Monsanto and American Home Products call off merger

Article Abstract:

Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, MO, and American Home Products Corp. (AHP) of Madison, NJ, mutually agreed to end their merger on Oct. 12, 1998. The companies agreed on Jun. 1, 1998, to merge in a deal valued at $34 billion. According to the companies, they cancelled the merger because it was no longer in the best interests of their respective shareholders. Monsanto and AHP loss a combined market capitalization of almost $14.6 billion on the day of the announcement of the merger's cancellation. In addition, Monsanto's stock decreased by 26.6%, while AHP's dropped by 10%.

Acquisitions & mergers, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Company Planning/Goals, Chemicals & Allied Products, Chemical Manufacturing, Drugs, Chemicals, Monsanto Co., Article, American Home Products Corp

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Minimum wages and information

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A minimum wage assists in sorting skilled from unskilled workers to the extent that levels of skill are ascertained beforehand by the employer, and the unskilled are further separated by certification tests. The result that is employment is increased and prices reduced

Employee Recruitment, Statistical Data Included, Research, Wages, Minimum wage, Skilled labor

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Efficient organization of information processing

Article Abstract:

The implementation of economic efficiency models in organizational information management and decision making is examined.

Methods, Decision-making, Decision making, Usage, Information management, Information accessibility, Economic development models

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