Anglo American PLC

Introduction Anglo American Plc is a mining conglomerate and is one of the largest companies within the mining industry. It originally started in 1917 as a gold mining company going by the name of Anglo American Corp; the name was created when the initial starting capital of £1million was raised from U.K. and U.S. sources (Forbes 2006). In 1999, following a major strategic review, Anglo American merged with Luxembourg headquartered Minorco to form Anglo American Plc, with its primary stock exchange

into shared national wealth. On 4 November 2011, Anglo American plc and CHL Holdings announced their agreement for Anglo American to acquire an incremental interest in De Beers, increasing Anglo American's 45% shareholding in the world's leading diamond company to 85%. De Beers Investments is the privately held ownership company of De Beers Société Anonyme (DBSA), and is registered in Luxembourg. It is made up of two shareholdings: Anglo American plc has an 85% shareholding and the Government of the

20% commission to the Iranian government. The Americans, on the other hand,

MGT/521 April 16, 2014 Mr. W. Eric Hogan Organizational Planning Paper In the last few years, the economic stability in the American society has been at an unprecedented low. Throughout the recession, it has become fairly challenging for various companies and organizations to remain significant, successful, and profitable during this time. Although most companies are experiencing

In 1914, the British government became the company’s principle stockholder. While the company was originally registered as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd; in response to the Persian government voting to change its name to Iran in 1935, the company was renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Ltd. Unfortunately, over the next couple Decades, sentiment in Iran began to turn against the company. The Iranian government began to believe that they were

3.6.2 Barclays – Case study 3.6.2.1 Barclays: Historical Perspective on the British “giant” Throughout the history of multinational banking, British banks have retained large market shares in a variety of countries over long periods of time (Jones, 1990 and Wilkins, 1970). As outlined at the initial stage of this dissertation, CSR as a concept appeared for the first time in the 1950s (Bowen, 1953). On that basis, this sub-section will focus on a historical perspective of Barclays from the post-war

Chapter-1 Company Profiles before Merger 1.1 British Petroleum Company British Petroleum Company (BP) is a British multinational oil and gas company. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world. It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuels

1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 BHP Billiton Company Background BHP Billiton Limited was founded in the year 2001 as a merger between Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton Plc. BHP Billiton is a dual listed company and well known as the leading global resources and the largest mining company in the world measured from its revenue. The headquarters is in Melbourne, Australia and a major management office in London, UK. They have more than 100,000 employees and contractors

1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 BHP Billiton Company Background BHP Billiton Limited was founded in the year 2001 as a merger between Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton Plc. BHP Billiton is a dual listed company and well known as the leading global resources and the largest mining company in the world measured from its revenue. The headquarters is in Melbourne, Australia and a major management office in London, UK. They have more than 100,000 employees and contractors

COMMON LAW AND EQUITY Introduction During the 12th and 13th century, a survey was conducted on tradition, custom and law under the common law system of England. This survey originally developed as court decisions. In England, the equity laws are developed after the creation of the common law. The analysis based on development of justice and is now used in the royal courts. This gives us the story of the 1066 when the England was attacked and concluded that there is no common law system, but the