Word: trusts
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...wild love story for both parties? It can be a challenge to trust historical dramas. We're so used to being duped that even while we're enjoying a scene, we may think it's all made up. The Young Victoria features the jolly King William at his birthday banquet, quite in his cups, trashing Victoria's mother. It's a funny bit, ending with Richardson huffing off and some dry old man saying, ruefully, "Families." This scene has the mark of something written expressly for Broadbent by Fellowes, but in Lytton Strachey's biography Queen Victoria, and again...
...Tiger Woods. To them, he represented competitiveness, the ability to judge things well and the ability to act appropriately." One out of three doesn't cut it here. Accenture's position is unique in that it sells a business service and all firm-client relationships are built on trust. As it turns out, Woods isn't as trustworthy as we might have thought. Plus, Accenture's "Be a Tiger" ad taglines were turning the company into a joke...
...possible purchase of Cadbury, a famous British candy brand, has been on the trust board's agenda ever since. The two companies already had a relationship, with Hershey acting as Cadbury's U.S. distributor. Cadbury had even considered buying Hershey when the trust first put it up for sale...
...long-term consequences of such a merger will weigh heavily on the trust-board members since they must consider how it will affect their bottom line far into the future. Outbidding Kraft for Cadbury would force the company to take on a mountain of debt, analysts say, which could damage Hershey's strong credit rating. And raising that money could force the company to issue new stock, potentially diluting the control the trust enjoys...
...That they are even considering such a deal shows that the trust-board members are looking past the immediate debt implications to the distant future of Hershey, Howard said...