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» Corporate Finance - Reverse Buyout

Hi! I am doing a thesis for my finance class on the methods that companies used to raise capital. One of the main focus is on reverse buyout. I am not familiar with this topic, so I hope there are experts that can direct me to this. I would also like to know, if you can provide solution or a reference to my following questions on reverse buyout. 1. What's its advantages and disadvantages? 2. How risky is it for Small to Medium Sized companies? 3. Interest rate is high now in the world, particulary in Southeast Asia. Is reverse buyout a good method to raise capital? 4. What are the requirements to do a reverse buyout (in detail)? 5. What kind of industries (type of business, eg. retail, banking, agriculture, minin...... - 2008-11-15

» Paying income taxes on IRA distributions

I have taken a distribution from my Traditional IRA in 2006. When must I send a tax payment for this distribution? Must this be done when I take the distribution or can I wait until next year when I file my tax return? Thanks Marty Kovacs mkovacs@attglobal.netI have been doing taxes this year, and the short answer is... it depends. Primarily it depends on how much you want to owe at the end of the year and whether there will be any penalties on your overall tax bill. There is nothing that requires you to pay tax on this income immediately, but if you would rather be safe than sorry, you could make an estimate on your state and federal taxes, but I would consult your tax advisor for information specific to your situation, I reall...... - 2008-11-15

» graphic design products

I am a graphic designer looking for resources on pre-made clear plastic cases/folders/sealable or closeable bags to put a small brochure and 8.5x11 sheets of paper in. Can you find any resources for products such as these? (i've already checked Uline)Hello Broli, From Art City Frame: Re-Sealable Glassy Clear 4 mil Polypropylene Plastic Bags 8.5x11 A new revolutionary product to display your artwork, prints, and postcards. The attractive, neat Glassy Clear Bag has a re-sealable flap and saves you the labor costs of shrink wrapping. Eliminates excessive handling of material. All have 1/4? allowances. 100 bags per pack. Art City Frame http://store.artcityframe.com/ums-5439-8-5x11.html -------------------------------...... - 2008-11-15

» use of multimedia by churches referred to Easterangel-ga

for Easterangle-ga, your answers were right on target and useful but somehow the system paid someone else whoseanswers may or may not be useful. I'd like to know the four additional sources you found with information related to my question. Anything pertaining to what Unitarian Universialistchurches may have done with multimediawould e particularly useful. thank you, carloshHi! Thanks for reposting the question. I couldn?t find anything specific for the Unitarian or Universalist churches but here are the other links I promised. ?Multimedia Presentations in the Sanctuary? http://www.churchbusiness.com/articles/0a1audio.html ?Lights, Camera, Worship? Multimedia in the Modern Church? http://www.dramaministry.com/Articles/...... - 2008-11-15

» Advertised Bed/Mattress Set in Minnesota

I recently saw a Minneapolis advertisement for a complete bed, including mattress, frame, bedding, etc. for $200. Do you know where this deal exists?Do you remember where you saw the ad? Radio? TV? Internet? Billboard? Do you know if it was a mattress store? Any other details you could provide? What do you remember about the ad? Thanks, darrel-gaIt was a television ad, and from my memory, it seemed more like a full-service furniture store (e.g., carries full bedroom sets, sofas, etc) in addition, obviously, to mattresses. Unfortunately, that's all I remember as I wasn't in the market for that kind of purchase then...How long ago did you see the ad?This would have been two to three weeks ago....... - 2008-11-15

» Free ISP info FOR GREECE

I need a local dial up number for FREE ISP in Athens Greece and an account that I can open in English please?You may be able to find something in the following sites http://www.register-it.gr/engines1001.htm http://www.apn.gr/cgi-bin/odp/index.cgi?/Computers/Internet/Access_Providers/Free/United_States/Directories/ http://www.apn.gr/cgi-bin/odp/index.cgi?/Computers/Internet/Access_Providers/Free/United_States/Directories/ http://promo.gr/eng/Computers_and_Internet/Internet_Tools/index.shtml http://users.auth.gr/~mkargas/scfemale.htm http://www.dart.gr/resources/case_studies/seat1.html Bearing in mind that I have not actually check the sites mysely Kind Regards Ross (Australia)...... - 2008-11-15

» Cardboard or tin boxes more environmentally-friendly?

I am an environmentally-concerned artist that creates recycled cards and stationary and would like to know if it would be better to package them in cardboard boxes or tin boxes. What is the relative environmental impact of each? or do you have a better environmental solution?It seems to me that since cardboard is biodegradable, it is more environmentally friendly. Tin will eventually rust away to nothing, but the cardboard would be long gone.Tin does not rust. Tin artifacts have been found that are thousands of years old. Cardboard is essentially wood pulp; if exposed to the elements, it deteriorates and mingles with the soil. If I were in your position, I'd choose cardboard for its environmental friendliness. However, some commercially...... - 2008-11-15

» Free standing retailers

I need a list of all the commercial retail companies that require outside developers to do free standing build-to-suits for them (in other words do not self develop their own stores.) I?d like these companies to predominantly cater to smaller towns with populations from 5000 to 35,000. Examples of companies that I?m talking about are Tractor Supply Company, Firestone, Walgreens Drug Store, etc. A lot of restaurant chains self develop their stores but some do not. Some retailers require pad sites out in front or beside major traffic generator like Wal Mart. I?d like to have a list of these companies, person of contact, telephone number and other critical site requirements. In addition, I?d like to know the markets they are focused on or will...... - 2008-11-15

» Region-free mod-chip for Toshiba SD-6109C DVD Player

I am looking for a supplier of a 'mod chip' or 'mod kit' for a Toshiba SD-6109C DVD player (imported from the United States to the United Kingdom). I believe this player is also sold under the name Onkyo SR-90. It is currently locked to Region 1, and I wish to make it 'region free'. Many suppliers claim to sell a mod-chip which will work with all Toshiba DVD players, but one I purchased in the past (from http://www.dvdchips.co.uk) was not compatible, so the product has to be specifically for the SD-6109C. The supplier can be in any country, as long as they will ship to the UK and the total price including delivery is USD$75 or under.Sorry, that should be Onkyo DR-90. Hello Andywaite! Just for clarification, you...... - 2008-11-15

» Free web based route optimization

I'm looking for a free and simple way to optimize a route. Either a web site or a download that will allow me to input 5-10 street addresses in a city and it will give me the most efficient route to take to visit all the destinations. I know mapquest used to offer multi-destination routing but they don't seem to offer it anymore. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.Hi I donot know whether the free download /application is available for this. but we can create the application to act like the artificial intelligence. It's quite easy actually. If u need more help just explain the scenario in detail. I can give more idea regarding this. Regards Frederic Anand.Actually, all I'm looking to do is input ...... - 2008-11-15

» Internet Marketing and SEO

I'm in the process of starting an on line business in the travel industry. Here is a question I recently asked regarding website optimization: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=506841 I've done a little research since I asked the question and realize that I may have been to vague by asking for an opinion. What I'm looking for is a recommendation of how to most effectively market my business on line. I'm in the process of working with the web designers. It's my understanding that It's best to get an SEO involved at the beginning of the websites development so that the designers can work with the SEO from the start, ensuring proper site creation for search engine optimization and Interne...... - 2008-11-15

» Rent a Coder.com question: What are the Top 5 companies by marketshare?

Hello, I'm the owner of RentACoder.com. A job was recently posted on the RentACoder website for the following. "Top five products in terms of market share for each software solutions below: 1. Help desk software 2. Drawing management software 3. Network infrastructure software (Asset Management) a. What company? Internet address b. Name of product? c. Approximate market share? d. Cost of product? e. Software only or Services & Software solution? f. What makes them capture market share? (e.g. Unique selling position)" Google answers...please IGNORE A-F (I don't want or need an answer to that level of detail). Instead, please simply tell me what are the answers for JUST 1-3. The answer should be a list like...... - 2008-11-15

» advice concerning purchase of lights

I am preparing to invest in some new lights, and am hoping some of you may have recommendations. Here's what I've been using: cheapo reflector-dish type lights (100 watt) peppers bare sockets wrapped round with various things- black wrap, china balls, etc. These have been working out just fine until now. I plan to start doing color photography, and I need more light. I want to buy something reasonably (haha, I know) priced in a tungsten fresnel light. I am looking at the Lowel Pro-Light, which I've used before with satisfactory results, and it seems to be the most affordable solution. Ideally I would buy Arri lights, but they appear to be out of my price range. Thanks for any suggestions.Lowell is a great light. Pricey, but it is n...... - 2008-11-15

» Kayak + 20D + water = ....(advice on waterproof bags)

I haven't been around in a while and I figured the perfect time to return is when I need something. ***Sounds like some of my relatives*** Anyway. I recently started kayaking the local streams and lakes in the area. The amount of wildlife I have come across is amazing and just dying to be captured digitally. The problem-I have already flipped my kayak twice. I am not willing to take my camera with me because it cost me $1500 + memory card + lenses. I've been looking around the net at waterproof bags that look like zip-lock bags. You can still use the camera and god-forbid I fall in, the camera is safe. Does anyone have any experience with these "bags" and if so do you have any suggestions. Or am I going about this all wrong?...... - 2008-11-15

» Upgrading my lenses, need advice

I am thinking of getting a Nikon 50mm f/1.8D for my d50. I am planning on buying better lenses for now but eventually I will ditch my d50 for something better. Right now I have a 18-50mm and a 70-300mm lens by quantaray. I am thinking of getting rid of the 70-300 because I have not been using it much lately other than for macro photography. Will the 50mm work for this purpose too? I know is is a great portrait lens but what about macro stuff?Honestly, if you want real macro work you need a macro lens. This might work for a decent price http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/66987-USA/Nikon_1987_60mm_f_2_8D_Macro_Autofocus.html but the problem is you really don't want to use a macro lens for portraiture. Unless of course you want to bring ou...... - 2008-11-15

» Corporate ownership of Fidelity

What are the names of all of the Fidelity (FMR Corp.) funds, corporations, and limited partnerships? I need to know the hierarchy of business entities within the Fidelity family of companies.Here's a list of their funds: http://personal.fidelity.com/products/products_overview.shtml.cvsr?bar=c but as for the corporate hierarchy of affiliated companies....Whew! If you've already identified some members of the hierarchy, it would be helpful to know what you have already, so we don't go reinventing the wheel. Thanks, pafalafa-gaThanks for looking thus far. The company at the "top" of the pyramid is FMR Corp., usually referred to as "Fidelity Investments." It has several wholly owned subsidiaries, such as Fid...... - 2008-11-15

» Evaluating the project

I need to do some calculations using excel where it is necessary. I am trying to do it for a couple of days and I definitely need some help. The firm is planning a project, it will be 5 year project. THe company bought some land 3 years ego for $6 million.The land was appraised last week for $9.2 million. The company plans to built new plant on this land, its cost $14 million to build.The project requires $900000 in initial working capital investment.Tax rate is 35%. The firm has debt: 10000 of 8% coupon bonds outstanding, 15 years to maturity, selling for 92% of par. The bonds hvae 1 $1000 par value each and make semiannual payments. Common stock: 250,000 shres outstanding selling for $70 per share, the beta is 1.4 Preferred s...... - 2008-11-15

» Spousal Privilege with respect to private or corporate non-disclosure agreements

If I sign a non-disclosure agreement with a company, third-party, employer, etc. am I legally allowed to disclose to my wife anything confidential between me and the third-party? Barring a discussion of whether this is ethical or not, is it legal? Furthermore, I know that spousal privilege prevents my wife from being coerced to disclose anything I have told her in private, so the issue may be a moot point, but I wanted to know about it's legality. Does disclosing confidential information to my wife technically break an NDA? A couple of caveats: 1. I, of all people, understand that Google Answers cannot be held liable for legal advice, so consider your answer already disclaimed. 2. This has nothing to do with a current or histori...... - 2008-11-15

» Gas Station (Service Station) and Car Wash Construction

I would like to know the project steps involved in constructing a gas station (service station) and car wash. The station is going to be built in Chicagoland region. The gas station will have around 3000 to 5000 sq. ft. convenient/food store. Please mention the project steps involved, the permits required, the project costing, timeline, contractors/professional that can be hired for this task etc.These people are experts: http://www.monitorinc.com/contact.htmlCan't help you with the gas station part, but I know of a firm that call themselves the car wash experts and they build and install self-serve, inbay automatics, conveyorized, truck wash, and building vehicle wash systems. They are called Advanced Cleaning Technologies. Thei...... - 2008-11-15

» Reasons for new sales from the E-commerce channel

Hello, in the Grainger Factbook 2003, available on http://www.grainger.com, the following is stated: "Customers who order through the Grainger Web site ? many of them among the company?s best customers ? buy more often, spend more per order and buy from more product categories than customers who solely use traditional channels." Many companies have seen similar results. My question: What are the main drivers for new (incremental) sales when customers are using new sales channels? Regards, tornellThis Google Answer could be a good starting point: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=225207Tornell - This may be a tough one to actually quantify. Any real improvement in operations can result in incremental sal...... - 2008-11-15

» wanted: ideas for wedding background

I'm looking for some input as to a background color to use in a wedding shoot for some formal shots of the wedding party. The bridesmaid's dresses are a deep purple (taffeta or something like) the bride is in white :) and the groom black. That's the basics. They have a black velvet curtain they want to use but I have questions about this - sure it'll make the bride stand out but how about the groom's shoulders?... Some kind of drapes to add? Ditch the black altogether? Or make it work with the right lighting? Any ideas I'd appreciate them!Hello and welcome to the forum! Be sure to use a kicker if using the black drapes. You should really base you selection on the personality of you couple. Square-pegs and round-holes and all of that make...... - 2008-11-15

» I did some wedding shots, this is the kit I took and what I learnt

I didn't post one of those 'My first wedding' threads. But I did read a few, along with a zillion web sites, so i took all the gear I had just in case http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/416669816_b4ca288b14.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51975854@N00/416669816/) They didn't want a photographer, didn't like them or having photos taken. My wife suggested I do some pics and I agreed they needed something even if I am a complete novice. The wedding party was Dutch, Spanish and English So what did I learn? I can't speak Spanish or Dutch so getting people orgainsed was a problem I shot raw and can't believe how many cards I used and then went onto film. 3x1gig 1x2gi and 2x528mb The old Nikons are easier to use but I could check the sc...... - 2008-11-15

» Yahoo email - Delay Sending

How do I delay sending an email in Yahoo? I do not have Outlook & just want to know how I can delay-send so my clients don't know I'm working thoughout the night.Hi lightbulb1, There is no built-in mechanism in the Yahoo! Web mail client to delay sending an option. Even with an email client like Outlook Express you may not actually predefine what time a message to send to. The only solution to such a problem may be with an Information Management tool, which allows you to set reminders and upon its expiry allows you to do various things as per your liking, such as sending an email. With the Yahoo web based email interface your only solution is to use a facility called "Drafts". What you may do is, if you do not have enough info...... - 2008-11-15

» Postfix trap bounced email addresses

Trap email of bounced address and add to db if server is running Postfix? We run a debain server running postfix. We want to prevent mailing to non existent email ids on yahoo/hotmail/aol etc. The response we get from the email servers when there is no mailbox by that name is received by postfix and is logged. What we need is apart from logging a way to trap the email address then and there and quickly store it to mysql table so that henceforth we do not try to mail to that address ever.I have no idea how to do this, but do not understand why you would want to. What happens if the email address subsequently becomes valid?I also get the idea and understand its point, that would reduce irrelevant traffic and reduce bounced emails. How...... - 2008-11-15

» bulk emailer

hi Im looking for a free software bulk emailer tool that allows me to email a bunch of people on a mailing list but in the 'to' part of the message actually use their address.For example with the software I have at present,when I send the email i bcc myself so when the recipient gets the email their own address isnt in the 'to' section and sometimes ends up in the bulk folder then gets deleted. I hope Ive been clear!!Depends if you want a software/hardware solution. I've used phplist - a php 'bulk' Emailer that's free. http://www.phplist.com...... - 2008-11-15

» Making Dots Letters in Assembly Using C++ Problem.

I have a problem in Assembly using C++. The Problem is i ned to display dot colors in the screen using dos.h include files. This is the sample program already done but ned to re edit to create a ACRONYM letters. #include #include #include #include #include int GMode() { union REGS regs; regs.h.ah=0x00; regs.h.al=0x13; int86(0x10,®s,®s); rand(); return 0; } void Tmode() { union REGS regs; regs.h.ah=0x00; regs.h.al=0x03; int86(0x10,®s,®s); } int Plot (int x,int y,int color) { union REGS regs; regs.h.ah=0x0c; regs.h.al=color; regs.x.cx=x; regs.x.dx=y; int86(0x10,®s,®s); return 0; } int main() { GMode(); Plot(100,100,14); getch(); Tmode(); return 0; } This prog...... - 2008-11-15

» A ton of audio tape cassettes -> MP3?

Hi, I have been aware that there are higih speed audio tape duplicators, but that's not an issue timing wise because of the mechanical synchronization. How can I locate a device to copy the many audio tapes I have at high speed and possible listen to a portion and choose the best play timing to apply onto the whole converted file? Or is these a professional decice that would do that? The answer can possible be a reliable technique to do this where I don't have to wait for the entire tape to play to get it converted to MP3 at its normal playing speed. Thank you. -MaoI fear that you'll have trouble converting audiotapes (analog) to MP3s (digital) at anything but normal speed. If you try to speed the tape, you'll s...... - 2008-11-15