Apple Inc is an American multinational organization founded by Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs‚ an American entrepreneur‚ marketer‚ and inventor‚ who was the co-founder‚ chairman‚ and CEO of Apple Inc and Stephen Gary "Steve" Wozniak who is an American inventor‚ computer engineer and Programmer who co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. Apple Inc is Located in‚ Cupertino‚ California in the middle of the Silicon Valley. It is focused on designing and developing the personal computers
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Banking crisis To have a better understanding of 2008-2009 financial crisis we need to know where does it start and why it become global issue. The main reason for this financial meltdown of the economy was the Collateral debt obligation and rating agencies who rate them. CDO is acronym for Collateralized debt obligation. Longstaff and Arvind (2008) describe CDO as: “financial claim to the cash flows generated by a portfolio of debt securities or‚ equivalently‚ a basket of credit default swaps
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The Home Depot 2008 Annual Report Dear Shareholders: In 2008‚ our retail sales declined by 7.8 percent‚ with comp sales down 8.7 percent. Our adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations declined 22 percent. In ordinary times‚ these would be very disappointing results. But 2008 was not an ordinary year. Despite the difficult economic environment‚ we continued to improve our retail business‚ through investing in our associates and our stores‚ rebuilding our supply chain and
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Caterpillar Inc. was formed in 1925 when Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Co. merged to form Caterpillar Tractor Co. These two companies were formed by Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best‚ thus the two founders of Caterpillar. Throughout their history‚ Caterpillar has continued to update and diversify their product lines to meet the demands of consumers. In 1931‚ the first Diesel Sixty Tractor rolled off the assembly line in East Peoria‚ Illinois‚ offering a new efficient source
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Anthony Smith Dominique Dieffenbach ENC1102 – English Composition II 7 February 2012 Who is to Blame for the Economic Crash of 2008? Throughout history there has always been some sort of a class struggle. The rich always seemed to get richer while the poor barely managed to get by. One of the main things that contributed to the ever-expanding gap between the rich and the poor was greed. Whether it was the greed for money or for power‚ greed was certainly a driving force. More recently‚ the
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1. Introduction The financial crisis in 2008 caused a global impact on the world`s economy. Starting with the real estate crash in the entire U.S. market‚ an increasing number of powerful banks suffered from the resulting credit defaults. The dependencies among the banks all over the world have spread the crisis to the financial markets overseas. Several governments have become increasingly important actors‚ with the aim to stabilize their domestic economy. Politicians agreed that the rescue of
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2006 Annual Report. 2006. 2 Mar. 2008 http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/61/617/61701/items/246067/2006_Annual_Report.pdf "Banana Republic." Gap Inc. 1 Mar. 2008 http://www.gapinc.com/public/OurBrands/brands_br.shtml "Gap." Gap Inc. 1 Mar. 2008 http://www.gapinc.com/public/OurBrands/brands_gap.shtml Gap Inc. 2006 Annual Report. San Francisco‚ 2006. 1 Mar. 2008 http://www.gapinc.com/public/documents/GPS_AR_06.pdf Historical Sales by Division. 1 Mar. 2008 http://www.gapinc.com/public/documents/GPS_Quarterly_Sales
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SWOT ANALYSIS – STAPLES SWOT Analysis – Staples Staples‚ Inc. became incorporated in 1985 by founders Thomas G. Stemberg and Leo Kahn. 25 years later‚ Staples‚ Inc. is the world’s largest office products company. The company primarily operates in the United States but also has locations in 26 countries throughout North and South America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Australia serving businesses of all sizes and consumers. Their mission statement is‚ “We’re committed to making it easy for our customers around
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Group Case #2 Competition in Golf Equipment Industry in 2008 Presented By: 518 28225 26 Chatvilai Komindr 518 28328 26 Chokechai Ngamwutikul 518 28443 26 Duangta Thiansukitseree 518 28626 26 Tunyapon Jarupaisarn 518 29130 26 Bhornrat Bubphavanich 518 29146 26 Pornrudee Larpanant 518 29203 26 Puttipan Ponyanun 518 29501 26 Lalin Ananbanchachai 518 29518 26 Luksamon Phanpermpoon 518 29931 26 Satit Auputtinun The paper is partial fulfillment of Strategic Management course (2602-650)
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After I click the pause‚ the screen froze and there is a sentence remain on the screen‚ ’Oh‚ this land was made for you and me.’ There is a feeling from my heart which I can not explain with words‚ this felling contains angry‚ disappointed‚ sadness‚ but the most is the powerlessness to face the reality of the food industry. This kind of feeling happens once before‚ after I watched ’ The Cove’‚ feel anxious to do something and want to help‚ however‚ where to start and how? The first thought is to
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