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UMB Financial Corporation
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This 3 page paper looks at UMB Financial Corporation, performs a brief PEST analysis looking at the political, economic, social and technological influences. The paper performs a SWOT analysis looking at the strengths weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEUMBpest.rtf

Understanding Stock Options
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Understanding stock options: 15 pages in length. Goes into great detail in discussing the definition of stock options, history of stock options, employee stock grants and controversies in the field. Bibliography lists 8 sources. JGAstock.doc
Filename: JGAstock.rtf

Unilever
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This 18 page paper looks at Unilever from a number of perspectives. The paper starts by looking at the divestment and acquisitions between 2003 – 2008. The second part of the paper considers the social responsibility report that is seen in the annual reports, what it says and undertakes a critique of the content and approach. The last part of the paper discusses the additional statements that are included in the financial reports and compares Unilever with Rio Tinto, looking at the Chairman's Statements and the financial highlights sections. The bibliography cites 33 sources.
Filename: TEperunilever.rtf

Union Planters Bank
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A 12 page paper which examines various issues that concern the Union Planters Bank now, and in the future. Included is a shortened list of the most recent mergers, acquisitions and financial concerns of Union Planters Bank. Various financial involvements are discussed as well as Union Planters involvement in technology over a decade ago. A section which illustrates how Union Planters Bank deals with the community and the employee are fully illustrated, demonstrating how this corporation is heavily involved in the individual and the growth of the individual. The paper is finished off with a brief description of Union Planters Bank’s plans for the future, which cannot help but be promising in light of all their other successes. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: RAplanter.wps

United Overseas Bank Group - Singapore
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A 10 page paper that investigates and analyses the United Overseas Bank Group, with headquarters in Singapore. A general introduction to this banking group is provided first, including its subsidiaries, size, profit and recent acquisitions. This is followed by analytic discussions, a SWOT, Porter's Five Force model analysis and value chain analysis. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PGUOB.rtf

University Club’s Delayed IPO
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A 5 page paper explaining to investors why this real estate development company has delayed its scheduled initial public offering. The paper discusses the business cycle; the record low numbers of IPOs in 2002; expected similar patterns in 2003; and improvement in new housing starts over the past 12 months. The bottom line is that though University Clubs’ IPO has been delayed, that delay reflects only current market conditions and does not represent any structural problems within the organization. While the company waits for investment market conditions to improve, it can be actively generating increasing revenues through the business activity that forms the backbone of the company and its future. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSfinDelayIPO.rtf

University Club’s Delayed IPO with Letter
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A 6 page paper based on a shorter paper of the same name, but this time including a letter to investors who have expressed a desire to withdraw their investment in University Clubs. Investment structure and the manner that the couple came to be involved with the venture with far less than a minimum investment also restricts their ability to withdraw their funds directly. The letter explains this, and includes information of why University Clubs chose to delay its IPO beyond its anticipated debut. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSfinDelayIPO2.rtf

Urban Outfitters
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A 3 page paper examining Urban Outfitters' 2005 annual report and answering 22 questions about results, reporting and changes from the previous year. Includes several ratio calculations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSsecUrbOut.rtf

US Bank of Washington and the Redhook Loan
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This 9 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student and then considers issues raised, which include the way banks manager assets and liabilities and how a loan application might be assessed. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEredhook.rtf

Use of the Balanced Scorecard
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This 6 page paper answers questions regarding the use of the balanced scorecard. The first part of the paper considers the problems of assessing performance of a business using only financial measures. The second part of the paper outlines the basic principles of the balanced scorecard. The third part of the paper considers the ways in which it is better than the use of financial measures only. The forth part of the paper discusses the shortfalls and problems that remain with balanced scorecards. The last part of the paper reviews an article on Balanced Scorecards. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEusebscore.rtf