EVOLUTION OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS 1.Historical Development In High-Rise Buildings Ancient Skyscrapers - The Great Ziggurat of Babylon Perhaps the most impressive structure in the ancient Middle East‚ the Great Ziggurat of Babylon was built over a span of several decades in the Sixth Century BC. Its seven stories‚ built upon a square foundation‚ stretched 300 feet into the sky. Some think it was the inspiration for the infamous Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis. In this illustration‚ King Nebuchadnezzar
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NPV Analysis. 4 Table 3: Estimation of Resale value of Carrier @15th year 7 1. Introduction 1.1 Executive Summary Ocean Carriers Inc. (OCI) is an International provider of Marine transportation services mainly focussing on Dry Bulk commodities mainly iron ore and coal. OCI has offices located in New York and Hongkong. One of OCI’s customer’s is keen in committing for a 3 year lease starting from 2003 for a large dry bulk Capesize carrier of capacity 180‚000 DWT in order to fulfil its own interests
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Cross-cultural Management 380 Assignment One ; Joe Willis Feeling the Heat of Thailand By Cécile Branco-cote Due on October 7 1- Reading the case study‚ there is two challenges that stakeholders have identified as a threat to the efficiency of Thailand’s Fasco Motors subsidiary. The first one is the lack of trust between the three new executives and the Thailand’s team members. The second challenge‚ deriving from the first‚ is the lack of affective communication between members. The three
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structure: 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m or 1‚815 ft) Tallest skyscraper (to top of spire): 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m or 1‚671 ft) Tallest skyscraper to top of antenna: 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower – 527 m or 1‚729 ft) Building with most floors: 163 (previously World Trade Center – 110)[21] Building with world’s highest occupied floor[22] World’s highest elevator installation (situated inside a rod at the very top of
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OCEAN CARRIERS CASE 1) Should Ls Linn purchase the $39M capsize? Make two different assumptions. First‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm subject to a 35% statutory (and effective) marginal tax rate. Second‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is domiciled in Hong Kong for tax purposes‚ where ship owners are not required to pay any tax on profits made overseas and are also exempted from paying any tax on profit made on cargo uplifted from Hong Kong‚ i.e.‚ assume a zero tax rate. The
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OCEAN CARRIERS ANALYSIS DATE: 8/29/2007 TO: MS MARY LINN CC: PROF. TOM MILLER FROM: RYAN DALE SEELKE RE: DECISION ON CAPE SIZE CARRIER PRIORITY: [URGENT] Ms Mary Linn‚ After careful cash flow analysis and a discount rate (WACC) of 9%‚ commissioning a capsize carrier for 25 years is the only appropriate option for our firm. However‚ if the discount were instead 10%‚ both options would fail the NPV test by yielding negative results. I make this recommendation after thorough analysis of
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“Ocean Carriers” case Assume that Ocean Carriers uses a 9% discount rate. 1) Do you expect daily spot hire rates to increase or decrease next year? (5 points) 2) What factors drive daily hire rates? (5 points) 3) How would you characterize the long-term prospects of the capesize dry bulk industry? (10 points) 4) Should Ms Linn purchase the $39M capsize? Make 2 different assumptions. First‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is a US firm subject to 35% taxation. Second‚ assume that
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Running head: THE FORGETFUL MAIL CARRIER The Forgetful Mail Carrier Monique D Brown Wellons Walden University The Forgetful Mail Carrier Harold is a 66 year retried mail carrier that took early retirement at 60 due to significant work related incidents that consisted of him making serious occupational errors and delivering mail to the incorrect address. Within the 5 year transition that led to his retiring he became withdrawn‚ forgot about appointments
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United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea UNITED NATIONS Vienna‚ 2009 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Sales No. E.09.V.9 ISBN 978-92-1-133672-6 Contents Resolution adopted by the General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Company Overview Continental Carriers is a general commodity motor carrier and has been since 1952‚ and they recently experienced successful growth since Mr. Evans focused on improving service‚ as well as an extensive marketing effort to boost their revenues in their already existing routes. He also implemented a way to reduce costs through computerization of operations as well as an improvement in terminal facilities to improve the company’s structure. This has since made CCI become a much larger
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