Mercury Case A) Is Mercury an appropriate target for AGI? Why or why not? There are characteristics of Mercury that make it an appropriate target, and some that make it not. The different characteristics presented in the case are as follows: Acquisition appropriate: * Same industry/similar products, and Mercury does their manufacturing in China (Pg 4) like AGI, so Mercury would increase the leverage with contract manufacturers (Pg 1), which helps since AGI does most of it’s manufacturing in China, and China just had a recent wave of consolidation among Chinese contract manufacturers which gave the Chinese more leverage over AGI (Pg 3) * The merger would expand AGI’s presence with key retailers and distributers (Pg 1) …show more content…
B) Review the projections by Liedtke. Are they appropriate? How would you recommend modifying them? Liedke’s projected revenue growth of 3% is not accurate I feel, as when I take an average of the revenue growth (2005/2004=5%,
Apollo 13 was to be the third mission sent from the Apollo Project to land on the Moon. An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks caused the spacecraft to become crippled during the flight and the crew were forced to orbit the Moon and return to the Earth without landing. The Apollo 13 mission was launched on Saturday afternoon, April 11, 1970 from launch complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The space prime crew consisted of trained experts Commander James A. Lovell Jr., Command module pilot Ken Mattingly and Lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr. There was also three backup crew members named John W. Young, John L. Swigert Jr. and Charles M. Duke. This crew was ready to step in if for any reason something were to happen to any of the main
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crewmembers aboard the ship were James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise, Jr. Before the launch, there had been a few problems. Thomas K. Mattingly was supposed to fly on the Apollo 13 but he was exposed to the measles. He didn’t have the antibodies to fight the disease, causing him to not be able to go into space. Swigert took his place. Right before the launch, one of the technicians saw that the helium tank had a higher pressure than expected. Nothing was done to fix this. During liftoff, the second-stage engine shut down, causing the other engines to run longer than planned. Apollo 13 was off to a rocky start.
Financially 1993 was a record year: FPL’s capital expenditure was expected to decline by 33% over the next five years. Annual sales growth of 3.4% for the past five years exceeded the national average of 2% and was expected to exceed the average again for the next five years (2.7% vs. 1.8%).
The Apollo 13 mission was a significant historical event, because of the dangerous repercussions that followed the explosion of the oxygen tank on Apollo 13. The story in which the astronauts Lovell, Swigert, and Haise surviving these errors during the flight is truly incredible. In the movie Apollo 13, the creators depicted most of the events involving the crew’s adventure to and from space quite accurately. Although creating most events successfully the creators of Apollo 13 failed in many regards when it came to the creation of the plans the crew used to survive, and the small details that were missed, involving the crew in the process of flying the space shuttle and surviving the accident.
* If we surmise that the company’s specialist’s predictions of 4% on market growth along with renewing current and or adding more customer contracts then the profits should be as follows:
From 1976 to 1982 the compound annual growth in net sales was 18.5% and the compound annual growth of after tax profit was 25.9%. Therefore, a 10% net sales growth shown in the proforma financial data seems reasonable.
For sales from 2001 to 2002, we are projecting a 13% increase because we want to base the same revenue growth as the previous fiscal year. It will take some time for the company to do better like
1. In the last five years the growth in sales for the company has been around 10% per annum, except for the 1997, the growth was 18.78%. In the case, nothing is mentioned that company has made any drastic changes in its strategy to grow faster. In such a scenario, projected a consistent growth of 20% per annum for the next 5 years is too optimistic.
Mercury, named after the Roman God of Thievery, Commerce, and Travel, is the first planet from the Sun. It is unique because it shows at both morning rise and evening set of the sun. It is rocky, heavily cratered, covered in boulders, and also pulverized dust. The majority of it's surface bears a strong resemblance to that of Earth's moon. It's lack of atmosphere causes wild temperature fluctuations. Temperatures can range from 90 kelvin to 700 kelvin thus creating a planet, from all observations, that cannot sustain life--it is geologically dead. Mercury also has a magnetic field generated by the planet's core that can deflect solar wind and which has a magnetosphere that changes. This was surprising for such a slow rotating planet--one that rotates completely every 88 Earth days.
1.I’d first have to say that the head of mission control on the ground was definitely
The rings of Saturn are more spectacular than those of any other planet. Although this planet’s rings are very wide, extending from the top of its atmosphere to well beyond the orbits of its closest moons, they are very thin, measuring no more than a few kilometers (about a mile) in thickness (“Great Space Place”). The Pioneer 11 flyby made several discoveries about the rings. The rings are made of
What was most important from your college curriculum (Skill/Course/Concept) that you still use at Mercury Marine?
Standing atop the astronomy tower is quite soothing, as it has a wonderful view in the evening, and the air is warm and breezy tonight. I observe Mercury leisurely, as the summer night is calming and enjoyable, and the sky is clear. I focus the telescope to clearly see the silver planet, which is in close proximity to the moon. Mercury`s surface greatly resembles that of the moon, with gray and white patches. It also has giant crater holes, though Mercury`s seem smaller than the moon`s. I suspect that that is only because Mercury is larger in size and surface area. As expected, there seems to be no current activity on the surface of Mercury, whether geological or biological. Though Mercury`s craters may seem small, from a distance, the surface
In the passage presented the author looks into the problem of declining readership of The Mercury, a weekly newspaper, and recommends actions to boost its circulation. However, the argument is riddled with logical flaws because it fails to analyse the causes of the problem deep enough and fails to take into account possible unintended consequences of suggested actions.
During performing the sales forecast for Victoria's Secret, I learned that for most part that Victoria's Secret has an incline in their profits. They have however hit a few bumps here and there. The causes of this could be more cost for Victoria's Secret purchasing materials and production of their products. Another reason for this could also be a slower rate in sales than usual. Like I said, for the most Victoria Secret has seen an incline in their profits and sales throughout the years. Performing the percentage of sales forecast for Victoria's Secret, I established a forecasted sales of 5 percent which means that they would have to have a sales of $2,808 compared to their last years $2,675. This is a very feasible number for Victoria Secret to achieve, considering that majority of their money in assets outweighs their liabilities.