...in securities acts; and (3) an investment contract. Next, we can use the family resemblance test to determine if the notes issued by Co-Op can be categorized as securities. The family resemblance test refers to a method of analyzing a debt instrument that is having a horizontal commonality. Horizontal commonality means pooling of interests, not only between the seller and each individual buyer, but also among all those who buy an investment contract in the same venture The following are the four factors to be considered while applying the family resemblance test: The motivation that prompts a reasonable buyer and seller to enter into the transaction in question: The Co-Op sold the notes in an effort to raise capital for its general business operations, and purchasers bought them in order to earn a profit in the form of interest. The plan of distribution of the instrument: the Co-Op offered the notes over an extended period to its 23,000 members, as well as to nonmembers, and more than 1,600 people held notes when the Co-Op filed for bankruptcy. The reasonable expectations of the investing public: The advertisements for the notes here characterized them as “investments,” and there were no countervailing factors that would have led a reasonable person to question this characterization. The existence of an alternate regulatory scheme reducing the risk of the instrument: There is no risk-reducing factor to suggest that these instruments are not in fact securities...
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...Business Proposal for Stone Goose Company Managerial Communication Mgmt550 Aug 22nd, 2015. Executive Summary: Title Page Pg No.1 Introduction Pg No.3 Summary of proposal Pg No.4 Strengths Pg No.5 Opportunity Pg No.6 The proposal Pg No.8 Benefits and Conclusions Pg No.9 References Pg No.10 Introduction: This business proposal will help us in providing the overall statistics of our international business, Stone Goose Company, currently operating in US, Africa and India. We all know that market trends are changing rapidly and thus is the competition. Every enterprise is coming up with a new strategy to market their products and its becoming difficult to sustain the current market share and expand. But my dear friends this proposal will help us in gaining an upper hand over our competitors. The proposal will highlight the S-Strengths, O-Opportunities and ways to overcome the threats and weaknesses. We will be designing an efficient business strategy to capture the market share. Let all of us be a part of our success story. Summary of the proposal: After reviewing the present market stats and future trends, we are proposing that social media for interacting with potential customers will be a great tool of marketing, as it is inexpensive and we can reach the economies of scale. Awareness plays a very critical role for customer spending’s. The two crucial elements to be focused are: ...
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...Sole proprietorship: If I were to open a business on my own I would be the sole one responsible for all the cost and the reliability of the business. No one else would have the responsibility of the business other than myself, this is something that I want to do in the near future and that is what I am going to school for business for. Partnership: If a person or group of people wanted to go in on a business with me than we would be partners in the business. We would pool together and establish a company together and it would be ran as a group or team. This is also something that my friend and I have looked into as our town needs more businesses and we would like to have something that we can run and make money and be our own boss. Limited Liability: Limited Liability: Having signing the papers if something were to happen to the business that I have opened and it was not making any money than they could not come after me for money in the end. People sign these papers to make sure that they have themselves covered just in case something does happen and the business is not making a profit. Joint stock company: I open by business that I have been wanting to in a long time but want to get a start I would ask people to invest in my company with a percentage of the profits that were being made. This is something that I would not do as it is a huge risk not knowing how well the company will end up and you may end up owing more in the...
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...student Week 2 - you decide Business 427 professor September 22, 2009 Q1: Do you think REESE Inc., adhered to a set of Business Ethics? If so, what were they? If not, what would you recommend as a set of business ethics for them? I think REESE Inc. did what it was set up to do. Appear as a separate entity in order to secure contracts. These types of things happen all the time. The Planet Hollywood restaurants were all set up under different corps. When one went bankrupted, the others were untouchable. Any company that is going to do business with another is responsible for doing the proper due diligence on the people and company your going into business with. Any back ground check on the people running the company would have shown that they work for and with one another. Q2: Discuss the ethical issues involved in this case. Discuss how you might develop a plan for addressing the ethical issues involved in this case? You keep mentioning the ethics in this case, but REESE Inc. did nothing wrong. Most people might not agree with the approach or with what REESE did, but that’s business. If I were Monica Ponce, I would have signed a non-circumventing contract with REESE Inc. in order to protect my contacts as well as a contract to do business together before introducing any of my contacts or being part of any meeting that might bring future business with REESE Inc. Q3: How do you think the President of CNS should have addressed this directive from the CEO of REESE...
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...Currently, I approach weekly course reading material in a fairly unconventional way. My weekdays are usually incredibly hectic between my job of working with my clients and my day to day personal life with my children, so finding any quality reading time is hard during the day time hours. I generally have all reading material downloaded to my laptop in advance as we all should so I can get in a bit of reading time during my break time and my clients nap time. The problem with this is, even though it is quiet and my break time, there is still quite a bit of activity going on around me having to deal with small odds and ends, breaking any concentration I have and understanding of the text. I do get a small amount of time in peace when I get home and right before the kids get home after school in which I use to get in some reading and study time. This time is definitely quality time as my concentration is at its greatest and I can get something done. The night hours, usually after dinner, is where things have been really difficult as this is the time where the bulk of my study and reading time is. Thankfully my fiancée has begun to rectify this problem for me (when he is home from work himself) by keeping the kids busy with various things and away from me during this time so I can actually get quite a bit done in peace and...
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...350 Week 7 BUSINESS ANALYSIS PLANNING AND MONITORING Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwaid.com/shop/busn-350-week-7-business-analysis-planning-and-monitoring/ Write an essay that is 5-8 pages in length, on one of the BABOK Knowledge Areas listed below: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring (Chapter 2) is the knowledge area that covers how business analysts determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort. It covers identification of stakeholders, selection of business analysis techniques, the process that will be used to manage requirements, and how to assess the progress of the work. The tasks in this knowledge area govern the performance of all other business analysis tasks. Elicitation (Chapter 3) describes how business analysts work with stakeholders to identify and understand their needs and concerns, and understand the environment in which they work. The purpose of elicitation is to ensure that a stakeholder’s actual underlying needs are understood, rather than their stated or superficial desires. Requirements Management and Communication (Chapter 4) describes how business analysts manage conflicts, issues and changes in order to ensure that stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope, how requirements are communicated to stakeholders, and how knowledge gained by the business analyst is maintained for future use. Enterprise Analysis (Chapter 5) describes how business analysts...
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...WEEK 1 CHECKPOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM BUSINESS PROBLEM DIMENSIONS IT/205 09/27/12 1) Business problems are comprised of three categories which are: People, Processes, and Technology. The People category describes individuals such as those found on the staff at a business or company, along with others such as vendors and suppliers, among many other individuals with stakes in the company. Any system would be incomplete if we did not stop and recognize the effects on the individuals who are required to use it, whether they do so as operators or as customers. In a data-entry system, this category (people) could be an administrative assistant in charge of manually inputting data, or patrons adding to the database trough online and in-store forms. The second category Processes describes the many different ways information is handled within the system. An example of this occurs when new data is accepted and conveyed to the administrative assistant to be entered into the system, followed by the storage location in which the unprocessed data end up once in the system. The third category technology is a reference to automated systems, mainly computers, which facilitate the completion of required processes by us humans. In an example of this particular category, the aforementioned technology is the end result of the database program and the front end data entry module being combined. 2) Information system is basically the term used to describe the bridging of...
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...home but, I have to go my family is so poor and, I am just another mouth to feed. I hope to find work in America, the pay in America is so much higher than it is here. I want to save enough money to buy a farm, once I do I can marry my fiancée Sophia and, provide a good life for her. She is so beautiful that my heart aches at the thought of being apart from her. (Molnar, 2010). I am sailing on the St. Michele I think the name is a good omen for a Catholic like me. It puts me at ease as I climb on board. ("Italy Genweb", 2004). The feeling of comfort does not last very long, I am traveling on the steerage deck, which is open with no protection from cold and, stormy weather. I am always exposed to the damp sea air. Days pass by and turn into weeks it is a long miserable trip. Food is hard to come by; we have to fight our way to the kitchens and, then fight over raw potatoes, or; rice. Even when we have the luxury of finding food there is no way to prepare it. The worse is the crew members, if we are caught they beat us unmercifully. It is chaos all over, and the mothers cry as they watch their children starve. The smell is almost of bearable the unwashed bodies pressed together. I am watching people die; they throw the pitiful bodies into the ocean without a second though. I am weakening; I am not sure I can make it. Then I see her the Statue of Liberty, many of my fellow...
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...These showcase a variety of works done by various fashion designers. In the recent Australian Fashion week held in the month of May, around one hundred and fifty fashion designers participated in the event. International fashion buyers including the fashion media from around the world arrived in the event to look at the designers new and innovative fashion collection for the upcoming spring – summers. The L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival was also held in March this year as it happens every year since 1997. It should be noted that Melbourne is known as the style capital of Australia. This fashion festival gives an opportunity to the Australian single women to indulge themselves in parties, catwalk shows, fashion exhibitions; product launches and assists them in being part of the glamour and creativeness of the Australian fashion industry. There...
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...Using the data in Appendix D, analyse the possible consequences for Roberts Media plc if activity ‘G’ (equipment installed) and activity ‘E’ (design marketing campaign) are both delayed by four weeks. Critical path analysis is the mathematical network analysis technique of planning complex working procedures with reference to the critical path of each alternative system. One possible consequence is that there will be a four week delay for activity ‘G’. This will therefore lead to the launch taking 25 weeks instead of the originally planned target of it taking 24 weeks. This delay will result in the business failing to meet its targeted launch with London fashion week. This could therefore result in the business failing to receive publicity and advertisements linking to London fashion week preventing them from creating awareness thus resulting in a loss of potential customers. The loss of potential advertisement contracts also results in an additional loss of revenue. Another consequence is that Roberts Media plc will have lost a lot of potential customers and sales to its competitors. As stated in the case study the readership of the magazines has fallen in the past two years for reasons such as competition from cheaper rival magazines. By having activity ‘G’ and activity ‘E’ delayed, all the others will be as well as will the launch as previously mentioned. Roberts Media plc.’s competitors could gain customers quicker if they release their products beforehand as customers...
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...INDIVIDUAL MARKET REPORT The Fashion Business - MC4005 Module Tutor: Michael Kourtoubelides Virginia Brocchin 09/12/2013 Abstract Image 1: Givenchy Fall 2013 RTW. Available at:: http://www.annexmagazine.com/review-givenchy-fall-2013-rtw/#sthash.ZnOusNMX.dpbs. COVER IMAGE: Vivienne Westwood. Available at: http://thewildmagazine.com/blog/style-icon-vivienne-westwood. “London is the new capital of fashion, darling. Move there and you will find out the reasons why”. My grandmother was right when she quoted this truthful sentence. London’s energy is stunning, it gives many opportunities to anyone who wants to make a change; creativity and innovation are on the agenda. These are the reasons why it is so special. The US-based analytics company Global Language Monitor awarded London as the capital of fashion for the second consecutive year in 2012 (Vogue news, sept 2012) and London deserved it all for sure. People feel good in expressing themselves, no matter which kind of style they fit in, no matter whether they follow minimal total black or eccentric and colourful trends. London’s peculiarity involves the different shopping areas offered to the fashion world, where customers can find their own personal space and keep always up to date with their favourite trends. From the high street middle market fashion to the haute couture, from the punk that will never die to the new special trends. Fashion changes quickly. “It is important for past styles...
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...Kayla Pryce Professor Clark March 25, 2016 Newsletters I decided to analyze the Business of Fashion newsletter. I really enjoyed the components contained within the newsletter. I was able to see the magazine elements and blog similarities. A newsletter is a bulletin issued periodically to the members of a society, business, or organization. It is generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. General features of newsletters include news and upcoming events of the related organization, as well as contact information for general studies. Newsletters are the most mis-used marketing tool around. The Business of Fashion use of newsletters are very effective. The Business of Fashion newsletter use it to reveal worldwide clothing, spread the news of particular designers, and wardrobes. It is an essential daily resource for fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs in many countries. Newsletters such as “The Business of Fashion” are seen as an addiction. Some people wake up and the first thing they do is read. Some newsletters are a required read. The audience is anyone who would benefit from the information the newsletter contains. The Business of Fashion newsletter began as a project of passion, aiming to target the informed, questioning and opinionated point of view on the fashion business. This target audience can be rich businesses in the Fashion Industry, celebrities who participate in filling their closets with fancy worldwide accessories...
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...CURRENT ORIENTATION PRACTICES * CONCERNS WITH CURRENT ORIENTATION PRACTICES * IMPROVING ORIENTATION AND TRANSITION THROUGH COORDINATION TASK 3 PROBATIONARY PLAN...................................................................................................................11 TASK 4 ORIENTATION SURVEY...........……………………………………………………………………...........……….………….12 INDUCTION POLICY AND PROCEDURE..........................................................................................15 HR INDUCTION & ORIENTATION INDUCTION New staff induction guide Before Arrival | Supervisor Responsibility | HR Responsibility | | Prepares for new starter arrival using pre-arrival checklist.Schedules meetings and activities for new starters first week | Completes recruitment and selection processSends employment Offer Letter to preferred candidate | | New staff | Supervisor | HR | Starting Essentials | Begins to orient themselves to BS Training including the use of the BS Training Online Orientation resourceCollects ID / passes | Welcomes new starter and provides brief unit orientation. | Holds Welcome meeting with new starter & completes important forms.Provide campus map | | New staff | Supervisor | HR | Settling In | Essentials information has been read and completed and returns Employee Acknowledgement Form.Undertakes job shadowing | Provides...
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...Introduction The survey of the United Kingdom’s (UK) fashion industry concluded that the fashion industry in UK is now worth more than 21 billion pounds in one year and the value get even bigger when the tourism and related businesses are included. It could be as much as 37 billion pounds (“Telegraph,” 2010). Every year, there is an event known as London Fashion Week (LFW), where top designers present their new collections for the next season. LFW can bring in more than 100 million pounds a year (Armstrong, 2013). Fashion had started over a thousand year ago, and it is involves in many different areas such as fashion designs, businesses, fashion events and the film industry. The purpose of this paper is to show the evolution of London fashion into the current trend and to show the various reasons why London has become fashion capital and remained in first place for over two years. This paper also include with the history of London fashion, the reasons why London deserve to be the fashion capital, the background story of LFW and the positive impacts it has made. Finally, it will present case study of the differences in fashion industry between the UK and Japan. 1.0 Fashion Capital - London 1.1 Background Information A fashion capital is a city which has international fashion trends influences and is a centre for fashion industry, including designs, fashion events such as fashion shows, and products. Fashion...
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...Personal Statement Greatly influenced by my father who has been successfully doing business with foreign merchants, I’ve evolved desire and interest in various world cultures since childhood and started studying English hard, researching on weatern wearing style and accumulating souvenirs from different nations. After deciding to go abroad for further education, I went to the Sino-Canadian program of Henan Experimental high school in 2009. Not only my English ability is improved rapidly through the courses with all the foreign teachers, but also my recognition to this world is dramatically changed, especially when I first get in touch with fashion. Fashion is a global issue that can be found everywhere in the world. As a student who is going to step into the dazzle and mystery world of fashion, I am always eager to search for the fashion elements wherever I go. Tours to foreign countries since the first year of my junior middle school are especially valuable in my life, comprehensively recording my growing footsteps and colorfully sketching my youth and enthusiasm for life. Paris and Milan, the pioneers of fashion, had brought me into the realm of resplendent clothing. The feeling of integration in the real fashion world when I walked along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and quadrilatero della moda strengthened my thought of studying fashion management. I have passion in fashion. No doubt, London is one of the best places for a student like me to pursue and accomplish my dream...
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