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A decision to shut down means that the firm is temporarily suspending production. [ 23] It does not mean that the firm is going out of business ( exiting the industry). [ 24] If market conditions improve, due to prices increasing or production costs falling, the firm can resume production. Shutting down is a short-run decision. [ 25]
Merger. An amicable involvement of two or more companies to form one unit, and to increase overall efficiency. The shareholders of merged companies are offered equivalent holdings in the new company, and old employees are generally retained. Takeovers, which are quite another matter, generate a lot more heat.
Definition. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare defines hikikomori as a condition in which the affected individuals refuse to leave their parents' house, do not work or go to school, and isolate themselves from society and family in a single room for a period exceeding six months. [ 13] The psychiatrist Tamaki Saitō defines ...
The closure of the Oakland Zoo's elephant exhibit has sparked animal activists to call for other zoos to follow suit.
Paramount Global announced in a memo to staff Tuesday that it will shut down its storied TV studio by the end of the week — the latest move in a series of aggressive cost cuts the company is ...
Indefinite, round-the-clock road closures around Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound are frustrating Palm Beach officials and residents to the point that the Florida club and residence could be ...
Bull market: a period of generally rising prices. See Market trend. Closing print: a report of the final prices for the day on a stock exchange. Fill or kill or FOK: "an order to buy or sell a stock that must be executed immediately"—a few seconds, customarily—in its entirety; otherwise, the entire order is cancelled; no partial ...
Hooters shut down restaurants at 5821 Interstate 20 West, Arlington, and 150 Throckmorton St., ... the company cited “current market conditions” in closing “underperforming” stores.