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O.M. Scott and Company, 2007.
This paper provides a profile and case study of O.M. Scott and Company.
1,463 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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In this article, the writer explains that the O.M. Scott leveraged buyout case was an example of 1980s creative financing, in which a large corporation in deep debt was able to not only be bought out by a company it then took over, but gained momentum and credit credibility. The writer further explains that O.M. Scott manufactures, markets and sells lawn care and garden products; and provides garden maintenance services. The writer points out that O.M. Scott & Sons was sold and became a closely held company following the war, when, in 1971, it was bought out by ITT. O.M. Scott & Sons remained within the conglomerate until 1986. In this article, the writer looks at related problems and discusses possible alternative courses of action.
Outline:
Introduction
Background of Company
History
Analysis of Case
Major Problems
Alternative Course of Action
Analysis of Alternatives
Conclusion
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"At the end of fiscal 1961, Scott and its subsidiaries had $16.2 million of long-term debt outstanding, $12 million in renewable five-year subordinated notes of the parent company held by four insurance companies and a trustee, and $4.2 million in publicly held bonds owed by Scotts Chemical Plant, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary."
"The governing loan indenture limited the company's maximum outstanding debt to an amount not greater than three times the company's "equity working capital" as of the preceding March 31. The note indenture restricted outstanding subordinated notes to only 60% of maximum allowed debt. The agreement also required that Scott be free of bank debt for 60 consecutive days each year and that the company earn before taxes one and a half times its fixed financial charges, including interest on funded and unfunded debt, amortization of debt discount, and rentals on leased properties."
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M. Scott Peck's "The Road Less Traveled", 2003.
This paper analyzes M. Scott Peck's theories in his book "The Road Less Traveled".
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses M. Scott Peck's theories of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth in his 2003 book, "The Road Less Traveled". The author relates that Peck's theories include individuals taking responsibility for healing.
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"Promising no easy answers to life's problems or the processes of mental and spiritual growth, M. Scott Peck opens his book on love values and spiritual growth "The Road Less Taken" with the following statement 'Life is not easy.'"
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The O.J. Simpson and Scott Petersen Trials, 2005.
A brief look at the similarities and differences in the two trials.
1,645 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the O.J. Simpson trial, where former football star, O.J. Simpson, was accused of murdering his wife and then found innocent of the charges, and the Scott Petersen trial, where Petersen was accused of murdering his wife and unborn child and subsequently found guilty of the charges. The paper analyzes the two trials, looks at why the verdicts of the two juries were different, and describes what the author of the paper believes to be weaknesses in the U.S. judicial system.
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"The Scott Peterson trial has provoked as much debate around America as OJ Simpson's trial did a few years ago. The similarities between the two cases are remarkable. However, there are also important differences: OJ caught his wife with her lover, while Scott Peterson killed (or so it would seem) his pregnant wife to be with his mistress. They both committed a double murder, but the decisions of the two juries were opposite. This fact was caused by multiple factors."
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Prudential Insurance Company Of America, 2002.
Analysis of the Prudential Insurance Company, past and present.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, £ 38.95
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Analysis o the Prudential Insurance Company, past and present. Its history and expansion from life insurance to other fields. Overview of the company within the insurance industry. Types of policies and products. Financial services and banking. Investments and the company acting as a brokerage firm. Real estate division. Discusses profit margin based on 1999 Financial Review of the Company. Potential for going public & its impact. Comparison with competition.
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"An Analysis of Prudential
History of the Company
According to Chapin (1950), the company was founded by John Dryden in 1875 as the Prudential Friendly Society, with the business model of selling life insurance policies for the standard premium of 3 cents a week, or $1.56 per year. The company changed the name to the Prudential Insurance Company of America, and expanded sales from Newark, N.J. to New York and Philadelphia. By 1885 one million policies had been sold. The company history on Hoover's Corporate Profiles points out that Prudential added ordinary whole life insurance in 1886 and, by 1900, the firm was selling more than 2,000 such policies annually and had 3,000 agents in eight states.
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Crime Reporting from 8:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., 2002.
This paper looks at the roots of crime reporting in America and compares it to contemporary society, addressing the issues of cultural identity and the merging of entertainment with news in today?s electronic world.
3,048 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 61.95
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The writer traces news from the Penny Press to the Present Press, showing how crime has evolved to become the most important feature in written or electronically produced news. To simplify: crime is news. Printed news about crime and justice is nearly as old as the printed word itself.
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"New York, 1841: Mary Rogers' body has just been discovered. Rarely do the editorial pages codemn the lack of crime control in the city; instead the papers are either fictionalizing the crime and making up stories to fit the facts or extrapolating from the crime and using the story to represent the city itself. James Gordon Bennett was the editor of the New York Herald and a symbol in journalism for sensationalism and libelous reporting. He has been noted as ?the principal figure in the rise of the new urban journalism and the creation of the Mary Rogers story?. His and other newspapers followed the saga of the story, and along with it delved into the issues that surrounded the case: it appeared that Mary had gone to have an abortion; it came out that she had been seen with several different suitors; she was a working woman who helped run a boarder house; all of these issues that were central to the crime itself were expanded in the newspapers to represent the whole city, with ?Mary herself serving as an extended metaphor for the city.? "
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Developing Community: "The Different Drum", 2008.
An examination of M. Scott Peck's insights into community building as set forth in his book "The Different Drum."
1,128 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper discusses "The Different Drum," in which M. Scott Peck relates how he first developed a sense of community in his own life and then seeks to apply the lessons learned to global issues. The writer examines Peck's rules for community-making and the relationship that Peck sees between community building, religion and international peace. The writer concludes with a definition of religion and notes that Peck's ideal of a more integrated religious community worldwide could provide grounds for agreement on many issues in international relations.
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"The role of religion in international conflict is far too often as a motivating force bringing about such conflict. Peck (1987) says this is because world views are religions and make all wars into "holy wars." To move away from this situation, it is necessary to distinguish between true and false religions: "Otherwise the only standards will be those that can win out over the others on a bloody battlefield" (p. 240)."
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Dred Scott vs. John F.A. Sandford, 2000.
Discusses the events leading up to the Dred Scott vs. Sandford case, in which Scott, the slave, sued his new owner, John Sandford, for freedom.
1,171 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper begins by describing Dred Scott's quest for freedom and the potential impact of the case rulings. The paper shows why Scott believed he should be free and this belief eventually led to a lawsuit against Scott's new owner, John F.A. Sanford. The case was finally brought up in the Supreme Court. The paper shows how the decision of Chief Justice Taney determined the case's outcome - and the fate of the United States.
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"Dred Scott was a Virginian slave born at the turn of the 19th century, who felt that he had a right to freedom for having lived in free territories for an extended period of time. He, in the debate about whether or not he deserved his freedom, would be the cause of many troubles before the Civil War in the United States. His case and press for liberty were extremely complex, and the Supreme Court?s response was rather typical of its era. Nevertheless, the decision was immensely important as it sealed the fate of the Civil War, angering northerners and pleasing southerners, and consequently further dividing the country. In this case Chief Justice Roger Taney delivered several rulings made on what were considered to be facts regarding equality."
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E-Learning With an M, 2006.
This paper examines a relatively new learning technique: Mobile (m)- learning, which is being developed to complement classroom learning by promoting thinking skills, processes and the application of learning in real world contexts.
1,008 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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The writer of this paper explores the effectiveness as well as the development of the m-learning system. The m-learning project is 64 million Euro, three year, pan-European research and development program supported by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies program. The main distinction between electronic (e)-learning and m-learning is one of accessibility, affordability and portability. The m-learning project has demonstrated that this method of learning can be used as more than just a personal enhancement tool. This paper details how competitive and collaborative learning activities can be activated when conducted with a media board. This paper also discusses the downside of this new technology. According to experts, before the full potential of m-learning's rich content can be realized, the limited memory of mobile devices must be addressed.
Table of Contents:
M-Learning Philosophy
Remote Field Trips
The Technical Challenge
References
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"The m-Learning Project has demonstrated that m-learning can be used as more than just a personal enhancement tool. Competitive and collaborative learning activities can be activated when conducted with a Media Board. This tool allows users to divide their mobile phone/PDA screens into sectors containing various projects and communicators. Users send comments consisting of text, audio, pictures, and e-mails tailored to the sectors' different interests and levels. Comments may relate to solving problems competitively, communicating with team members collectively by phone, sending multimedia information to the Media Board, and editing the information on the Media Board into a complete multimedia presentation."
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Sandra Day O?Connor, 2004.
This paper discusses the life and achievements of Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O?Connor.
4,190 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 77.95
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This paper discusses that, as the first woman named Justice to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O?Connor made history because she broke the ?glass ceiling?; the bench of the Supreme Court was formally reserved exclusively for men. The author points out that, as a pragmatist, O?Connor normally begins reviewing a case by first inductively discovering the decisional principles by reading selected opinions and internal memos covering a full range of issues. This paper concludes that, although not everyone always agrees with her opinions, assessments, and style, no one questions her diligence and integrity; Sandra Day O?Connor is considered to be the most influential woman in America.
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"She later took up a course with a major on economics at Stanford University with the intention of using that knowledge in operating a ranch of her own or the Lazy-B ranch itself. When her family encountered a dispute over the ranch, she began to have an interest in law and enrolled at the Stanford Law School after finishing baccalaureate degree in economics, magna cum laude, in 1950. Instead of the traditional three years, she took only two to finish law and then served as editor of the Stanford Law Review until she became a member of the Order of the Coif, a legal honor society (US Supreme Court). She met John O?Connor at this time, who was then also attending law school. Sandra graduated from law school in 1952, again with honors as third in a class of 102. The first placer was William H. Rehnquist, who was to be the Chief Justice. Then she and John were married."
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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), 2005.
This paper examines some of the key elements in the negotiations of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
3,435 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 67.95
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This paper explains that mergers and acquisitions require a step-by-step process in order to be successful but, even then, the failure rate is astounding. The author points out that due diligence and in-house auditors must be used to make sure that the corporate cultures and compensation schemes of the target and acquirer companies are relatively close in structure or at least compatible because a failure to do so will torpedo the M&A at a very early stage. The paper relates that, from an international perspective, the acquirer must be aware of the target's national laws regarding taxation, work weeks and other human resources issues.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Steps
Step 1: Goal Identification
Step 2: (If Sale) Packaging and Marketing
Step 3: If Acquisition Moving Forward, then Analysis and Structuring
Step 4: Negotiation
Step 5: Due Diligence
Step 6: Contract Negotiations
Step 7: Closing
Issues that Arise in M&A Negotiation
What Steps Make M&A Negotiations Successful
Differences in Negotiation in the U.S. and Abroad
Conclusion
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"One such summary tool asks the involved executives to prepare a potential target list detailing companies, their contacts, history, products/markets, differentia versus competitors, funding and financials (including revenues and profits, if known), employees, sales structure and any notes or source-citation, plus details on the current relationship with their own company. The other primary work product at this stage is a company overview of each target candidate that matches these criteria - carefully describing each company in greater detail including all of the above elements, plus its founders/investors, a summary of its acquisitions-criteria fit and an explanation of why this company is appealing under the current circumstances, plus, of course, a SWOT analysis."
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Othello and 'O', 2006.
This paper compares William Shakespeare's play "Othello" to the motion picture "O" directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
1,573 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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In this paper, the writer discusses that William Shakespeare's 'Othello' emits a vision of evil that is altered in Tim Blake Nelson's cinematic interpretation, 'O', due to several changes in sociological settings. Such changes occur in the portrayal of Iago's social life, in particular family, friends and drugs, which in turn leads to a difference in mental states between 'Othello''s Iago and 'O''s Hugo. The writer points out that the shifting of what is to blame for their evilness results in different sources of evil between the movie and the play. The writer maintains that it can be said that the source of evil in the film 'O' is society, in other words nurture. The writer concludes that the fact that William Shakespeare doesn't give any explanation for why Iago is the evil person he has come to be, means that Shakespeare believes evil is a force of nature.
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"This is the only real contact they had with each other throughout the movie. Iago is also friends with other characters such as Gratiano and Lodovico while Hugo's relationship with his fellow teammates isn't evident in the movie. Another significant difference is that Cassio, while Othello's lieutenant and most trusted comrade, is not his best friend off the battlefield. Iago is and he knows it. Conversely, Hugo thinks O is better friends with Mike, since O is always more enthusiastic and excited around Mike than Hugo, probably because of the basketball bond. This lack of friendship causes Hugo to be isolated and feel like no one likes him or even acknowledges him. Moreover, this pushes Hugo to begrudge those around him, especially O and Desie.
"Hugo takes drugs for a couple reasons. He takes steroids to keep up with O and to be noticed on the basketball court and does cocaine to help him deal with school, sports and the people around him."
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Flannery O?Connor: ?A Good Man is Hard to Find?, 2002.
This paper analyzes Flannery O?Connor?s short story ?A Good Man is Hard to Find?.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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The author reviews Flannery O?Connor?s short story ?A Good Man is Hard to Find?. She states that O?Connor?s writing reflects her Southern and Catholic traditions. Although she cannot be read as part of the feminist literary tradition, O?Connor is important to contemporary American fiction.
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"The words of the grandmother might seem sentimental, were she not speaking to a man who is a homicidal killer, about to blow her away to ?kingdom come.? ?A Good Man is Hard to Find? depicts a rather repulsive young family, including June Star who ?wouldn?t live in a broken-down place? for a ?million bucks? and the rather irritating grandmother. (7) But because the grandmother is able to see some brief snatch of humanity in the ?Misfit? who eventually kills her, O?Connor bestows her with a kind of grace in terms of the narrative?s judgment."
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Flannery O?Connor: ?A Good Man is Hard to Find?, 2002.
This paper analyzes Flannery O?Connor?s short story ?A Good Man is Hard to Find?.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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The author reviews Flannery O?Connor?s short story ?A Good Man is Hard to Find?. She states that O?Connor?s writing reflects her southern and Catholic traditions. Although she cannot be read as part of the feminist literary tradition, O?Connor is important to contemporary American fiction.
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"The words of the grandmother might seem sentimental, were she not speaking to a man who is a homicidal killer, about to blow her away to ?kingdom come.? ?A Good Man is Hard to Find? depicts a rather repulsive young family, including June Star who ?wouldn?t live in a broken-down place? for a ?million bucks? and the rather irritating grandmother. (7) But because the grandmother is able to see some brief snatch of humanity in the ?Misfit? who eventually kills her, O?Connor bestows her with a kind of grace in terms of the narrative?s judgment."
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Flannery O?Connor, 2004.
This paper discusses two stories by Flannery O?Connor, ?Revelation? and ?Everything that Rises Must Converge?.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper examines the characters in ?Revelation? and ?Everything that Rises Must Converge? and the way O?Connor uses them to illustrate the absurdity of self-absorption and arrogance. The author points out that both stories illustrate how O?Connor uses everyday circumstances and people to make her points. Some individuals never fully grasp the extent of their prejudice; on the other hand, others do, but only after a shocking jolt of reality. The paper concludes that, by crafting realistic characters that experience radical situations, O?Connor illustrates the frailty and the strength of the human will.
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"In the story ?Revelation,? the character of observation is Mrs. Turpin, who believes she is a good person. However, as we read the story, we become aware that Mrs. Turpin?s value system leaves much to be desired. We discover that she determines an individual?s worth by race or how much property an individual owns. In fact, we are told that she lies in bed at night ?naming the classes of people? (O?Connor 405). However, her system is flawed because she has difficulty ?classifying common people who had a lot of money ?who ought to be below she and Claud? (405), good people who had lost their money and ?colored people who owned their homes and land? (405-6). These thoughts illustrate Mrs. Turpin?s shallow thinking."
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