1. Briefly explain why many corporations prefer to issue callable long-term corporate bonds rather than non-callable long-term bonds. There are three main reasons why a corporation may be interested in calling a bond. * Interest rates have fallen‚ so they can refinance at a lower rate. * Credit quality has improved‚ so they can refinance at a lower rate. * Assets have been sold‚ so money is available to pay off debt. If a bond issuer pays investors the going rate of 7% annually in interest‚ and
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Intel Capital: The Berkeley Network Investment Berkeley Networks’ goal of creating an open architecture aligned with Intel’s strategic goal. Although each party did its homework to understand generally what it would give and get‚ the relationship seemed to carry some dissonance. Berkeley Networks desired a controlled relationship keeping Intel far from its strategic motives; Intel‚ on the other hand‚ wanted to be more involved with BN and develop a closer relationship. Intel wanted to integrate
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INTEL IN CHINA – CASE REPORT Mr. Tang and Mr. Li are the participants of an interesting incident in the Beijing’s division of Intel China that can be analyzed with the help of some important Chinese concepts like face‚ hierarchy and preservation of social harmony. Mr. Tang is the new manager of the marketing programs of Intel China in Beijing‚ and has a background of Western education and years of working experience in the United States. Mr. Li is a young but skilful account manager‚ enthusiastic
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were there three Opium Wars in China during the 19th century? The Opium Wars were a series of three wars between the Chinese and the British; primarily fought in regard to the illegal trade of opium in China during the 19th century. They manifested the conflicting natures of both nations and demonstrated China’s misconceptions of its own superiority. The Opium Wars resulted in the humiliating defeat of the Chinese to a country they considered to be "barbarians". There were many problems with
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Even though the colonists were breaking British law‚ the colonists had a right to rebel for they were unfairly taxed without representation and subjected to a king over 3000 miles away. Some people still on both the colonials and the British crown were attempting to avoid a full scale war even after they had begun fighting‚ like in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most of the colonists did not want war because these were the people that they had been living with‚ and protected by the British for over 150
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Why do you want this rank?: 1) I want this rank since I love Opcraft and I want to put more into the server than I have ever done before‚ so let’s get into this. So firstly I want this rank so I can help out the Opcraft community by catching rule-breakers and making the experience better. I also want to have more of a part in helping the server since right now I have a lot or spare time that I need to spend so I think I can spend lots of my time onto Opcraft. 2) I would also like this role since
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War‚ was a conflict between England and France‚ was not actually a single war that lasted a hundred years; instead it was a series of wars interspersed with periods of peace that began in May 1337 and ended in October 1453. The three main conflicts were the Edwardian War won by English king Edward III; the Caroline War won by French king Charles V; and the Lancastrian War won by French king Charles VII. The Hundred Years’ War was the outcome of disputes between the ruling families of the two countries
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engineers should not prejudice public work and health in their work‚ which is a universal ethic for all engineers around the world. At first people viewed engineering interest to synchronise with public interest but with time it was noticed that there were conflicts. The codes of ethics have stressed the importance of prioritising public interest. Without engineering ethics the engineering in its social context would not have lost the trust of the public
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1. A student neglected to add sodium carbonate when extracting the tea leaves with hot water. Yet a very high yield of caffeine was obtained. The crystals melted at 202-214°C. Explain. • The sodium carbonate is supposed to be added when extracting the tea leaves with hot water in order to help purify the caffeine. So since the student neglected to add sodium carbonate the caffeine won’t be pure but the student would still be able to recover a large amount of caffeine. The literature melting point
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Discuss how Intel changed ingredient-marketing history. What did it do so well in those initial marketing campaigns? In 1980s‚ Intel faced a problem to distinguish itself from the competitors and tried to convince consumers to pay more for its high performance products. By creating the ingredient-branding campaign‚ Intel mended the matter and made history in 1991. To become distinctive‚ it chose a name for its latest microprocessor introduction that could be trademarked‚ Pentium. The “Intel Inside”
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