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    continued to decline from 2010 to 2015, during the time when the economy was rebounding from 2007/2008 market crash. Its share price declined from $68.21 on 9th Aug 2010 to $21.55 on 31th July 2015 while all of its industry peers have experienced significant growth. Following chart depicts the stock performance against its industry peers. Of the peers compared Macy’s gained almost 255% and Costco gained 145%. Wal-Mart also gained 38% growth. Sears on the other had is the only company that experienced negative growth due to its decreasing revenue. Sears lost 68% of its stock value in the last five years. Appendix 6 depicts the Sears stock performance against its peers during the last 5 years. According to 2014 10K filings, Sears Holdings service and merchandise categories are divided into five categories and are defined as: 1. Hardlines—consists of home appliances, consumer electronics, lawn & garden, tools & hardware, automotive parts, household goods, toys, housewares and sporting goods; 2. Apparel and Soft Home—women's, men's, kids', footwear, jewelry, accessories and soft home 3. Food and Drug—consists of grocery & household, pharmacy and drugstore;…

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    Be My Escape Poem Analysis

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    Jesus, serving as a weapon that he has to save himself with. We can compare how bullets are weapons, to how the speaker sees Jesus as his weapon to save himself. This metaphor also shows us how the speaker views Jesus, as someone to save others from the world. It could be argued that this song is not about religion, but could be about getting out of an unwanted relationship. Lines 6, 7, 8, and 9, talk about the metaphor of being locked inside the house. Instead of line 6 meaning the doubt and…

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    Ionic Holding

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    particles feel a fascination in each other, and this electrostatic fascination constitutes an ionic bond. Ionic holding happens between a nonmetal, which goes about as an electron acceptor, and a metal, which goes about as an electron contributor. Metals have few valence electrons, though nonmetals have more like eight valence electrons; to effectively fulfill the octet control, the nonmetal will acknowledge an electron gave by the metal. More than one electron can be given and got in an ionic…

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    The Holding Environment

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    A key aspect in the engagement process when the worker and clients are working together is the holding environment. The holding environment developed by Donald Winnicott, “describes the therapeutic process … of the mother-child relationship in infancy,” that is shows “context of psychotherapeutic treatment” (as cited in Babits, 2001). The holding environment may bring emphasis on the engagement process on a mother and her child; however, the same applies for the engagement process between a…

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    Energizer Current Paper

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    The organization selected for the present paper is Energizer Holding, Incorporated. Energizer recently splint from a parent company and in this paper, I will prepare a strategic plan to grow the business over the next three years. Including in the development of the paper will be a description of the company’s history, products and major competitors. In addition describe what is the current direction of the organization, conduct a quick SWOT analysis to determine areas that offer opportunities…

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    A business combination also referred to as a merger, acquisition, or takeover occurs when one company obtains control over another company. Over all control of interests in other companies A subsidiary is a company with voting stock that is more than 50% controlled by another company, usually referred to as the parent company or the holding company. A subsidiary is partly or completely owned by the parent company, which holds a controlling interest in the subsidiary company. Subsidiary company…

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    Foreign Holding Companies

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    How do foreign holding companies work? U.S.-based MNCs are able to generate huge tax savings through the use of foreign holding companies with no operations or employees at the top of its foreign operations. In the case of Apple, its Irish holding companies serve as a group of finance companies, and Apple Inc., the U.S.-based parent of the whole group, pays U.S. tax only on the investment earnings in the U.S. (Sheppard 2). What is interesting is that these tax haven foreign tax jurisdictions…

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    Alisa, You have been thorough in your investigation of the Express Scripts (Holdings). While the pharmacy management company may be a viable stock option, it is not without issues, some of which include relationship, consumer, and legal complaints and problems, requiring the company to use agency costs to rectify them. Being a healthcare provider for 26 years, personal experience has shown that the corporate governance of healthcare companies becomes progressively fraught with issues…

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    deviant, and a risk to those around them more than those around them are a risk to them- blaming the victim. The idea that LGBTQ members are deviant is a consciousness forced upon them, and an important concept to explore if an understanding of the whole situation can be reached. Similarly, a personal narrative was provided by a youth in Arizona, and within the narrative the girl explained that she attended a school where there was a zero-tolerance policy towards hand holding. She and her…

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    Someone once said, ¨stand up for what u believe in, even if it means standing alone¨. For me it is very important to stand up for what we believe in, because if we don’t than how would we succeed in life. Standing up is a very powerful thing to do now a days. People don’t usually stand up on what they believe in because they always think it comes easy on them. However, I think standing up for what I believe in is very scary. What I think is that I will have to start doing things my own way. I…

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