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Michigan Passenger Rail Station Community Benefits Study, John C. Taylor, Hari Singh, Paul Isely
Michigan Passenger Rail Station Community Benefits Study, John C. Taylor, Hari Singh, Paul Isely
Grant Project Reports
Rail passenger service is perceived to provide important benefits to Michigan communities. The extent of these benefits has never been quantified in a systematic way, therefore the main objective of this grant is to fund a research project that will estimate the full range of these direct and indirect benefits at the communitry level and to develop approaches that the MDOT can utilize to incorporate the findings into their Transportation Mangement System. It is understood that rail passenger services provide important additional benefits to the state and the region in terms of congestion relief, air quality improvement, and energy conservation. …
Strategic M&A’S: Stronger In Tough Times?, Carol M. Sanchez, Stephen R. Goldberg
Strategic M&A’S: Stronger In Tough Times?, Carol M. Sanchez, Stephen R. Goldberg
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Global acquisitions were worth $6.5 billion in the first quarter of 2008, were down 44% from the previous quarter, and down 41% from the first quarter of 2007.1 But the value of strategic M&As dropped less, only 33%, while the number of deals rose 8%, and cross-border deals represented 38% of the total value of global M&As. Kroll argues that strategic M&As, while likely to experience some drop in volume in 2008 and until the credit crisis bottoms out, will withstand the pressures of financial markets much better than financial M&As. Strategic M&As are deals conducted by companies that want …