leasing a car is almost like renting a car for an extended period of time (usually three years)‚ except at the end of the lease there is an option to buy the car. Each month a payment is due to
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Cumpolsory Case : “Toyota : Looking Far into the Future” A Brief History of Toyota 1) Toyota begins work on small car‚ a niche neglected by Detroit a. Toyopet is introduced in 1947. b. Reinvest profits from small cars into research and development 2) In 1957‚ Toyota performs its first American road test a. Modified Toyopet performs poorly‚ failing the road test due to heat and vibration b. Start over and by 1960 Toyota has a new Toyopet
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focus more on selecting the appropriate market and segments. Through analyzing political factors‚ company can get idea about the political stability and government regulations about taxes and tariffs. However‚ to get long-term profit company has to make good relationship with governments. Economical factors are more related with automobile industry because of consumers ’ purchasing power and per capital income in particular country related with demand and supply. Moreover‚ the social factors influence
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing‚ USA‚ Inc. Problem Definition: Deficiency in matching with the Seat Variations requirements Possible Causes: There were 23 Sedan & Wagon Models‚ 11 exterior colors‚ 29 interior variations & 30 other options like a moonroof. Thus number of possible combination reached several thousands. The challenge for the seat supplier-KFS was to match the seat with the above thousands of combinations. There were around 5 pieces of the same seat and the challenge lied
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