Until Dec 1978, the company maintained a capital structure of zero debt. In Dec 1978, the company obtained a $1 million loan @ 1.5% monthly from our bank in order to repurchase company's stocks from dissident shareholders. ... It experienced high profitability in 1960s due to booming automobile market and heavy defense spending associated with the Vietnam War. However, in mid 1970s, the company experienced a severe decline in sales and profitability due to plummeting automobile market affected by Arab oil embargo, high price of gasoline as well as massive reduction in defense spending pos...

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Personal Response for" The Other Drug War" After watching the video "The Other Drug War", I was deeply surprised by "The Other Drug War" debate. I never noticed the battle between the consumers and pharmaceutical companies before. ... The pharmaceutical companies spend massive amounts of money advertising. ... I don't think advertising is important for drug companies. ... In addition, drug companies should change their way of thinking. ...

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"Bacardi: The Hidden War" After reading "Bacardi: The Hidden War", it is very important to say that the discovery and production of Bacardi rum meant more than a profit for Cuba; it engaged the country in a hidden war that still lives today. ... To understand better the anti-Cuba activities launched by the mentioned rum company, it is meaningful to talk slightly about its history. ... The investors of the Bacardi Company decided to set connections with the United States, and the CIA was the entity directly involved. ... After taking a look at al the attempts made by Bacardi Company, CIA, a...

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The Hershey Chocolate Company's entrance into the confectionary world occurred at the beginning of the 20th century, following the decision of Milton Hershey, a candy manufacturer, to add a layer of milk chocolate to a line of his company's caramels. ... It has been associated with American patriotism due to its contribution of chocolate bars during wars, called Ration D bars. The company has experienced continued rapid growth and development as a representative of Americana, despite of and especially during hard times. ... The company has always been risk-averse in terms of its a...

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Before Wilson's announcement of war, the United States had taken several social, military, and economic steps to ensure the United States was prepared to fight the "war to end all wars." ... Quick effective action was needed to win the war. ... The War Industries Board met all these needs. ... For example when strikes threatened telephone and telegraph companies, the government simply seized the company and ran it. ... Only nominal actions were taken prior to Wilson's actual declaration of war to organize the United States for their war against Germany. ...

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Nineteen forty-five set the end of World War II. ... Nonetheless, the war had left its mark on numerous countries, especially the USA. ... The war not only affected whites, but also affected black people in America as well. ... The war also shaped the economy in various ways both during and after the war. Companies that had been previously dormant were now overflowing with activity. ...

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The cola war will spread into the non-carbonated beverages and the emerging international market. ... Company Analysis: 1) Strengths and Weakness 1. ... So the wars are not only constrained for the two giants, but also take in new players. ... With respect to price plan, sales promotion, sales effort and advertising, the two companies maintain balanced in fighting the cola wars. Just as mentioned in the case, "it is in companies" mutual best interest not to destroy the domestic market." ...

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These inevitable external circumstances forced the company to modify its goals. To better understand the company's objectives, we first have to focus on the company's background. This way we will have a better image of the company. ... Furthermore, in 1990 and 1991 due to a recession and the Gulf War, demand for air travel dropped drastically. For this reason, fare wars started and caused all the airlines to incur massive losses. ...

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With the Civil War over, there was another war to be fought. This war, although not physical, was a war to reconstruct the union and rebuild the failing economy. ... The Civil War was a defensive war for the south. ... The transcontinental railroad led the way for various new railroad companies to develop. ... Jay Cooker, a banker from Philadelphia, helped to finance the railroads when he took over the transcontinental line, the Northern Pacific; however, Cooke outran his investments and in 1873 his company went bankrupt. ...

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On television and radio I hear how large financial companies become bankrupt because of greed and many investors loss all their savings put into the company. ... Why do companies create scams to gain greater investments? ... Every company wants to be successful but sometimes misfortunes can occur and in order to prevent bankruptcy Enron and other companies self-indulgence for money lead to the demise of their companies and to significant job loss. ... That's all these oil companies care about, nothing else! ... Bush declared war on Iraq many thought that he only did this to have complete ...

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Attack on Cuba Would Mean Nuclear War, the Soviet government speaks to all governments during the Cold War in 1962. ... Cuba was affected socially by the cold war. ... " Guatemala was affected politically by the Cold War. ... Operation PBSUCCESS occurred when, In response to the expropriation of idle farmland assets, the United Fruit Company asked the US Governments of presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower to act diplomatically, economically, and militarily against Guatemalan President Árbenz Guzmán. ... Guatemala was economically affected by the Cold War. ...

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By 1930, eight large companies dominated the film industry. ... It is also shocking that almost all of these companies are still on top of the film industry. ... Disney is one of the biggest companies today. ... The film studios were hard-hit during the war, but even the devastation of the war and the reforms of American occupation could not loosen the major companies" stranglehold on the industry. ... Once the war was over, black-market profiteering ran unchecked. ...

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In our case, we used the strategy of primarily buying unpopular companies because we figured that by doing so, the companies stocks would slowly rise as they became more commonly known. ... This company gave us a profit of $363.00. ... The third most profitable company for our portfolio is STONERIDGE. ... The cause for this fall was the rapid increase in gas prices due to the War on Terror. ... Our second worst drop, was our investment in the company EBay. ...

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Religion has played a key role in wars and death. ... This conflict has been marked by six bloody wars. ... Charlemagne he made his wars of aggression definitely religious wars. ... New York: Henry Holt and Company Wells, H.G. 1949. ... U.S.A: Doubleday & Company Wells, H.G. 1925. ...

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Cold War To be or not to be, digital that is. ... It is a cold war that will eventually come to and end. ... Picture an accountant trying to do their financial duties to a company. ... Computers run most schools and companies but we still don't learn to type in grammar school. ...

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The British East India Company was a trading company. At one time the company was the leading power in India. ... The Spanish American War was a 5-month war dealing with Cuba. ... When pleas to Queen Victoria were unanswered, Opium grew into a war. The Opium War (1839-1842) resulted in the Treaty of Nanking (1842). ...

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The Food War It is finally the Christmas time, the holiday that you have been longed for! ... Although the biotechnological food companies claim there are researches on the possible hazards due to the GM ingredients, a report prepared for the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee states that the current scientific tools are not reliable to assess the long-term consequence of such elements on humans' health; then, does not that mean there is no guarantee that these foods are safe and beneficial to humans? ...

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When Perry's profile does not turn up, Richard is assigned to Charlie Company and will begin to go on patrols. ... He says the war is different now. ... The army forms immense bonds between soldiers in a company, which is almost brother-like. This book showed me that the Vietnam War was a horrible and questionable war. ... Charlie Company was a great group of soldiers. ...

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The worlds first working machine gun was invented by an engineer named Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, the founder of Maxim Gun Company. ... Sir Maxims guns came in many different sizes and were primarily used during world war one. ... Can you picture war today without a rapid firing weapon? ... Since the 1800's to present, this weapon has been the key ingredient to successful war-time strategies. ...

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This war was called the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War. ... In 1774, the British government passed the Tea Act, which granted a monopoly of tea trade in the Americas to the East India Tea Company. ... There, they boarded the East India Tea Company ship and started throwing 90,000 pounds of tea overboard into the harbor. ... This act closed down Boston harbor until the East India Tea Company received compensation for the tea. ... The treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War. ...

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Philip Caputo, author of "A Rumor of War," was born in 1941. ... "A Rumor of War" is divided into three sections. ... The last section Caputo titled "In Death's Grey Land" and it is in this section when he gets reassigned to his rifle company. ... He states in his book that, "this is simply a story about war, about the things men do in war and the things war does to them." Caputo stated that his purpose of the book was just to inform American readers and all readers about the Vietnam War, including the whole ugly truth of the Vietnam War and wars in general. ...

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The gaming community worships specific companies and developers. ... But similar to religion, the different communities can co-mingle without incident if companies or developers are mutually shared. Companies that make games for both PC and console can bring together the group as a whole, in the case of the Call of Duty games. ... A common "holy war" is the fight between Microsoft and Sony. ... This is similar to religious wars today. ...

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His family moved to Winnipeg shortly before the war started. ... He then accepted an offer from a local Canadian company. ... He seemed to prefer the company of girls as well. ... Bishop decided to continue on as a pilot in the war. ... Bishop served all through the First World War. ...

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In 1857, many native soldiers (also known as sepoys), from the Indian army, rebelled against the British East India Company. ... The events of this rebellion, which is also known as 'India's first war of Independence' should be remembered as it led to permanent changes in how India was governed. ... After the 1857 rebellion, a new royal government that was under the rule of Queen Victoria replaced the East India Company. This meant that they took direct control over the former East India Company's territories and made some negotiations with the Indian Prices to bring them...

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Morgan one of the most highly prestige companies today. From my analysis of Ron Chernow's research on the Morgan Company, I believe the three most significant facts which turned the Morgan company into a banking powerhouse are the foundation of the House of Morgan through Joseph Morgan, the involvement in the industrial era, and the survival of the firm through decades of proper and depression. Throughout the Morgan history, the company increased its wealth and power gradually with each new Morgan partner that took head responsibility. ... (Jack) Morgan Jr., became senior partner, lead ...

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