...Memorandum To: Reader From: Date: July 11, 2014 Re: Violation of SEC Rule 10-b-5 of the Federal statue Summary Aquaman is president of a marine research company called "Underwater Leagues, Inc." On April 1, the research director of Underwater Leagues tells Aquaman that they've come up with "Oxygum," a means of breathing underwater by chewing a special kind of gum. Aquaman knows a great product when he hears it. He delays announcing the invention to the public so that he can buy all the stock he can get his hands on. He buys 50,000 shares of Underwater Leagues, at $10 a share. After the announcement, the share price skyrockets to $50 per share. a) If the shareholders bring a derivative action against Aquaman, what federal law should they accuse Aquaman of having violated (i.e., which federal statute)? b) Did Aquaman actually violate that statute? Explain. c) If Aquaman were found to have violated that statute, what remedy would the shareholders be able to seek (i.e., how much money would Aquaman be liable for. Issue First issue: (1) Pursuant to what federal statute would the shareholders claim Aquaman violated, and was he truly in violation of that statute? Rule Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b, prohibit any person, directly or indirectly, from committing fraud in connection with the sale or purchase of securities. 17 CFR § 240.10b-5 (2014) is entitled “Employment of Manipulative and Deceptive Practices." It...
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...question number 4, if answered Public Transportation please go to question number 5.) 4.) How likely are you willing to carpool? a. Very likely b. Likely c. No change d. Less likely e. Not likely at all 5.) Do you shop at other outlets in the area? If yes please answer question number 6, if no go to question number 7. a. Yes b. No 6.) Please rank the shopping centers from best to worst – (with 1 representing the best) Paragon Outlets Hacienda Shopping Center Stoneridge Mall Livermore Plaza 7.) I will be stopping at Paragon outlets instead of the other malls in the area. a. Strongly agree b. Agree c. Somewhat agree d. Disagree e. Strongly disagree 8.) Why would you shop at the Outlet? a. Shopping b. Food c. Entertainment d. Other 9.) When will you be visiting the Outlet? a. Morning b. Lunchtime c. Afternoon d. Evening e. Weekend 10.) How many times do you visit a mall or shopping center in a month? a. 0-1 b. 2-5 c. 6-9 d. 10-14 e. 15+ 11.) Do you believe there is a benefit shopping at a mall vs. at local stores a. Yes b. No c. Don’t shop at local stores 12.) Impact of Outlet on online shopping a. Less Likely b. No effect c. More Likely d. No Answer 13.) On a scale of 1 to 5 rate if you think the...
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...RESEARCH PAPER A Comparative Study of BTL in Building up the Brand In Indian Spirit Market In Case Of Royal Challenge against Royal Stag Whisky Praveer Gupta The main objective of the working paper is to understand the performance of Royal Challenge Whisky since its inception and to measure the potential of Royal Challenge brand as a premium segment whisky. This also explains the role of BTL strategies carried out so far and a few consumer insights about the market so as to forecast its position. Page | 1 RESEARCH PAPER Abstract Royal Challenge Whisky brand was launched in 1886 by Shaw Wallace & company. The brand had a healthy growth of about 10 percent till 2005 when the company was bought by the country’s largest spirit maker United Spirits Limited. RC had sales above one million cases in the year 2003-04 with a market share of 56 percent in the premium segment whisky which had grown to 65 percent at the end of December 2003 in competition with UB Spirits Division’s Signature Whisky and Seagram’s Blenders Pride. Over the year, UB kept working on the brand to bring up the same position by various marketing activities like linking the brand with IPL cricket Team (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and an associate sponsor of India's first Formula 1 team Force India etc. In 2014, Diageo bought majority stake in USL and came up with pricing strategy to decrease the prices in order to retain the market share, while other companies such as Pernod Ricard...
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...Homework – Grade 7 Week of 10/21 – 10/25 Monday, 10/21 Tuesday, 10/22 Wednesday, 10/23 Thursday, 10/24 Wksh: Power to a Power (p 2) Wksh: Division with Exponents (p 3) Wksh: Mixed Review (p 4) Study for test. Complete review sheet. Friday, 10/25 Test in class. Print out next week’s hw assignments. Have a great weekend. Topics covered for the week Power to a power Division with exponents Textbook Additional help can be found in Chapter 1: pp 10 – 13 Chapter 4: pp 194 – 203 Chapter 9: pp 453 – 457 and p 822 Chapter 12: pp 674 – 678 Test Topics Intro to exponents/meaning of exponents Exponents with a zero power Negative exponents Exponents with similar bases Power to a power Division with exponents 1 Name _________________________ Date __________________________ Math Period ______ Power to a Power Expand each of the following expressions. 1) (2rm3)2 2) (– 4a2) – 3 3) (– 3m2p3)2 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Simplify. Write all exponents as positive if necessary. 4) (5x2)3 5) (xy3) – 5 (x2)4 • (– 3x6)4 6) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7) (6x2y3)3 8) (– 2mn5)5 9) (4x2)2 • (3y)2 Mixed Review. Simplify. (All answers must have positive exponents) 10) – (m4)3 11) – 3x0 12) – (xy)0 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 13) xy0 14) (– m4)3 15) ( ) –3 _______...
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...Customer number 1 Interested in a Camera Photo • What is your age? 38 • What is your gender? Male • What is your household size? 2 people • What is your household income? $40,000.00 • What is your profession? Handling heavy machinery • What is your education level? High School Diploma Psychographic Questions • What did you find interesting about this product? It’s capability of taking photos • What are your thoughts about the product? It has a great resolution Buying Pattern Questions • Do you ever purchase electronics? YES • Where do you go when you are looking for electronics? On Web • How often do you purchase electronics? Once in a while • How long does it take you to make a buying decision? A few days • What is your typical budget for electronics? $200-$500 • How far would you travel to make the purchase? Around Windsor Benefits Questions • What features do you look for when you purchase electronics? Its quality • What specific benefits do you look for in electronics? Reliability • What motivates you to purchase electronics? Universal Trend • What needs are you trying to meet when you purchase electronics? Enhancing lifestyle • How do you hope electronics will make your life better? Time saving Customer Number 2 Interested in a gaming console • What is your age? 22 • What is your gender? Male • What is your household size? 4 people • What is your household income? $30,000.00 • What is your profession? Student • What is your education...
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...This assignment was designed put us, the student in a situation where we are placed in the supervisor position. In this assignment put the supervisor in a position of having to pick and choose what tasks to do themselves and what tasks should be delegated out after coming in and finding their basket full of tasks that need to be dealt with. When you obtain the position of supervisor, there is usually far too much for just you to do, therefore it is important to learn what to delegate and who to delegate it to. The most important tasks should be done by the supervisor but as far as things such as someone’s vacation hours and stocking merchandise for the store, those tasks should be delegated out to the assistant manager and to the store clerks. Being a supervisor means being in a role of leadership, logic, common sense, and decision making for yourself, the employees, and for the company. The “in Basket” debate and discussion gives us and our fellow classmates the opportunity to see if we can successfully delegate out certain tasks as a supervisor at a fictitious company. The discussion between me and fellow classmates was a great one and it appeared as though everyone agreed on everything accept for different incidents. The only two incidents where I came across disagreement were in regards to task number 3, and task number 4. These are the examples in which I will be using in this paper as far as disagreeing is concerned. Task number 3 is in regards to the mall hours changing...
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...Virtual Lab Demonstrating the Scientific Method SCIE207-1302B-06 Biology Lab American Intercontinental University Purpose: To determine how added nitrogen affects the growth in arable and non-arable soils. Introduction: Nitrogen is known by others to be the main component that is most likely to limit growth in several ordinary terrestrial and marine ecosystems (Vitousek & Howarth, 1991). Arable soil is the perfect kind of soil used in agriculture that allows a variety of crops to grow (M.U.S.E., 2010). Hypothesis: It is determined that plants only grow on arable land when receiving an adequate amount of nitrogen fertilizer. Methods: To get my lab results I started with the introduction video titled Using the Scientific Method. At the end of the video a table appeared which represented the amount of mineral nitrogen fertilization. To gather data for the Arable soil, and the Nonarable Sandy Loam soil this following process was taken, in step 1 I clicked on the amount of mineral nitrogen which started with 0, and then I clicked the Arable Soil button which gave me the amount of yield of maize. I clicked the Nonarable Sandy Loam Soil button to get the amount of yield of maize. I repeated this step 1 process from the chart that is measure in multiplies of 20, up to 180. After gathering this information I filled in the lab report with the number of yield of maize for each amount of mineral nitrogen for the Arable and Nonarable soil. Results: This...
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...E8-3 P8-4 E9-1 P-912 E8-3 1. Do not include. The item was not sent until Jan 4th, since it is a custom item it is not the customers until it ships. 2. No. The cost was not received until Jan 3. 3. Yes. The item was ordered before Dec 31st, and it was a part of your inventory on hand. 4. No. It should not be included in inventory because since it is on consignment it does not belong to the sender. 5. Yes. The item was received on Dec 28th and you already paid for it P8-4 A. 1700-1400 = 300 1. 100*5.00 = 500 200 *5.10 = 1020 500+1020 = 1520 2. 200*5.80 = 1160 100*5.60 = 560 1160+560 = 1720 3.Total costs 9160/total inventory 1700 = 5.39 300*5.39 = 1617 E9-1 Part Quantity Cost Market Total Cost Total Market Lower of Cost or Market 110 600 95 100 57000 60000 57000 111 1000 60 52 60000 52000 52000 112 500 80 76 40000 38000 38000 113 200 170 180 34000 36000 34000 120 400 205 208 82000 83200 82000 121 1600 16 14 25600 22400 22400 122 300 240 235 72000 70500 70500 370600 362100 355900 a. 355900 b. 362100 P9-12 a. The retail method would be applied if a company has a high volume of items sold at a low prices. Some advantages of using the retail method would be that you do not need to do a physical inventory assessment of each of your items. You can accurately gague how much inventory you have on hand by using a calculation of how much you have sold thus far and subtracting from your beginning...
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...099 中国宪法史上的国旗 一、国旗小史 照当时的国际惯例，没有挂国旗的船只可视为无 （一）初见于晚清 国籍或者海盗船，无法参加国际贸易，所以该船 在中国，旗帜自古有之，最早可以上溯到黄 也像很多中国商船一样在香港注册，升挂了英国 帝。布制旗帜的出现，中国也早于欧洲，据说在 国旗。1856 年 10 月 8 日，因该船涉嫌走私，广 公元前 3000 年就有，用于军事以及寺庙、宗教 东水师捕走了船上的几名水手。英国驻广州领事 仪式。而在欧洲，最早有记载的纺织旗帜，可以 巴夏礼借口广东水师侮辱了英国国旗，挑起事端， 追溯到公元前 400 年，绘制在意大利南部的帕爱 引爆了第二次鸦片战争。5 1 斯图姆 （Paestum） 古城的一个城墙上。 中文里面， 为了使外国人能对“中国官船”一目了然，6 旗的同义词很多， “旌” 有 、 “旂” 、 “旃” 、 “旄” 、 “麾” 避免误会、纠纷；发生争议，“我亦可执彼国之 等。旗帜多用来区别贵贱、等级，以及用在军旅、 例，与之辩论”，总理衙门决意采用国旗，但拿 祭祀、田猎、封番、封疆、朝会等场合。2 国旗，国之旗也。它不是一般的旗帜，是一 个国家的象征和标识。在中国，国旗的出现，却 不准这“是否有碍行军”，遂先与曾国藩等军事 官僚商议， 然后才奏请同治皇帝批准， 1866 年， 于 仿照外制确定了中国第一面国旗，也就是大清黄 是晚清的事，远远晚于欧洲，完全是西化的产物。 龙旗。因为龙旗是皇权的象征，“黄色龙旗”又 对于这段历史，小野寺史郎、施爱东、汪林茂都 有很详尽、细腻的研究。 3 第 一 次 鸦 片 战 争 以 后， 随 着 通 商 口 岸 的 开 和八旗中“正黄旗”的形态接近，为避免僭越， 深谙官场禁忌的曾国藩思虑之后，主动提出将黄 色龙旗削去一角， 7 所以，黄龙旗最初式样为斜 放，西洋船只大量涌入。西方国家普遍使用国旗 幅三角形。 之后， 黄龙旗逐渐被运用到军事、 外交、 来识别其船只和财产，形成了与国家主权有关的 通商等领域。 一套规则，涉及处理纠纷、航运等事务的理路。 1888 年，醇亲王奕譞与李鸿章奏请改为国际 使 用 国 旗 几 乎 具 有 了 护 身 符 的 性 质（talismanic 通行的长方形，他们认为，“旗式以方长为贵， 4 quality）。 而清政府却没有国旗，官兵也普遍缺 斜长次之”，并认定总理衙门初定中国旗式，不 乏与之有关的法律知识。因此，闹出了不少因悬 是国旗，“系为雇船、捕盗而用，并未奏明为万 挂或未悬挂国旗的纠纷事件。 年国旗”。“今中国兵商各船日益加增，时与各 最著名的一次要算是 1856 年的“亚罗号事 件”。“亚罗号”本是中国商船，因清政府实行 海禁政策，不办理商船注册，也没有国旗，而按 * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 100 国交接，自应重订旗式，以崇体制”。 8 同年颁 布的《北洋海军章程》规定了国旗。 小野寺史郎认为，这面黄龙旗的引入“是顺 清华大学法学院教授。 Cf.Thomas Hylland Eriksen & Richard Jenkins (eds.),Flag,Nation and Symbolism in...
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...0 g Tums 21.0 g Mylanta 18.0 g CVS brand 18.3 g Rennies 17.5 g 24.1 mL 22.4 mL 20.0 mL 19.9 mL 24.4 mL 1. Which is the strongest antacid, on a single-dose basis? Which is the weakest? Explain and show your calculations. 2. Which are the strongest and weakest, on a by-weight (mass) basis? 3. When people do back titrations, they usually watch the solution for a color change when the solution becomes neutral. What might you have used in the above experiment to get this color change to happen in the solution? At what pH would the solution have been neutral? 4. If you had walked into the lab, only to discover that you only had 0.1 M sulfuric acid available to run your tests, how might this have affected your calculations? Why? 5. In...
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...|1 |0.00-1,499.99 |0.00 |15 % | |2 |1,500.00-2,999.99 |225.00 |16 % | |3 |3,000.00-4,999.99 |465.00 |18 % | |4 |5,000.00-7,999.99 |825.00 |20 % | |5 |8,000.00-14,999.99 |1425.00 |25 % | Ok number 3 if the excess is over $3,000.00 then that would be 16% of $236.00; therefore the total tax would be $236.00 +36.00 which would be $272.00 Number 4 if the excess is 5,000 then that would be 18% of $232.5; therefore the total tax would be $232.5 + 32.5, or $265.00. Number 5 if the excess is over 8,000 then that would be 25% of $570.00 therefore the total tax would be $570.00 + $120.00, or $690.00. Number 1 if the excess is $0.00 then that would be 15% of $0.00 therefore, the total tax would be $0.00 + $0.00 which would nothing $0.00 I understand but I am confused on the number and how to get the, I know this cannot be right but I am trying to follow procedure and hoe to calculate all of this, I understand the concept of...
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...KidLcomfortis + DHAActiv Grow700g = RM 17.40 | 1 litre = 147 g + 900 ml waterServing size : 36 gPer serving : 233 ml = 36 g +210 ml water1 scoop = 5.1 g = 30 ml7 scoops = 210 ml 2-3 times per day | 23.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 668.9 | 20.1 | 26.9 | Per 100 gCHO = 58.3 gDHA = 27 mgOmega 6 = 3.0 gOmega 3 = 385 mgCalcium = 712 mg | 1-3 yearsNAN GrowPro Grow, Optipro, Lipid Smart, DHA & ARA700g | Per serving: 33 g7 scoops in 210 ml water = 33 g3 times per day1 scoop = 30 ml = 4.7 g1 litre = 156.7 g | 22.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 753.5 | 23.3 | 33.3 | Per 100 gCHO = 57.8 gDHA = 30.0 mgCalcium = 550 mg | Age | Previously boiled water (ml) | No of measuring scoops | No of feeding per day | From birth | 90 | 3 | 6 | From 2 weeks | 120 | 4 | 5 | From 1 months | 150 | 5 | 5 | From 2 months...
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...Early life and The Jackson 5 Michael Jackson was born the seventh of nine children on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago, to an African American working-class family. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, a steel mill worker who performed with an R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had three sisters: Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet, and five brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy.[3] Jackson had a troubled relationship with his father. He stated that he was physically and emotionally abused during incessant rehearsals, whippings, and name-calling, though he credited his father's discipline for his success.[4] In one altercation recalled by Marlon, Joseph held Michael upside down by one leg and "pummeled him over and over again with his hand, hitting him on his back and buttocks".[5] Joseph would also trip or push his sons into walls. One night while Michael was asleep, Joseph climbed into his room through the bedroom window, wearing a fright mask and screaming. He said he wanted to teach the children not to leave the window open when they went to sleep. For years afterward, Jackson said he suffered nightmares about being kidnapped from his bedroom.[5] Joseph acknowledged in 2003 that he regularly whipped Jackson as a child.[6] Jackson first spoke openly about his childhood abuse in an interview with Oprah Winfrey broadcast on February 10, 1993. He said that he...
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...its customers add soul to their soles and express their individuality by customizing their own shoes. Nike has a link on their website that allows its customers to customize their own shoes on the internet. If you’re in the middle of your shoe design and have questions about what to do next you can go to the bottom of the Nike homepage where there is a customer service link and through that link you can click NIKEiD and click the link titled Help Building your NIKEiD order. The only problem with this is that this like is not on the NIKEiD page where you actually build your shoe. If you have any difficulties, you can always chat with a NIKEiD agent from Monday to Friday, 7a.m. - 3:50p.m. PST, or call us at 1-866-633-6453 between 5:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. PST, 7 days a week (Nike, 2008). This would probably be easier because you’ll have someone to go over your questions while looking at the actual page. Nike’s Website helps the company strengthen its relationships with its stakeholders because they can see how Nike is advancing with technology. In any business you have to keep up with the times and what people want. Nike is clearly showing its stakeholder’s that they can stay ahead of their competitors with new ideas and products and with the use of technology. According to the elements of their Website, Nike’s target market seems to be people into sports and/or exercise. If you register to become a member they even ask you about your exercise/sports habits, how often you...
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...$30,875 | 1990 | $103,880 | 1985 | $859,375 | 1980 | $6,328,125 | Historic RAM Prices | Year | Manufacturer | Size (KB) | Price | Price / MB | 1957 | C.C.C. | 0.00098 | $392 | $411,041,792 | 1960 | E.E.Co. | 0.00098 | $5 | $5,242,880 | 1965 | IBM | 0.00098 | $2.52 | $2,642,412 | 1970 | IBM | 0.00098 | $0.70 | $734,003 | 1975 | MITS | 0.25 | $103 | $421,888 | 1980 | Interface Age | 64 | $405 | $6,480 | 1985 | Do Kay BYTE | 512 | $440 | $880 | 1990 | Unitex BYTE | 8,192 | $851 | $106 | 1995 | Pacific Coast Micro | 16,384 | $494 | $30.9 | 2000 | Crucial | 65,536 | $72 | $1.12 | 2005 | Corsair | 1,048,576 | $189 | $0.185 | 2010 | Kingston | 8,388,608 | $99 | $0.0122 | 2013 | Crucial | 16,777,216 | $88 | $0.0054 | In 1957, one bit of RAM cost roughly $49 dollars based on the chart above. Just last year in 2013, the price per bit for ram storage is not even pennies. (My calculator doesn’t go that far, ha.) Cost of Hard Drive Space per GB: In 1980, the price per GB was roughly $100,000. Today, it would not even cost a dollar. Based on the chart above, the space per unit cost has roughly double every 14 months. ”Several terabyte+ drives have recently broken the $0.10/gigabyte barrier, making the next milestone $0.01/gigabyte, or $10/terabyte.” (Komorowski, 2009) With Moore’s law in effect, I believe we will see a 100 TB hard drive within the next twenty years. Engineers at Florida International University have already uncovered a way to break the 2D limitation...
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