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Mergers and acquisitions United States corporate law

dgcl §203 cheff v mathes 199 a2d 548 (del 1964) weinberger v uop inc, 457 a2d 701, 703-04 (del 1983) plaintiff must start alleging fiduciary stood gain material economic benefit. burden shifts defendant show fairness of transaction. court considers both terms, , process bargain, i.e. both fair price, , fair dealing. however, if director shows full disclosure made either disinterested directors or disinterested shareholders, burden remains on plaintiff. revlon inc v macandrews & forbes holdings, inc., 506 a.2d 173 (del. 1985) hanson trust plc v ml scm acquisition, inc, 781 f.2d 264 (2d cir 1986), asset lock in contested takeover, violation of duty of care unitrin inc v american general corp. unocal corp v mesa petroleum co 493 a.2d 946 (del. 1985) moran v household international inc, 500 a.2d 1346 (del. 1985) lacos land co v arden group inc, 517 2d 271 (del ch 1986) paramount communications inc v qvc network inc, 637 a.2d 34 (del. 1994)

Impact Typhoon Ruby (1988)

typhoon ruby on south china sea, shortly after crossing philippines philippines throughout archipelago, typhoon ruby flattened homes, sank ships, , blew buses , trucks off freeways. of entire island of luzon lost power due typhoon. ten people feared dead, including 1 child, on october 23 when tornado destroyed 6 villages near cagayan de oro. there, 5 others drowned in floodwaters triggered flash flooding , 26,000 people displaced homes. after agusan river overflowed banks, 1,000 houses destroyed, leading more 20,000 homeless. augsen bridge destroyed typhoon. typhoon killed fifteen people in province of zamboanga del sur, 6 on camiguin island, 3 in nueva ecija, 2 in surigao city , 1 in nueva ecija, pampanga, bulacan , iloilo. in cugman, town within province of misamis oriental, 6 fatalities reported, , 1,000 dwellings destroyed, resulted in 20,000 people displaced residence. in mindoro island, twenty people killed, , 250 houses bridge destroyed. elsewhe...

Americas Zone 2006 Fed Cup

nations in bold advanced higher level of competition. nations in italics relegated down lower level of competition. group i venue: club campestre de medellín, medellín, colombia (outdoor clay) dates: 19–22 april participating teams group ii venue: parque del este, santo domingo, dominican republic (outdoor hard) dates: 18–20 april participating teams

Greater China Han Chinese subgroups

1 greater china 1.1 mainland china 1.2 taiwan 1.3 hong kong 1.4 macau greater china mainland china the han people originated in mainland china. each han subgroup associated particular region in china; cantonese originated in western guangdong, putian in puxian, foochow in fuzhou, hoklo in southern fujian, chaoshan/teochew in eastern guangdong, hakka in eastern/central guangdong , shanghainese in shanghai. taiwan demographics of taiwan in taiwan, main distinction within han chinese between 2 groups: the cia world factbook puts number of pen-sheng-jen @ 84% , number of mainlanders @ 14%. 70% of taiwan s population hoklo, while 10-15% hakka. hong kong in hong kong, majority of population cantonese. according cia world factbook, 89% of hong kongers speak cantonese language. other han chinese peoples present in hong kong include hakka, hoklo, teochew , shanghainese. macau macau, hong kong has han (cantonese) majority. according cia world factbook, 85.7% of macanese speak cantonese. the te...

By place 766

1 place 1.1 byzantine empire 1.2 abbasid caliphate 1.3 asia by place byzantine empire august 25 – emperor constantine v publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking officials in hippodrome of constantinople, after discovering plot against him. executes leaders, constantine podopagouros , brother strategios, , blinds , exiles rest. autumn – siege of kamacha: abbasid forces under al-hasan ibn qahtaba defeated @ fortress city of kamacha, in eastern cappadocia (modern turkey). byzantine relief army (12,000 men) forces abbasids retreat armenia. sabin, ruler (khagan) of bulgaria, flees byzantine fortress city of mesembria, escapes constantinople. constantine v arranges transfer of sabin s family bulgaria. abbasid caliphate baghdad nears completion 100,000 laborers create circular city 2 km in diameter, round city . in center palace built caliph al-mansur. capital ringed 3 lines of walls (approximate date). asia the karluks defeat turgesh khaganate in central asia. of turkestan (former onoq terri...

Prehistoric and Roman Berkhamsted

an middle bronze age (c.1500 1300 bc) copper chisel found in berkhamsted. neolithic, bronze age, iron age , roman artefacts show berkhamsted area of bulbourne valley has been settled on 5,000 years. discovery of large number of worked flint chips provides neolithic evidence of on-site flint knapping in centre of berkhamsted. several settlements dating neolithic iron age (about 4500–100 bc) have been discovered south of berkhamsted. 3 sections of late bronze age iron age (1200–100 bc) bank , ditch, sixteen feet (five metres) wide 7 thirteen feet (two 4 metres) high , known grim s ditch, found on south side of bulbourne valley. iron age dyke same name on berkhamsted common, on north side of valley. in late iron age, prior roman occupation, valley have been within catuvellauni territory. bulbourne valley rich in timber , iron ore. in late iron age, four-square-mile (ten-square-kilometre) area around northchurch became major iron production centre, considered 1 of important late i...

Mahadeva Temple Ettumanoor

ettumanoor temple the ancient ettumanoor mahadeva temple here has brought glory , fame place. myths have pandavas , sage vyasa had worshipped @ temple. name of place had origin word manoor , means home of deer. the present temple building, gopuram , fortress around it, reconstructed in 717 me (1542 ad). there dravidian mural paintings on walls inside , outside of main entrance. fresco of pradosha nritham (dance of shiva) 1 of finest wall painting in india. there golden flag staff inside temple. on top of idol of bull surrounded small bells , metal leaves of banyan tree. temple roofs covered copper sheets , has 14 ornamental tops. bhagavati, sastha, ganapathy , yakshi installed here subordinate deities. believed great philosopher, sankaracharya wrote soundaraya lahari staying in temple. festivals ezhara ponnana festival the famous ettumanoor mahadevar temple hosts arattu festival celebrated on grand scale on thiruvathira day in february–march every year. lot of people come temple...