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- 731: The Return Of Martin Guerre
- ... laws, and moral attitudes of the time. The story begins in 1527 with a family move from the French Basque country to the village of Artigat. There the Daguerre family settled and started a tileworks business; a prosperous business in the sixteenth century. They eventually started businesses in wheat, millet, vines, and sheep. To be accepted in the new town the family had to make some changes such as speaking a different dialect, dropping ... But, the family had no painted portraits of the old Martin and believed that it was natural for a man to fill out over the years. He was accepted as Martin, helped run the family business, and fathered children with Bertrande. What Bertrande had with the new Martin was unlike anything she and the old Martin had ever experienced. To cite sixteenth-century values, they lived in peace, friendship, and ...
- 732: Mrs. Warrens Profession
- ... Men were able to attend college take the challenging subjects and get a degree. However, women could go to college, but would be denied the diploma and the classes needed to be competitive in the business world. There were three themes: exploiting women, greed, and Mrs. Warrens drive to provide for her daughter and shelter her for the truth. In the opening act the focus is placed on women in ... get a brothel established and made it extremely successful. Unfortunately, the title of Madam has no honor and causes her daughter to reject her. She acquired wealth and power equal to that of her male business partner, Mr. George Crofts, but Mrs. Warren still lacks the respect by society due to her profession. She hated working as a bar made and didnt want to end up like her half sisters ... nothing to do with him. Later, George Croft talks to Vivie alone, using his skills of gab, he tries to gain her favor and fails. So, he tells Vivie of all of her mothers business practices, and she is owns many brothels. Vivie becomes overwhelmed with tears and tries to cope with the situation the best she can. This was a very tense moment in the play, this is ...
- 733: Bombardier Report
- ... of snow tractors and snowmobiles. The company was renamed Bombardier Inc. in 1978. The company has been active ever since in the acquisitions of various aerospace and transportation companies around the world. Nature of the Business Bombardier conducts business in five main areas: transportation equipment, aerospace, defense, motorized consumer products, and in financial and real estate services. The total revenues increased by 20% from $5.9 billion to $7.1 billion over the last ... its own products and other dealers, it provides leasing and financing to its customers, and it provides financing and support for Bombardiers other divisions. There are really no competitors because Bombardier knows it's own business better than anyone else. The major banks may provide some competition in areas of customer financing. The success of this division depends on the successes of the other groups. Management Quality Bombardier management has ...
- 734: Ford Motor Company
- ... satisfactory profitability. Liquidity can be defined as having enough money on hand to pay bills when they are due and to take care of unexpected needs for cash, while profitability refers to the ability of business to earn a satisfactory income. To enable investors and creditors to analyze these goals, Ford Motor Company distributes annual financial statements. With these financial statements, liquidity of Ford Motor Company is measured by analyzing factors ... 1.4 billion) to 1995 (-$1.5 billion) of $2.5 billion would suggest that Ford would be unable to pay liabilities during the current period. However, examination of the Financial Services side of the business reveals that surpluses of $13.6 billion existed in both 1994 and 1995, convincingly mitigating the figures indicating negative working capital. Current Ratio & Quick Ratio The current ratio in the years 1991-1995 has remained ... has high debt and must earn more profit to protect the payment of interest to it's creditors. This high debt to equity ratio would also interest stockholders because it shows what part of the business is financed through borrowing or in other words, is debt financed. Of the five years we analyzed, the lowest debt to equity ratio was during 1991 (6.65) and the highest was in 1993 ( ...
- 735: AT&T
- ... Telegraph Company, was incorporated on March 3, 1885 in New York as a wholly owned subsidiary of The American Bell Telephone Company. Its original purpose was to manage and expand the burgeoning toll (long distance) business of American Bell and its licensees. It continued as the long distance company until December 30, 1899 when it assumed the business and property of American Bell and became the parent company of the Bell System. For most of its history, the company functioned as a legally sanctioned, regulated monopoly. No competition was apparent until the 1970 ... 51,000 employees based outside of the United States.In 1994, International revenues alone were 25 percent. You can see why AT+T has a presence in nearly 100 countries around the world, and does business in about 200 countries. In the last fifteen months AT+T has split into three separate companies. They are AT+T, a global communications company; Lucent Technologies, a technological company; NCR Corporation, a computer ...
- 736: Economics
- ... we would have the railroad barons' problem that we had in the 20th century . I feel that the government is hindering at many times , and still they seem to be helpful in some areas . The business that I chose to depict was the custodial division at Chico State University . Both of my parents work there so I chose this area of business . The factors of production pertaining to this field of work would include people/labor , cleaning liquids ( such as disinfectants and Windex ) , and dirty rooms (joke) . For the land I would have to put down electricity , water , large amount of goods manufactured using plastics which in turn uses oil . As for the capital of the business I will say that the cleaning machines , and large supplies of cleaning materials would fill this category . The entrepreneurship of the custodial business is the tricky part . I guess that you could say that ...
- 737: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute
- ... of facts, figures and varying viewpoints on a struggle that has dominated the two tribes for over 100 years. The story is an ever-changing one, evolving from local conflict to forcible relocation to big business interests. The incredible breadth of the dispute's history makes it impossible to objectively cover the entire progression from all viewpoints. I will therefore focus on current issues - and their historical causes - facing the two ... 1999), an area later established as the "joint-use area" (JUA) in 1962. While the JUA existed in relative peace, the technical problem of land usage rights was becoming more apparent to politicians and big business interests. Only one year after the coal's discovery, Hopi Tribal Council representative - and attorney for Peabody Coal, the nation's largest coal company - John Boyden began petitioning the Secretary of the Interior to partition ... legally backed Hopi and Bureau of Indian Affairs forcibly relocate the Dineh this February. However, there remains a glimmer of hope for the future relations between the tribes as they both begin to identify big business as the only true victor in the struggle. While Dineh local to Black Mesa have always opposed the presence of Peabody Coal on the JUA - a presence made possible by a 35-year lease ...
- 738: George W. Bush
- George W. Bush Politics have been the family business for more than one family in the United States. The familiar family of several generations is the Kennedy family who remains in the political spotlight for fifty-three years and running. As Elizabeth Dole attempts ... then worked for a group that mentored young minority athletes but also left that job not being fulfilled. After applying for University of Texas Law School and being denied he applied to Harvard School of Business. George W. Bush graduated from Harvard with his Masters in Business in 1975. After Harvard George returned to Midland, Texas where he grew up. There he thought that he would try his hand at the oil business. He had no experience in this field yet ...
- 739: New Financial and Statistical Measures to Monitor The Success of GE
- ... not to abolish the traditionally used financial and statistical measures but to develop new ones to be used as guidance for the corporation's future development. Our Chairman recently wrote that "the hottest trend in business in 1995 -- and the one that hit closest to home -- is the rush toward breaking up multi- business companies and spinning off their components, under the theory that their size and diversity inhibited their competitiveness ... breaking up is the right answer for some big companies ... for us it is the wrong answer.²1 ... s profits comes from services -- up from 16.4% in 1980.2 This is our new direction and therefore my target is to find these measures that are going to help us understand how the business is going to perform in that particular field. I also consider that our attempt to expand internationally is extremely important and in a way is something new for us. International operating profit was $3. ...
- 740: Poore Brothers
- ... their product had a serious crunch that no other chip had. In 1983, they started a small chip manufacturing operation outside of Houston with a brand called Groff's of Texas. They sold their Texas business after a few years and decided to move to the Valley of the Sun. In 1986 the brothers founded Poore Brothers in Goodyear, Arizona. They started with one kettle, one delivery truck, and one store ... their way across the Arizona border into California and other states. Eventually Don and Jay licensed the brand and manufacturing process to companies in Minnesota and Tennessee. In the early 1990's, the snack food business began to change with the addition of low fat and baked snack products. So they changed too. They began cooking their product in Sunflower Oil. This oil is low in saturated fat and tastes just ... However, many other programs and adjustments can be made to drive even more costs out of their system. Furthermore, they must make sure that their prices reflect premium positioning and make adjustments when applicable. Modernize Business Practices-Although the facility is modern, the systems are not. They must improve and invest time and money in their systems and people. Distribution: Grow Distribution Revenue in Arizona-As the premier distributor in ...
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