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- 13741: The Merger of Trizec Corporations and Horsham Incorporated
- ... European projects. Trizec Corporations was established in 1960 in Calgary, Alberta. Now, under the control of Gregory Wilkins, Trizec is the countries largest publicly traded real estate group.3 Their assets consist of 85 properties world wide, including Place Ville Marie in Montreal and the U.S. based Hahn Company.4 Horsham Incorporated is led by Peter Munk who owns 10% of the equity and 80% of votes through ownership of ... 1.2 billion dollars into debt and outstanding equity in Trizec.6 Horsham now owns 48% of Trizec and is trying to acquire 52% which was recently approved by the boards of both companies. The new company consisting of these two groups will be renamed Trizec Hahn Corporation.7 Both companies feel that the merge would benefit their future expansions because by investment from an outside source Trizec would be able ...
- 13742: U.S. Wage Trends
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts - technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled," says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in the U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing ...
- 13743: Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution
- ... With one upward stride after another he organized the Standard Oil Company, which was the nucleus of the great trust that was formed. Rockefeller showed little mercy. He believed primitive savagery prevailed in the jungle world of business, where only the fittest survived. He persued the policy of "ruin or rule." Rockefeller's oil monopoly did turn out a superior product at a relatively cheap price. Rockefeller belived in ruthless business ... to the top. The success of the Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel company was credited to the fact that their owners ran them with great authority. In this very competetive time period, many new businesses were being formed and it took talented businessmen to get ahead and keep the companies running and make the fortunes that were made during this period.
- 13744: A Postmodern Look at Poverty and Homelessness
- ... affordable housing, and the increasingly concentrated nature of poverty. The plan will also have to include changes in family and household structures, the decline in traditional kin-based sources of support, and the proliferation of new drugs (crack cocaine) and socially stigmatized infections, i.e., HIV and tuberculosis. For virtually every homeless person, this will mean dealing with the affordability and availability of housing. For some, restoration of family ties and ... in ongoing debates concerning welfare reform, healthcare reform, housing, community and economic development, education, and employment policy. References Galbraith, J. (1984). The Affluent Society. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Davis, B. (1991). Poverty in America. New York: Franklin Watts. O'Flaherty, B. (1996). Making room: the economics of the homeless. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Blumberg, L., Shipley, T., & Barsky, S. (1978). Liquor and Poverty: Skid Row as a Human Condition. New Brunswick, NJ: Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Incorporated. Giamo, B., & Grunberg, J. (1992). Beyond Homelessness. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press. U.S. Bureau of the Census. (1993). Money Income and Poverty Status ...
- 13745: Organization And Benefits In The Workforce
- ... to get the people who get the job done, and of course, make the company money. People have always been central to organizations, but their strategic importance is growing in today's knowledge-based business world like never before. An organization's success increasingly depends on the knowledge, skills, and abilities of its employees. Particularly as they help establish a set of core competencies which distinguish one organization from its competitors ... to the organizations. Managers must develop strategies for identifying, recruiting, and hiring the best talent available. Develop these individuals in ways that are specific to the needs of their individual firms, encourage them to generate new ideas while familiarizing them with the company strategies, invite information sharing, and rewarding collaboration and team work. The basis on which compensation payments are determined, and the way they are administered, can significantly affect employee ...
- 13746: Drug Testing
- ... Japanese and want to keep Precision American. Equipment One of the main problems plaguing Precision is the aging of its technology and equipment. Precision had little or no capital after the recession to invest in new equipment. Sixty percent of its equipment is outdated, some over twenty years. These old machines lack quality and because of this lack, Precision is losing orders. To try to stop this slide in quality, Precision purchased a new machine from the Suzuki corporation. But even with the new machine, Precisions costs are higher and quality is lower. This causes profits to be lost which causes employment to be affected. Precisions employment is down twenty-two percent, and with little or ...
- 13747: Morgan Motor Company
- ... today's ever-growing automobile market, automobile manufactures must operate on the cutting edge of competitiveness in order to attract customers into their showrooms. Automobile buyers are some of the pickiest consumers in the business world. The process for an individual consumer to purchase a car can at times be a long and calculated task. Some consumers meticulously examine every aspect of car buying before ultimately choosing a product that will ... its cars the old fashioned way. Morgan Motors has been building specialty sports cars for over eighty years. Morgan Motors hand assembles its automobiles in the factory to ensure the highest possible quality. This Old World craftsmanship is the foundation of the firm. Hand assembling cars makes for a considerably longer cycle time to produce an automobile, a few weeks as compared to a few hours in a more automated firm ... the highest quality standards of the sports car enthusiast. One firm that can be benchmarked by Morgan Motors to find the best practice of hand assembling automobiles is the German firm, Porsche. Porsche is a world-renowned leader in high-end, hand-assembled vehicles. Every car that rolls out of the Stuttgart factory has met or exceeded some of the highest quality standards in the entire automobile industry. Porsche's ...
- 13748: Femininity
- By: karen E-mail: karen443@hotmail.com The New Femininity Femininity is not a word that we are encouraged to use these days. A lot of people would argue that femininity is the thing that keeps women obedient to men. However, there is a ... own right. I believe that women have something men do not have. Women have special qualities that belong to them as women, and they do not intend to suppress those special qualities. I think the world would be a much poorer place without femininity. gWhat means to be a woman?h What first came to my mind was stereotypical. Passive, dependent, altruistic, intuitive emotionally open, and impulsivecis this what meant ...
- 13749: Egypt National Banking
- ... the detailed discussion and negotiation with investors. Participating in preparing the legal documents of the final contract of the sale process. 2 - Establishing companies: The Bank acts as an agent to other parties in establishing new companies . In that vein, the Bank provides the following services: Obtaining the necessary approvals from the competent authorities. Submitting the establishment application to the competent authorities. Preparing the preliminary contracts and articles of association besides ... receiving the participations and reimbursing the difference resulting from allocation. Printing the temporary share certificates and taking all the necessary procedures for subscription. Notifying the Capital Market 4 - Public subscription in the shares of the new companies: The Bank handles this service in case of offering a part of the companys capital in a public subscription as follows: Preparing the prospectus to be reviewed by the Capital Market Preparing the ... vendor. Carrying out the sale process. Following up the laws and decision related to the real estate market such as ( Renting Law - Suspending Licenses .etc ) Studying the social and economic standard of the areas undergoing new urban development. Analyzing the elements effecting the real estate market such as the finishing levels , the occupation rate and the green areas.etc. For Sale : Real estate marketing Department - Investment Trustees Division - one the ...
- 13750: The Growth of Gross Domestic Product
- The Growth of Gross Domestic Product The new paradigmatic shifts, since the liberalisation process took off, after unshackling the socialistic edifice, has brought a perceptible change in the Indian economy. The growth in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the last three years ... decelerated sharply. The slowdown in export performance reflects a range of factors of foreign and domestic origins. The two most important factors were probably the sharp decline in the growth of value (in US$) of world trade in 1996 and 1997 and the appreciation of the rupee vis--vis the currencies of India's major trading partners and competitors. The dramatic depreciation of some East Asian currencies during 1997 has ...
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