Kansas City Southern Analysis Report Prepared for Vice President of Acquisitions Prepared by October 27, 2015 October 27, 2015 Kansas City Southern Analysis Report Prepared for Vice President of Acquisitions Prepared by October 27, 2015 October 27, 2015 To: From: Subject: Kansas City Southern Analysis Report Date: 10/27/2015 Kansas City Southern Introduction Kansas City Southern, founded in 1887, is a railway transportation company that covers the
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assumption had never been scientifically tested. And so, in 1972, with funding and technical assistance from the Police Foundation, the Kansas City Police launched a comprehensive, scientifically rigorous experiment to test the effects of police patrol on crime. THE EXPERIMENT The experiment began in October 1972 and continued through 1973; it was administered by the Kansas City Police Department and evaluated by the Police Foundation. Patrols were varied within 15 police beats. Routine preventive patrol
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Roster Depreciation The owners. From 1977 to 2004, sports team owners were allowed to treat 50 percent of the team purchase price as an asset depreciable over no more than 5 years. Deferred portion (20%) of compensation The owners. It is an accrued expense, The Company may owe its own players’ salaries and wages for work performed, but not yet paid. Even though they are to be paid at some future date, they are indicated on the firm's balance sheet from when the firm can reasonably expect
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Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club Bill Ahern had to resolve the profitability issues between the owners of the major baseball leagues and the players. The main differences were the following: - Roster depreciation: Per IRS code, 50% of the purchase price ($6M) was designated as the value of the player roaster at that time, and the owners decided to spread it over six years (they did it because they could). Players argue that no depreciation should take place because, they believe that with
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entrepreneur and owner of the Kansas City Royals (http://www.kauffman.org). The foundation’s mission is to “help individuals attain economic independence by advancing achievement and entrepreneur of our founder, Ewing Marion Kauffman”. (http://www.kauffman.org/who-we-are/vision-mission-approach). Having grown up in the Kansas City area, Ewing Kauffman was very well known for his foundation; along with being a KC Royals baseball fan, in wanting to provide and encourage Kansas Citians that a quality education
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Okoye Okoye Christian Christian CHRISTIAN OKOYE, former All-Pro running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, created Okoye Fitness and Nutrition to help individuals redesign their health, fitness and nutrition. In 1990, The Christian Okoye Foundation was created to help underprivileged children assume their role in society. “The Nigerian Nightmare”, as he was known, has spent his adult years perfecting the art of sculpting the human body. Growing up in Nigeria, Christian played soccer until he
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Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc. 2006 Evaluation of the five (5) items of dispute between Professional Baseball Players Association (PBPA) and the Owner-Player Committee (OPC) 1- Roster Depreciation – The OPC is currently depreciating 50% of the purchase price over the period of six years, where the PBPA feels that the depreciation expense should be recognized at the time of the team being sold. So who’s right? I feel that the OPC is right not because they are following industry standard
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never took part in those activities. The author is a Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University and has written several historical books with a focus on United States Presidents. Hartmann, R. H.; Ferrell, R. H. editor. (1999). The Kansas city investigation: Pendergast’s downfall, 1938-1939. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press This book looks at the report of US Treasury Special Agent Rudolph Hartmann. It follows his 1942 investigation of Pendergast that resulted in his conviction
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Harry S. Truman was born on May 8th, 1884 in Missouri and spent most of his childhood on his family’s farm. His name was chosen after his mother’s brother. He had a brother and a sister. Their names were john Vivian (1886-1965), and Mary Jane (1889-1978). His father’s name is john Anderson Truman (1851-1914), and his mother’s name is Martha Ellen young Truman (1846-1916). John was a livestock dealer. Harry and his family moved to a farm near harrisonville when he was 10 months old. They went on to
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The first super bowl consisted of the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Len Dawson, from the Kansas City Chiefs, hit Otis Taylor, also from the Kansas City Chiefs, with a pass that set up the Chiefs’ only score of the day. Len Dawson confused the Packers with the play-action passes until Green Bay went flying into the second half of the game. Vince Lombardi’s, head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1966-1967, game plan was a basic combination of running and passing plays. Max Mcgee,
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