...When the novel first started, I was quickly intrigued with where this plot was going. I knew there were going to be many questions along the way with learning about this world. I've never read a book set in a Dome before, and I found it quite interesting. As the story went on, and little by little things started to unfold, the excitement dwelled down. I wanted it to be a real page turner, with some kick ass action! There was so much potential for that, especially since the writing was well done. Your main character, Natalie was so head strong. She wanted the answers to her mothers plans, and she would have done anything to do so. Despite not getting much support around her, besides Evan – the Outsider she slowly falls in love with. Natalie...
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...Dividend policy theories (By Munene Laiboni) 1. Introduction: Dividend policy theories are propositions put in place to explain the rationale and major arguments relating to payment of dividends by firms. Firms are often torn in between paying dividends or reinvesting their profits on the business. Even those firms which pay dividends do not appear to have a stationary formula of determining the dividend payout ratio. Dividends are periodic payments to holders of equity which together with capital gains are the returns for investing in a firm’s stock. The prospect of earning periodic dividends and sustained capital appreciation are therefore the main drivers of investors’ decisions to invest in equity. In this paper, we explore various theories which have been postulated to explain dividend payment behavior of firms. Major Schools of thought: At the heart of the dividend policy theories discussion are two opposing schools of thought: One side holds that whether firms pay dividends or not is irrelevant in determining the stock price and hence the market value of the firm and ultimately its weighted cost of capital. In retrospect, the opposing side holds that firms which pay periodic dividends eventually tend to have higher stock prices, market values and cheaper WACCs. The existence of these two opposing sides has spawned vast amounts of empirical and theoretical research. Scholars on both sides of the divide appear relentless on showcasing the case for their arguments. Several...
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...9-709-462 REV: JANUARY 15, 2010 JUAN ALCACER DAVID COLLIS MARY FUREY The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire? In November 2005, Robert Iger, the newly appointed CEO of the Walt Disney Company, eagerly awaited the box office results of Chicken Little, the company’s second computer-generated (CG) feature film. He knew that, for Disney as a whole to be successful, he had to get the animation business right, particularly the new CG technology that was rapidly supplanting hand-drawn animation.1 Yet the company had been reliant on a contract with animation studio Pixar, which had produced hits such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, for most of its recent animated film revenue. And the co-production agreement, brokered during the tenure of his predecessor, Michael Eisner, was set to expire in 2006 after the release of Cars, the fifth movie in the five-picture deal. Unfortunately, contract renewal negotiations between Steve Jobs, CEO of Pixar, and Eisner had broken down in 2004 amid reports of personal conflict. When he assumed his new role, Iger reopened the lines of communication between the companies. In fact, he had just struck a deal with Jobs to sell Disneyowned, ABC-produced television shows—such as “Desperate Housewives”—through Apple’s iTunes Music Store.2 Iger knew that a deal with Pixar was possible; it was just a question of what that deal would look like. Did it make the most sense for Disney to simply buy Pixar? Walt Disney Feature Animation ...
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...Abstract Dividend represent a source of cash flow shareholder and provide information about the forms performance .some shareholders expect to receive dividends, others are content to see an increase in share prices rise and no dividends .this is guided by the firm dividend policy .This paper will discuss what is dividend, dividend policy and the various factors that affect dividend policy used in the dividend policy in an organization.. Reference will be made to metropolitan teachers Sacco in Kenya. Table of content Table of Contents Abstract 2 Table of content 3 1.0 Introduction 4 1.1 Metropolitan teachers Sacco 4 1.2 Financial system 5 1.2.1 Advantage of financial systems: VISUAL ASMAS 6 2.0 Dividend 7 3.0 Dividend Policy 9 3.1 How much to pay as dividend 10 3.2 When to pay dividend 11 4.0 Dividend policy theories 12 4.1 The Modigliani and Miller Theorem 12 4.2 The residual theory 14 4.3 The Gordon / Lintner (Bird-in-the-Hand) Theory 14 4.4 The Tax-Preference Theory 16 4.5The Agency 17 4.6 The Signalling 17 4.7 The Clientele Effect 18 REFERENCES 19 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Company profile: Metropolitan teachers Sacco Metropolitan Teachers SACCO Society was registered on 10th February 1977 as Kiambu Teachers SACCO and continued to operate as such until 2nd July 2009 when we were granted the change of name certification. Originally, the SACCO was intended to serve primary school teachers in Kiambu District, Central...
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...Twilight (series) |Twilight | |[pic] | |Complete set of the four books | |of the Twilight series and the spin-off novella, The Short Second Life of Bree| |Tanner. | |Twilight | |New Moon | |Eclipse | |Breaking Dawn | |Author |Stephenie Meyer | |Country |United States | |Language |English | |Genre |Romance, fantasy, young-adult fiction | |Publisher |Little, Brown and Company | |Published |2005–2008 | |Media type |Print | Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenage girl...
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...1.2 OBJECTIVES 1.2.1 General Objective: The primary objective of this project is to enable to learn about organizational behavior, in practice, and to use the knowledge to offer some evaluation of these activities. The main objective of the research is the communication barrier and its practices in Grameen Phone. 1.2.2 Project Objective: * To give detailed information about the Communication barrier; * To focus on the major activities of the Communication barrier practice in its department; * To show how these activities supports the organization overall strategy, and * how it is linked to other activities within the organization * To focus on the nature of, and triggers for, any changes in the activities over time; * To know the manager’s perception of the overall effectiveness of the activities; and * To focus on the extent and nature of any formal evaluation of the activity’s effectiveness. 1.3 METHODOLOGY 1.3.1 Primary Data: As it is a project work in a group we collect the data in a group. We use two method to collecting the data for our research purpose. We use quantitative (e.g. survey) and qualitative (e.g. face-to-face interviews; focus groups; site visits) Case studies both ways for our data collection. 1.3.2 Secondary Data: * Information was also taken from books and journals and also from Internet 1.4 LIMITATIONS 1.4.1 Lack of desire to serve the actual information: The major...
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...The society has become too weak and corrupted to sustain itself – it is a “world without balls” as Leone himself put it (Cumbow 2008: 12). Although Leone is often credited for reinventing the western,*7* it would be more precise and pertinent to say that he reformed it, much the same way as Luther reformed the Church by taking it back to its supposed origins. Spaghetti westerns were not a “new” kind of western, they were western taken back to its roots – a clear-cut story of a frontier hero establishing order in a lawless society, based on nothing else than his own private judgement and virtue. However, The Man with No Name is strikingly different from the traditional western hero. He is a dishevelled and solitary outsider, a morally ambiguous antihero. He employs much the same methods as those he is standing up against and does not hesitate to resort to violence. The violence of Leone’s westerns is at the same time extremely graphic and highly stylised and symbolic. This underscores the simple, brutal and unmediated nature of justice. The Man with No Name does not need to listen to arguments or opinions, he does not need to determine what is right or reasonable, he simply delivers the justice – as he is himself the law. This was the ethos that became a virtual trademark of Clint Eastwood, carrying on to his own...
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...Enron Corp.: Credit Sensitive Notes Solution Posted on January 28, 2013 by admin — No Comments ↓ This case investigates an innovative bond issue by Enron. The coupon on the bond is indexed to the company’s credit rating, making it a credit derivative structure.« Hide by Sanjiv Das, Stephen Lynagh Source: Harvard Business School 16 pages. Publication date: Feb 28, 1997. Prod. #: 297099-PDF-ENG Case Study 2 – Enron and Arthur Andersen Enron Corporation Case Study 2 – Enron and Arthur Andersen Enron Corporation began as a small natural gas distributor and over the course of 15 years grew to become the seventh largest company in the United States. Soon after the federal deregulation of natural gas pipelines in 1985, Enron was born by the merging of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, a Nebraska pipeline company. Initially, Enron was merely involved in the distribution of gas, but it later became a market maker in facilitating the buying and selling of futures of natural gas, electricity, broadband, and other products. However, Enron’s continuous growth eventually came to an end as a complicated financial statement fraud and multiple scandals sent Enron through a downward spiral to bankruptcy. During the 1980s several major national energy corporations began lobbying Washington to deregulate the energy business. Their claim was that the extra competition resulting from a deregulated market would benefit both businesses and consumers. Consequently, the national government began...
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...University. His first novel, Trainspotting (1993), a blackly comic portrait of a group of young heroin users living in Edinburgh in the 1980s, was adapted as a film directed by Danny Boyle in 1996. The Acid House, a collection of short stories, was published in 1994 and was followed by Welsh's second novel, Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), a harrowing stream-of-consciousness narrated by football hooligan Roy Strang. Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, a collection of three novellas, was published in 1996, and a third novel, Filth, a vivid account of the violent adventures of a bigoted, racist and corrupt Scottish policeman, was published in 1998. Glue (2001), is the story of four boys growing up in an Edinburgh housing estate. Porno, a sequel to Trainspotting, was published in 2002. Welsh is also the author of two plays, Headstate (1994) and You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998). 4 Play, an omnibus edition of four stage adaptations of Welsh's fiction by Harry Gibson and Keith Wyatt, was published in 2001. His screenplay of The Acid House was directed for Channel 4 Films by Paul McGuigan (1998). His journalism includes a column for Loaded magazine and occasional articles for The Guardian. He is also a DJ and has recorded a single with rock group Primal Scream. In February 2003 Irvine Welsh began writing a Monday column for the Daily Telegraph. “His Language”: “When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn...
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...Good to Great “Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t" Harper Business, 2001, New York, NY. Review BySwarup Bose © www.hrfolks.com All Rights Reserved Table of Contents About the Author……………………………………….3 Thesis…………………………………………………...3 Chapter 1. Good is the Enemy of Great……………...4 Chapter 2.Level 5 Leadership………………………..5 Chapter 3. First Who….Then what…………………..6 Chapter 4. Confront the brutal facts…………………7 Chapter 5. Hedgehog Concept………………………9 Chapter 6. Cultural Discipline……………………….10 Chapter 7. Technological Accelerators…………….11 Chapter 8. The Flywheel And the Doom Loop…….12 Chapter 9. From Good To great To built to Last…..14 Learnings from Good to great……………………….15 Critique…………………………………………………16 . © www.hrfolks.com All Rights Reserved About the Author : Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has co-authored three books, including the classic Built to Last, a fixture on the Business Week bestseller list for s eliminated wasteful luxuries, like executive dining rooms, corporate jets, lavish vacation spots, etc., for the good of the co mpany - to other people, external factors, and good luck. All 11 of the featured companies had this type of leadership, charactmulti-year research projects and works with executives from the private, public...
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...Ch r i s t i n e Ro e ll Intercultural Training with Films ilms are a great medium to use not only to practice English, but also to facilitate intercultural learning. Today English is a global language spoken by people from many countries and cultural backgrounds. Since culture greatly impacts communication, it is helpful for teachers to introduce lessons and activities that reveal how different dialects, forms of address, customs, taboos, and other cultural elements influence interaction among different groups. Numerous films contain excellent examples of intercultural communication and are highly useful resources for teachers. Additional reasons for teachers to incorporate films in class and encourage their students to watch movies in English include: • Films combine pleasure and learning by telling a story in a way that captures and holds the viewer’s interest. • Films simultaneously address different senses and cognitive channels. For example, spoken language is supported by visual elements that make it easier for students to understand the dialogues and the plot. • Students are exposed to the way people actually speak. 2 2010 N u m b e r F • Films involve the viewers, appeal to their feelings, and help them empathize with the protagonists. • DVDs usually come with subtitles in English, which facilitates understanding and improves reading skills. After discussing the importance of teaching intercultural communication and suggesting films that match specific cultural...
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...Domino’s Pizza Executive summary: Domino’s Pizza is a most important pizza shop in UK and in the world serving one of the best quality pizzas while establishing and maintaining the health standards by using freshly made dough and other products. The plan was to make Domino’s Pizza a well-known brand and to be the first choice for pizza lovers. Domino’s Pizza aim is to produce different multiplicity of pizza and allow customers to customise their own choice of pizzas by offering them variety of toppings. While making their own selection of pizzas with a reasonable price and making important offers attracting in new customers. Domino’s quickly became the premium pizza takeaway, serving locals and focusing on all categories of people (student, family, alone person ...). An exciting menu of 14 different pizzas with an option of having four diverse range of dough. The main aim of Domino’s pizza is to make best quality pizzas and offer best value for the customer, so their values are summed up: “Sell more pizza, have more fun!” Mission: The mission of Domino’s Pizza is to be the best pizza delivery company in the world. Domino’s offers the finest customer services. So, Domino’s pizza has a passion to serve delicious pizzas. Vision: Domino’s Pizza wants to be the pizza first choice in the world that is says to detain half of pizza’s market. They aim to open 50 new stores each year. So today, they are working towards their goal of opening 1,000 stores by 2017. Objectives:...
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...(c) Bedford/St. Martin's bedfordstmartins.com 1-457-62096-0 / 978-1-457-62096-6 SOUNDS AND IMAGES Movies and the Impact of Images 187 Early Technology and the Evolution of Movies 192 The Rise of the Hollywood Studio System 195 The Studio System’s Golden Age 205 The Transformation of the Studio System 209 The Economics of the Movie Business 215 Popular Movies and Democracy In every generation, a film is made that changes the movie industry. In 1941, that film was Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane. Welles produced, directed, wrote, and starred in the movie at age twenty-five, playing a newspaper magnate from a young man to old age. While the movie was not a commercial success initially (powerful newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, whose life was the inspiration for the movie, tried to suppress it), it was critically praised for its acting, story, and directing. Citizen Kane’s dramatic camera angles, striking film noir–style lighting, nonlinear storytelling, montages, and long deep-focus shots were considered technically innovative for the era. Over time, Citizen Kane became revered as a masterpiece, and in 1997 the American Film Institute named it the Greatest American Movie of All Time. “Citizen Kane is more than a great movie; it is a gathering of all the lessons of the emerging era of sound,” film critic Roger Ebert wrote.1 CHAPTER 6 ○ MOVIES 185 (c) Bedford/St. Martin's bedfordstmartins.com 1-457-62096-0 / 978-1-457-62096-6 MOVIES A generation later...
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...John Green The Fault in Our Stars BACKGROUND INFO BACKGROUND AUTHOR BIO Full Name: John Michael Green Date of Birth: August 24th, 1977 Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana Brief Life Story: John Green was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Immediately after his birth, Green’s parents moved to Orlando, Florida. During his youth, he attended Lake Highland Preparatory School, a boarding school near Birmingham, Alabama. Later, he attended Kenyon College where he graduated in 2000 with a double major in English and Religious Studies. After graduating from Kenyon, Green worked in a children’s hospital while he enrolled in divinity school with the intention of becoming an Episcopal Priest. He never attended divinity school, however, because his experience working in the hospital with children suffering from life-threatening illnesses inspired him to become a writer. He lived in Chicago for several years, writing book reviews, writing for radio, and working in publishing. During this time he wrote his first novel, Looking for Alaska (2005) to immediate, and increasing, success. He followed that first novel with An Abundance of Katherines (2006), Paper Towns (2008), and The Fault in Our Stars (2012), which reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for children. Green currently lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two kids, where he continues to write, produce videos, and speak publicly about an array of topics. chronicle his artistic journey in making the film adaption of his novel...
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