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November 4th, 2009

November 4th, 2009
08:43 am [Link]	Беларускія аб'яднаныя дэмакратычныя сілы дастаўляюць Які загаловак! Беларусские власти отыгрались на российских свиньях (1 comment | Leave a comment)
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03:41 pm [Link]	Cost synergies When one company buys another one they usually justify it in "cost synergies". "The driving motivation of the transaction is the present value of the $350 million in annual cost synergies If I understand correctly, this means, simplifying things: before merger each company has 10 workers in the accounting department; after the merger the combined accounting department will have 15 people, so the salaries and expenses for the 5 "extras" are "cost synergy". Doesn't it mean that the original departments were overstaffed in the first place and the "cost synergy" - making 15 people do the work that formerly was done by 20 - could be achieved without the merger by shrinking the original departments to 8 from 10? (5 comments | Leave a comment)
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04:29 pm [Link]	Festive 20 from here Albert Ayler - Ghosts Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica The Stooges - Funhouse Ramones - Ramones The Damned - Damned Damned Damned Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols The Clash - The Clash (US edition) Wire - Pink Flag The Cure - Boys Don't Cry Pere Ubu - Modern Dance Public Image Limited - Second Edition Bauhaus - In the Flat Field Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Black Flag - Damaged Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies Minor Threat - Complete Discography [possibly to be replaced with Metallica - Master of Puppets] Butthole Surfers - Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace Extreme Noise Terror - Holocaust in Your Head PainKiller - Guts of a Virgin/Buried Secrets Tags: music (1 comment | Leave a comment)