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Provide a summary of the target firm and acquiring firm involved in the transaction. B. Was the transaction a merger or a consolidation? Explain.

Write a synopsis of the transaction in paragraph form. At a minimum, your synopsis must address each of the below topics. You must also include a reference page that includes a minimum of five sources that are cited using APA. The reference page does not count towards the word limit. C. Was the transaction a horizontal, vertical, or conglomerate acquisition? Explain. D. Was the transaction funded with cash, stock, or both? What was the total value of the acquisition (i.e. how much did it cost the acquiring firm)? Explain. E. What was the stock price reaction for the target firm and the acquiring firm when the deal was first announced? We know how mergers affect the value of target firms and acquiring firms on average. Was this transaction consistent with the average change in values? Explain. F. Was the transaction friendly or hostile? Explain. If it was hostile, what takeover defenses did the target firm employ? Explain. G. What were the stated synergies that the acquisition was supposed to achieve? Classify each stated synergy as one or more of the following: marketing gains, strategic benefits, market power, economy of scale, economy of vertical integration, technology transfer, complementary resources, elimination ofinefficient management, tax gains from net operating losses, tax gains from debt capacity, tax gains from surplus funds, and reduced capital requirements.

In Chapter 29, Heinrichs gives us templates for arguments both offensive and defensive: For offense, he recommends Thinking of a goal, then Setting the tense, then Knowing your audience’s values and commonplaces, and finally, Using ethos, pathos, and logos, in that order. For defense, he suggests Conceding, then Redefining your concession, and then Switching to the future tense. Imagine someone has raised a challenge to your argument for project 3. What would their challenge be, and how would you defend your argument?

In Chapter 29, Heinrichs gives us templates for arguments both offensive and defensive: For offense, he recommends Thinking of a goal, then Setting the tense, then Knowing your audience’s values and commonplaces, and finally, Using ethos, pathos, and logos, in that order. For defense, he suggests Conceding, then Redefining your concession, and then Switching to the future tense. Imagine someone has raised a challenge to your argument for project 3. What would their challenge be, and how would you defend your argument?

Write one (1) open-ended question that promotes depth of thinking and purposeful conversation with students and is directly linked to the text.

This week you will select 5 more books that you will use for your literature cluster. **Please be mindful that for the final literature cluster assignment, you will need to select books from at least 4 different genres. Including books from all 4 genres would be helpful to you at this point. Bold the title of each genre and then list each book under the appropriate category.Make sure you use APA format (6th edition) to cite each book.
Include the the following information for each book:
Photo: Include a small photograph of the cover of the book.
Summary: 2-3 sentence summary of the gist of the text. What genre(s) is the book? Include any and all connections to other books in the cluster.

Strategy: Choose one (1) comprehension strategy that you think might compliment the text. Write 1-2 sentences explaining this choice. These strategies should come from the 7 Keys to Comprehension text.

Relate key elements of the theory, concept or framework, use examples from popular media and current events, and relate existing literature and research.

The final paper shall conform to APA style and include references that are key to the selected theory or perspective on ethics. A reasonable expectation for length of paper to sufficiently explore the topic is 5-7 pages (not including cover page and reference pages). No abstract is necessary. The paper should have a minimum of 10 sources, five of which must be valid academic works (i.e. journal articles). 1 page proposal outlining what you might want to cover. Please provide at least 3 potential sources for your paper.

Choose a mass media issue topic and phrase it as an open-ended question for discussion. Consider three sub-topic questions that will help you arrive at an answer for your main topic question. If it is a problem-solving group, then you will need to have questions relating to the reflective thinking order.

Choose a mass media issue topic and phrase it as an open-ended question for discussion. Consider three sub-topic questions that will help you arrive at an answer for your main topic question. If it is a problem-solving group, then you will need to have questions relating to the reflective thinking order.