KFC, Yum! Dragged Down By Chinese Food Safety Scandal KFC in China used to be an unstoppable juggernaut. Now it’s retreating over food safety. Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, reported third quarter earnings on Tuesday afternoon and missed consensus analyst estimates. Yum! posted earnings per share of $0.87, narrowly lower than the $0.88 consensus, and revenue of $3.35 billion, also below the $3.45 billion estimate. The main problem was in China, where overall…
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Professor James Moriarty', were then following in 'A Scandal. The characteristics that catches the readers eyes about Sherlock Holmes is his integrity, trustworthiness, sensibility, rational determination, lack of emotionalism, and intelligent power. "It may be that you are not yourself brilliant," Holmes tells Watson, "but you are a conductor of light. In developing Sherlock, Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on Doctor Joseph Bell, a surgeon and teacher. Dr. Bell was very smart and fast before you should tell…
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brand. It is blatant that KFC have undergone drastic brand development to better target Chinese consumers. This primarily involved line extension where they have diversified their products to include food that caters to the tastes of local consumers (Bell and Shelman 2011). This approach has been very successful considering the Shanghai-based division alone generating over $1 billion in profits and opening 889 new restaurants in 2012 (Novak 2012). However, the company is likely to face issues with changing…
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Every college student learns and observes hands-on Newton’s second law of thermodynamics, the universe favors chaos over order. However, chemical reactions still exist that increase the organization of a system by lowering the system’s potential energy. The tendency towards chaos constantly struggles with the need for organization to attain the unique balance necessary for life. The multi-faceted love that Benedick and Beatrice share in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing experiences a similar struggle…
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The News of the World Phone Hacking Scandal from Business Ethics and CSR Point of View Date: 21 June 2012 Executive Summary The focus of the project you’re about to read is on the recently phone hacking scandal of famous UK News agency, - The News of The World. The report include a brief explanation of what has happened based on pre-selected online articles, analysis of the scandal from Business Ethics point of view by using various CSR theories discussed during the CSR course in period four…
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Alan Turing was born on June 23rd, 1912 in London. He is the man who used statistical theory to crack the German’s Enigma machine in WWII. This machine encrypted the Nazi’s secret messages to one another so that the Allies could not understand those that were intercepted. As a boy, Turing attended boarding school at Sherborne School for independent boys in Dorset, England. He later attended King’s College at the University of Cambridge in 1931, and graduated three years later. One year after graduation…
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theme song featured an instrumental version of the song "Suicide Is Painless", which also appears in the original film.” (http://classic-tv.com/70s-shows/) Richard Nixon • 37th president of US • Ended fighting in Vietnam • Implicated in Watergate scandal, became first president of the US ever to resign from office • Granted full pardon by Gerald Ford • 1913-1994, in office 1969-74 Gerald Ford • 38th president of the US • Granted Nixon full pardon • 1913-2006, in office 1974-1977 Jimmy Carter •…
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which encompassed this era took away from its many prosperities. The administration of Ulysses S.Grant was a place of great vice and corruption. Although he was personally honest his administration and associates were corrupt and tarnished by various scandals. During the gilded age American politics was plagued with great Fraud. Dishonest carpetbaggers assimilated themselves in state and local government's. During the years following the Civil War you Ulysses S.grants…
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In continuing to represent Toronto’s true artistic and cultural identity, the Entertainment District will bring a new addition to its streets with Bell Lightbox, the soon to be home base for world renowned Toronto International Film Festival. In Bell Lightbox, everything that is remarkable about the moving image art form will be gathered in this permanent location and presented through innovative crossmedia exhibitions, lectures and film-related…
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“When people say, ‘I’m so tired of living,’, it’s like a stab in my heart. I’d like a hundred years to do nothing but read, a hundred years to study nothing but music, five hundred years just to act. What can you do in one short lifetime?” This quote perfectly describes the lifestyle of Joan Crawford. She is known as one of the best actresses of her time and was gifted in almost every way. Crawford was an excellent dancer, a natural born actress, a decent singer, and, most importantly, a headstrong…
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