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Martin Shkreli was the chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and raised the price of pyrimethamine(or Daraprim) from $13.50 to $750 per pill. Daraprim is an antiparasicitic, and helps treat AIDS, malaria and toxoplasmosis. Shkreli had ‘Smugness, arrogance, and unapologetic greed’ which made him ‘a compelling villain.’ Shkreli had gained his position as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals by giving it to himself. Shkreli founded the company in February 2015, with three drugs that were still

The World of Personal Financial Advisors Personal financial advisors give financial advice to people; they provide advice on investments, insurance, mortgages, college savings, estate planning, taxes, and retirement to help individuals manage their finances. Advisors help clients plan for short and long term goals, such as meeting education expenses and saving for retirement through investments. They invest clients’ money based on the clients’ decisions. Financial advisors spend a lot of time marketing

Mark Friese is a Senior Financial Advisor based in Washington, D.C. Mark has helped clients plan for their financial futures since he joined Merrill Lynch in 1987. Mark is a frequent speaker and has conducted seminars covering financial strategies, education planning, tax planning strategies, special needs planning and estate planning strategies for many institutions, corporations, associations, retirement communities, and professional groups. Mark has appeared on local T.V. and cable and helps with

Question 1 Sub question 1.1 At the beginning of the summer, one (Phelps Dodge) proclaimed a three-way merger in the mining industry, which would result in the world’s largest nickel producer and largest publicly traded copper producer. Prior to this announcement, there were some rumours that Xstrata would like to take-over one of the three parties, in particular Falconbridge. The fact that Xstrata had already obtained a fifth of the last-mentioned firm’s outstanding shares, confirmed these rumours

In 2008, the financial industry dominated the market. Bankers were giving themselves hefty bonuses with which they purchased yachts, vacation homes, jets, cars, etc. “Finance is supposed to be a service industry, an aid to the business of genuine wealth creation,” says Sean Corrigan, who oversees more than $8 billion as chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management in Lausanne, Switzerland. “Once we accord banks the sort of overblown importance they have enjoyed this past quarter

refining of ore containing copper, gold and silver. Freeport’s synergy in creating the world’s largest publicly traded natural resources was initiated through the merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. Investment banks, J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch play a key role as a financial assistance to advice Freeport in the merger and acquisition transactions. On November 19, 2006, media announced that Phelps Dodge (PD) is to be acquired by Freeport. This opportunity will eventually benefit Freeport

INC. Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In 2006, Merrill Lynch became the lead book runner for a $5 billion convertible bond issue for MoGen, Inc. This was the single, largest convertible bond issuance in history and required a considerable amount of effort on the part of Merrill Lynch’s Equity Derivatives Group to convince MoGen’s management to choose Merrill Lynch over its competitors. The case is focused on Merrill Lynch’s choice of the conversion premium and coupon rate to propose

The financial crisis of the decade is considered the largest and most severe compared to the Great Depression. The crises reshaped the financing and investment banking business not only in the United States but globally. The top largest banks have fallen due to the losses they have incurred in connection with their investments in the subprime mortgage markets. (Financial Crises 2007-2008 Overview) Governments had to come up with some solutions in order to further avert the decline of their country

MoGen On January 10, 2006 the managing director of Merrill Lynch’s Equity- Linked Capital markets Group, Dar Maanavi, was reviewing the final drafts of a proposal for a convertible debt offering by MoGen, Inc. As a leading biotechnology company in the United States, MoGen had become an important client for Merrill Lynch over the years. In fact, if this deal were to be approved by MoGen at $5billion, it would represent Merrill Lynch’s third financing for MoGen in four years with proceeds raised

belonged to their employer, according to the department of justice. (Page 423) In addition, the brokerage and investment-banking firm Merrill Lynch, allegedly bought the barges from $28 million, of which Enron financed $21 million. Fastow gave his word that Enron would buy Merrill Lynch’s investment out in six moth with a 15 percent guaranteed rate of return. Merrill Lynch proceeded despite an internal document that suggested that the transaction might be construed as aiding and abetting Enron’s fraudulent