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Anheuser Busch Alcoholic Beverages
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1,457 wordsChesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns 1. 1 trillion cubic feet equivalent (the) of proved oil and gas reserves, one of the largest inventories of onshore U. S. natural gas {Chesapeake Annual Report, 1998, p. 1 }. Recently, Chesapeake finished the transformation from an aggressive exploration company focused on developing short-reserve life, to a lower-risk, longer reserve life natural gas producer. Chesapeake's operations are focused on develop...
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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences
1,641 wordsMandatory minimum drug sentences should be eliminated. First and foremost the mandatory minimum punishment that is given does not fit the crime. Second of all, Judges can not sentence below a mandatory minimum unless the defendant provides substantial assistance. The final reason that they should be eliminated is because they have a more of an impact on minorities. These are only a few of the reasons why mandatory minimum drug sentences should be taken away. The policy has become a debated topic...
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Athletic Footwear Sporting Goods
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Accidents Involving Probable Cause
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Apple Computer Quick Ratio
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Ice Cream Competitive Advantage
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Harley Davidson Merger And Acquisition
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Target Stores Target Corporation
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3,433 wordsWal-mart: A Case Study, Sam Walton and his Wal-Mart legacy Sam Walton, a leader with an innovative vision, started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. Through his savvy, and sometimes unusual, business practices, he and his associates led the company forward for thirty years. Today, four years after his death, the company is still growing steadily. Wal-Mart executives continue to rely on many of the traditional goals and philosophies that Sams lega...
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3,380 wordsToday, Farmland Industries Inc. Introduction Today, when we hear the slogans " better farming, better food, " or " proud to be farmer owned" one company comes to mind, Farmland Industries. We may think of this of this fortune 500 company as a leading agricultural powerhouse, which it is, however, it was not always that way. Background Farmland Industries Inc. was founded by Howard A. Cowden, who was born and raised in Southwestern Missouri. Cowden started young in the coopera...
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1,695 wordsA Financial Evaluation of General Electric Corporation David B. Preston, Sr. Tampa College, Pinellas Campus Florida Metropolitan University Running Head: GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION General Electric Corporation 2 Abstract General Electric Corporation (GE) from a financial analysis presents itself as a strong corporation. The historical data reviewed revealed that it hash a stable past, with strong earnings and growth that has been consistent and which the company has been able to reproduce year...
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Wal Mart Stores Long Term Debt
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3,154 wordsThe Hudson? S Bay Company INTRODUCTION The Hudson's Bay Company is the oldest incorporated merchandising company in the world. The Bay has remained in business in North America after its incorporation on May 2, 1670 by the Royal Charter. The official title of the company is, The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay. This title is usually shortened to Hudson's Bay Company or, just the Bay. I was attracted to the Hudson's Bay Company because firstly, I am freque...
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Earnings Per Share Brokerage Firms
3,244 wordsProfiles in American Enterprise A. G. Edwards Inc. The industry for securities is undoubtedly an exciting and fast paced industry. This means that brokerage firms such as A. G. Edwards and Sons must always be watching the stock prices on every stock in the market so that they can give their clients maximum profit. When A. G. Edwards and Sons clients do well then in turn so does the brokerage firm. A. G. Edwards Inc. is not the biggest corporations in America, but yet it is still a very large cor...
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4,025 wordsWith an employee workforce of four, Sun Microsystems was incorporated in 1982 by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy. Originally began for Stanford University Network, Sun Microsystems has been a global leader in innovating products, services and support solutions for constructing and maintaining network computer systems. The first system built by Sun, the Sun- 1 was introduced in late 1982 and was a high performance, UNIX based computer constructed of inexpensive mat...
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