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Cyclone Drilling Company of Gillette has agreed to pay $45,000 to Mark Lujan for sexual harassment he said he endured while working at a drilling rig on the Western Slope.
The EEOC filed the lawsuit, claiming Lujan's supervisor, Jim Stout, subjected him to inappropriate sexual remarks and unwanted groping.
When Lujan complained, the lawsuit alleges, he was forced to resign. Stephanie Struble, senior trial attorney in the EEOC's Denver office, said its investigation found that Stout had harassed other employees.
Patrick Hladky, a contract manager for Cyclone, said the company settled for economic reasons, and denied the allegations.
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Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists have reportedly started putting on fire their archives in Mosul after Iraqi forces launched a major offensive to route the jihadists by June 10.
Mosul is Iraq's second-largest city and June 10 marks the third anniversary of the ISIS occupation of the city.
"The militants began to burn large quantities of the archives including those of its al-Hessbah (IS's religious police), security and recruitment offices and treasury," Al-Arabiya cited a security source as saying.
The burning of the archives is a "clear indication" of a major collapse within IS's ranks and is aimed at concealing its crimes against civilians and the identities of its accomplices, the source said.
"IS's burning of its archives is to prevent the detection of its crimes against civilians, and an attempt to conceal the identity of its supporters who backed its militants in committing crimes against innocent people," said the source.
The archives were set alight in IS headquarters close to residential areas, after the evacuation of its fighters, the source said.
The few hundred IS militants holed up in the dense Old City are experiencing heavy defeats daily due to many of their commanders having been killed in battle or escaped before the push to re-capture the group's final holdouts there began on Sunday, according to the source.
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Rob Zombie Says New Album Is 'A Great Follow-Up' To Original 'Hellbilly Deluxe'
Rob Zombie's fourth solo studio album will be released on November 17 via Geffen Records.
Rob Zombie's fourth solo studio album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool", will be released on November 17 via Geffen Records. "Hellbilly Deluxe" was the name of Zombie's first and most successful solo outing, issued back in 1998.
"The plan was always to make this kind of like the sequel to 'Hellbilly Deluxe', but I didn't want to force it," Zombie tells AOL's Noisecreep. "I always figure records dictate their own journey. You might say, 'Oh, we're going to write the heaviest thing ever.' But you get in there and, you know, you might write things that aren't heavy that are great, so you kind of go with it. But this one seems like a great follow-up to that record."
"The record's really varied, just like the first one," Zombie says of the new CD. "There are huge, epic songs with 100-piece orchestras. And then there's something like 'What,' which is just the four of us in a garage literally playing live together and making a big noise."
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01. Jesus Frankenstein 02. Sick Bubblegum 03. What? 04. Mars Needs Women 05. Werewolf, Baby! 06. Virgin Witch 07. Death and Destiny Inside The Dream Factory 08. Burn 09. Cease to Exist 10. Werewolf Women of the SS 11. The Man Who Laughs
Rob Zombie will kick off his upcoming North American tour on October 29 in Phoenix, Arizona, according to a press release. He will hit the road with the same band that toured behind his 2006 CD, "Educated Horses", consisting of guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D. and drummer Tommy Clufetos. Although Zombie is also busy these days directing movies, he told The Pulse of Radio he can always count on his current bandmates to return. "Whenever I'm making a movie they go off and do whatever they want, but they're all part of this band," he said. "We just did all of our photos for the tour and stuff. It's the same band, it's just that I know those guys get itchy to play."
Support on the tour will come from Nekromantix and Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures. The latter band appeared in Zombie's latest film, "Halloween II".
The trek will include a very special Halloween event on October 31 in Hollywood, California hosted by Uncle Seymour Coffins, also seen in "Halloween II".
The "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" tour will mark Zombie's return to the road after moderate box office success as the writer and director of "Halloween II" (Dimension). His R-rated, animated feature, "The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto", was made available everywhere on DVD and Blu-ray September 22.
Zombie will return to the stage on October 18, when he co-headlines Loud Park festival in Japan with Slayer that will also feature Papa Roach.


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Now that the bulk of Long Islanders have had their power restored from superstorm Sandy, it's time for Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), as well as Govs. Andrew M. Cuomo and Chris Christie, to focus their attention on price gougers. They can start with anyone who sold unleaded regular for more than $3.89 a gallon.
Just before the first hurricane warning, some stations appeared to raise their prices from around $3.69. I saw prices as high as $4.59.
It takes a special kind of person to raise prices on your friends and neighbors during a crisis. I would also investigate the many stores that sold generators at way over normal market value, as well as some hotel and motel operators.
It should not be left to the rules of supply and demand when people are cold and hungry and are in despair, with no power, food or gas. People should not only remember our neighbors who showed random acts of goodwill, but also the people who hit them hard when the chips were down.
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Renowned local and international academics and critics, most of whom are women, came up with a groundbreaking reader on Yvonne Vera's fictional works entitled, Sign and Taboo: Perspectives on the Poetic Fiction of Yvonne Vera
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Towards a Fusion of Western and Traditional African Educational Systems in Zimbabwe's National School Curriculum
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Boko Haram, Terrorism and Failing State Capacity in Nigeria: An Interrogation
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Against this background, the book focuses on public sector reforms in Malawi. Indeed, it is a compilation of well researched chapters across one hundred and ten pages, on various cases, which reflect the title of the book. In all, there are five chapters.
Chirikure Chirikure as a Writer in Politics: A Study of Selected Poems
This study is an analysis of the relevance of Chirikure`s poetry in depicting the political realities obtaining in Zimbabwe stretching from the colonial period up to today. It proceeds from the realisation that literature cannot be separated from the politics of the society in which it is produced.
The Gebira Role in the Ancient Israelite Royal cult and Women Leadership in Ile-Ife Zone of Cherubim and Seraphim Churches
Leadership roles have long been mistaken to encumber special rights of the male gender. This paper engages in a descriptive analysis of Inter-cultural Hermeneutics on the role of women in Ancient Israel and the Cherubim and Seraphim churches (C&S) at Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Arms Proliferation and Conflicts in Africa: The Sudan Experience
The Sudanese conflict has claimed so many lives and property not because its settlement would not have been achieved but because of the perceived role of small arms and light weapons. The paper argues that the availability of arms in the hands of the belligerents was responsible for the intensification and escalation of the conflict as the belligerents use them as a major support to maintain their ground.


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Voices of Advocates Part 1: Domestic Violence (Trinidad &Tobago)
The story of a young woman who endured both domestic violence and a court system that is unfriendly to the poor.
A hard-working, law-abiding young woman who made the wrong decision of entering into a relationship with someone she thought she knew. During this relationship she endured physical, mental and emotional abuse. Not only did she had to literally run for her life, but the life she now has she can barely call her own because of her country's inhumane, unfriendly and insufferable legal system which she had to turn to for help.
She even lost her mother as a result of the said system. She recalled how one day her mother left the court with her feeling so helpless that the next day, after enduring a night of torturous worry for fear of her daughter's life, she suffered a ruptured blood vessel in her brain. Her mother passed away two days later, leaving her children orphans. Her older brother dropped out of university; the younger brother, who is currently pursuing his post-graduate studies at the main University in Trinidad, now has a hard time paying his school fees.
The judicial system in Trinidad & Tobago, she said, is plagued with overcrowding, lack of privacy, bureaucracy and insufficient human resources to effectively deal with all the issues brought before it. She recalled that since her application and appearance in March 2011 for breach of a protection order, she had endured at least 10 adjournments and was forced to wait two and a half months for a verdict that came sometime in May 2012, although she was represented by a counsel.
More than that, she had to beg her employers for time off to attend court with the promise to return in a timely manner, only to break that promise over and over again, as she would spend almost the entire day at the court. The Magistrate would instruct parties to be present for 9:00am but would sometimes arrive at 10:00am, if at all.
But she can't even make him apologise for his tardiness or absenteeism. Most times, the Magistrate would proceed to arbitrarily adjourn matters as if it was so easily done for those who had suffered. She also pointed out that even when Magistrates are absent from other courts, the Magistrate from the Domestic Violence/Family Court was expected to go and deal with those matters as though domestic violence cases were less important or urgent.
She is a professional woman with supervisory responsibilities. The judicial system that is supposed to protect her has instead left her feeling frustrated, discouraged and hopeless. She said she has come to the humble realisation that the country's legal system is designed for people with lots of time on their hands and the very rich who can be escorted through the basement of the courts.
So my question is: what about all those law-abiding people who diligently contribute to the asset base of the country through paying taxes, as well as those contributing intellectually and spiritually? She has done nothing wrong and yet she (and by extension her family) was made to suffer unfair consequences.
She recalled further that her commitment to her job was questioned as she constantly had to be seeking time off and as a result had been by-passed with opportunities for training and acting in higher positions. But according to the law of reinforcement, shouldn't good behaviour be rewarded and undesirable behaviour punished? This to me creates conflict, and the minds of persons and their fundamental teachings can be brought into question.
More than that: it highlights a contradiction in the system which is supposed to protect people from crimes. What it does instead though is encourage lawlessness and forces people to take the law into their own hands.
The system she painfully describes is very harsh and oppressive and benefits the unscrupulous lawyers who can charge exorbitant fees per appearance. If one does not have a lawyer, they are made to feel as though they are stripped of their dignity. Unrepresented persons who are usually poor generally feel the brunt of the system as they are made to wait for hours to have their matters called because they are usually the last ones on the docket.
As a young woman of this country, I must ask: what about their human right to be recognised a person before the law as well as their human right to security and protection? How does the world help young women who do not have the capacity or the financial resources to fight their ground?
What scares me though is that this country has committed itself to international declarations such as the UN Declaration on Elimination of Violence Against Women, which means it must enact, strictly enforce, repeal legislation and take preventive measures to protect women, youth and children from all forms of violence and abuse as well as to enact and enforce legislation against the perpetrators of practices and acts of violence against women.
Additionally, governments agreed to provide mechanisms to victims of violence to report violations and access to justice with effective remedies which also includes the provision of low-cost or free legal assistance for those living in poverty. But for this woman, from making reports to the police all the way to the court has been a nightmare: she says no-one seemed to be trained, sensitised, informed or educated in dealing with cases of domestic violence.
I believe the time has come for reforms in how Trinidad & Tobago deals with domestic violence. Women continue to be beaten, raped and killed, even set on fire. In 2011 two children, aged five and eight, were brutally stabbed to death along with their mother. It has also now crept onto the doorsteps of a prominent law practitioner as he too has lost his daughter to domestic violence. Based on crime against women statistics, over 18,000 protection orders were sought in 2011 in this country; it is well on its way in becoming the domestic violence hub of the world.
Society owes its citizens security, health care, water, education and love, just to name a few. Protection from violence is also a need that must be fulfilled and society and the government must play their part.
This opinion piece is published in collaboration with Women Deliver: 100 Young Leaders. Ife Smith is one of the 100 Young Leaders for 2012-2103.
Ife Smith, 28, is from Trinidad and Tobago. She is pursuing her Master's in Labour and Employment Relations at the University of the West Indies – Barbados. She has 11+ years' of experience in advocacy, peer education, and sexual and reproductive health rights. She is also a volunteer at the Family Planning Association's youth branch, Youth Advocacy Movement.
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Aligning human rights with the feminist movement seems natural. Both mothers and our planet have supplied us with resources required for survival. As we seek victories on one front lets try to expoit their commonality as a solution for both.


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Our house can accommodate up to 20 people with breath taking views of Lake Huron. We have two large decks facing the lake, one on the main floor off the kitchen and living room and a large brick patio with gas fire pits and patio furniture on the lower level off of the family room and pool room. This 5,000 square foot, lakefront home is lovingly decorated with warm colors and tastefully selected furnishings. The house is completely furnished with high end furniture to quality bedding and bath linens. The kitchen has beautiful granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Every detail has been taken care of just for you!
In the main house we have five bedrooms, two of which are master suites on the main floor and three upstairs. We have 4 1/2 bathrooms in the main house. We also have a library with a gas fireplace and a sleeper sofa that can be used as a bedroom if needed.
On the lower level of the house we have a family room with a natural fireplace, a 50 inch TV and a fully equiped kitchen. Attached to the family room is an amazing pool room with a heated indoor pool. This room also has a full bathroom and a mini bar with a sink.
We offer a guest house on the property which has an awesome view of the lake too. It has a sitting area, a king bed, kitchen, fireplace, full bath and a sleeping loft with two full beds.
There is an amazing 1,000 sq. ft. game room that is also on the property with a sitting area, pool table, foosball, ping pong, air hockey and more.
The large yard to the water has a great fire pit to watch the sunset or just star gazing while listening to the waves. There is a boat house with kayaks, paddle boards and many yard games.
We liked everything except guest house. Gust house was not very clean and had an odd layout. Had to squeeze past ladder to get to bathroom. Bathroom shower extremely small in guest house. Should have advertised that climbing a ladder was necessary to get to loft. No remote for one of the TVs. Other than that it was a lovely property and we enjoyed ourselves.
My family and I stayed at the Barkshanty home and we truly enjoyed our time. This home was beautiful, very clean, spacious and cozy! The view is awesome - we loved watching the freighters in the distance. The pool was so nice and the night time lights that change color (under water) made it extra special. We had a very relaxing and wonderful time. The owners were responsive and very kind.
Loved this house, the pool was perfect and we had a blast with the game room! The house was nicely decorated, very homey and comfortable. Would definitely recommend this house!
We celebrated my husband's 60 th birthday with our kids and grandkids an it was a blast! The house is huge and plenty of beds. There is even a guest cottage to use! The game room is separate from the house which was great so we could have fun without waking up those down for naps. Having an indoor pool for the winter is the most amazing feature! If you don't have fun here you don't know how to have fun!
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We had an amazing stay and the home had everything we needed. Lots of parking and plenty of room for our group. The home is very beautiful just like the pics on website. My book club had a awesome stay.
This place was great, a perfect family get away. I specifically choose it because there was a lot to do right at the house and I didn't want the family splitting up and I was not disappointed. From the pool to the game room to the lake everything you would want to do on vacation is right there. I also love that there's not much to do around there, just a couple of cute towns and then you have to drive over 30 minutes to fast food or other retail. The game room being separate from the house was awesome so those who wanted to sleep could and those that wanted to stay up could. It was my first time organizing a family vacation so I was pretty nervous, but everyone was very impressed. We also had one small issue with the cable not working, the owners were very quick to respond and get it taken care of. Great house!
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Celtics-Heat: The Celtics are cooking right now. They took down the visiting Heat yesterday 101-89, which runs their win streak at home to 10.
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Spurs-Rockets: Out west in Houston, the Spurs got past their intrastate rival Rockets 104-94, thanks to 27 points from Kawhi Leonard. LaMarcus Aldridge snagged 26.
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Well that didn't work, did it? 😎
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Some excellent numbers here. All time high today with potential for more upside? Broker certainly thinks so.
I see your logic Wexboy but this is pretty much the same logic you employed back in 2014, excluding currency movements and who is to say what the Trump effect will bring on that score. Best of luck for 2017.
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2016 The Great Irish Share Valuation Project (Part IV):
Company: UDG Healthcare (UDG:LN)
Last TGISVP Post: Here
Market Cap: GBP 1,653 M
Price: GBP 668p
Ugh, well that looks like a disastrous call!? Course, theres plenty of water under the bridge since (& fair value estimates obviously change), but I anticipated a substantial UDG price decline back in 2014 in reality, the shares almost doubled in the last few years! So, time to stick or twist? Trouble is, UDG Healthcares one of those suspect Irish stocks (which shall remain nameless here) which consistently report a significant gap between IFRS & adjusted earnings, and (perhaps more importantly) between adjusted operating profit & underlying Op FCF so which figures exactly should one focus on when attempting a valuation?! Not to mention UDGs colossal P/E multiple 27.7 times continuing adjusted diluted EPS, no less which doesnt remotely reflect the pedestrian underlying earnings growth weve actually seen in recent years. But lets back up here
And go back to 2015, which marked a decisive turning-point for UDG Healthcare in Q3, the company announced the 0.4 billion sale of its supply chain services division, the original core business of United Drug (inc. its Irish pharmaceutical wholesaling business). [The CEO Liam Fitzgerald marked the occasion by also pre-announcing his own early retirement, after leading the company for 15 years, to be replaced by COO Brendan McAtamney]. Thereby unveiling a higher margin & (supposedly) faster growth company, focusing on: i) sales, marketing & healthcare communications services, and ii) pharmaceutical contract packaging & clinical trials materials all intended to exploit the ongoing trend for healthcare companies to outsource non-core & specialist activities on an international basis.
Which has delivered a (totally transformed) 11.1% adjusted operating margin on continuing ops. revenue of 934 million unfortunately, we continue to see the same cash flow issue each year, on average a 20%+ shortfall in Op FCF (vs. adjusted operating profit) over 2015-16, implying an adjusted 8.6% margin is more appropriate in determining a suitable 0.875 Price/Sales multiple. [There will be a meaningful currency hit next year from a stronger dollar (UDG will report in dollars from now on), but I expect this to be broadly offset by underlying revenue growth & recent acquisitions]. Interest coverage remains within a reasonable range, based on 275 million of debt left outstanding but we can treat the effective sale proceeds, i.e. 384 million of surplus cash, as incremental value. As for earnings, UDGs two main divisions boast underlying 25%+ operating profit growth over the 2010-2015 period, but in reality their 2016 growth rate isnt much better than the sub-9% growth in underlying adjusted diluted EPS over the last 3 years bearing in mind UDG may still be in transition, plus the usual stability of its earnings, well basically split the difference in growth trajectories & assign what seems like a pretty balanced 15.0 Price/Earnings multiple:
(EUR 0.2861 Adj Dil EPS * 15.0 P/E + (943 M Rev * 0.875 P/S + 384 M Cash) / 247 M Shares) / 2 * 0.8438 EUR/GBP = GBP 387p
The numbers have changed, but I still reach the same conclusion UDGs as wildly over-valued as ever. It might be foolish setting this price target, because the outcomes probably binary Once theyre comfortable with an investment thesis, plus a valuation multiple/range, investors are loathe to change their minds so if necessary, companies often have the time/space to grow into any valuation eventually. Of course, if things start going horribly wrong, everybody & their mother suddenly wakes up & notices all kinds of issues the earnings gap, mediocre earnings growth (vs. the P/E), poor cash flow, a looming debt burden, etc. Of course, the latter doesnt apply here (for once), as UDGs in a comfortable net cash position (though doubtless its
Buy Going strong
UDG is one of Momentum Investor's major recommendations for this month with the opportunity for serious growth in its Ashfield Division. Its poorest performing sector -the old wholesale distribution business - is being sold off for E407.5m subject to regulatory approval - completion anticipated next June. This will put the company into a net cash position with a E500m borrowing facility and well able to make further acquisitions.
Right sector, right time but DYOR as always.
Analysts Set Udg Healthcare PLC PT at $408.00 (LON:UDG)
March 21st, 2015 Updated Tues 25 March/2015 - Filed Under - by Samantha Reynolds
Shares of Udg Healthcare PLC (LON:UDG) have earned a consensus recommendation of Buy from the seven brokerages that are covering the company, American Banking & Market News reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 408 ($6.02).
Udg Healthcare PLC (LON:UDG) opened at 465.70 on Wednesday. Udg Healthcare PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 315.20 and a 52-week high of GBX 479.03. The stocks 50-day moving average is GBX 445. and its 200-day moving average is GBX 378.. The companys market cap is £1.13 billion.
UDG has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Analysts at N+1 Singer reiterated a hold rating on shares of Udg Healthcare PLC in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Analysts at Berenberg Bank raised their price target on shares of Udg Healthcare PLC from GBX 425 ($6.27) to GBX 455 ($6.71) and gave the company a hold rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Analysts at Jefferies Group LLC reiterated a buy rating and set a GBX 400 ($5.90) price target on shares of Udg Healthcare PLC in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, analysts at Investec raised their price target on shares of Udg Healthcare PLC from GBX 340 ($5.02) to GBX 387 ($5.71) and gave the company a hold rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd.
UDG Healthcare plc is an international provider of services to healthcare manufacturers and pharmaceutical retailers. It is engaged in supply chain, packaging, medical, regulatory, and sales and marketing services. The Company provides outsourced services. Aquilant is a provider of healthcare and scientific products and services, providing outsource sales, marketing, distribution and engineering for the medical and scientific sectors.
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UPDATE 2 UDG Healthcare expects 5 8 pct rise in full year EPS
03 Feb 2015 - 11:11
Says reported EPS to be higher if current exchange rates persist
To take 10 mln euro restructuring charge this year
Sees 2 pct benefit to EPS from restructuring
Shares rise 5 pct to record high
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By Roshni Menon
Feb 3 (Reuters) UDG Healthcare Plc said it expected a 5-8 percent rise in adjusted full-year earnings per share on a constant-currency basis, and that reported EPS could be higher than this if exchange rates remained around current levels.
Shares in the FTSE-250 company, which provides outsourced sales and marketing, drug distribution and packaging services to healthcare companies, rose more than 5 percent to a record high of 417.5 pence in morning trade on Tuesday.
Dublin-based UDG, formerly known as United Drug, reports results in euros but makes about 70 percent of its profit in pounds and dollars. ...
The euro has fallen about 10 percent against the dollar and about 3 percent against the pound since the start of the company's 2015 financial year on Oct. 1.
"UDG has left enough room for upgrades through FY15 if positive momentum continues," Jefferies analysts said in a note.
The company reported adjusted earnings of 28.77 euro cents per share in the year ended Sept. 30. Average exchange rates were 82 pence and $1.36 to the euro, UDG said. ...
"At current exchange rates, we would expect a further 5-6 percent benefit on the bottom line, meaning guidance implies adjusted EPS growth of 10-13 percent for the full year," Berenberg analysts said in a note.
Chief Financial Officer Alan Ralph told Reuters the company would take a charge of about 10 million euros this year, related mainly to the restructuring of its healthcare communications business and for changes in its United Drug supply chain unit.
The restructuring is expected boost earnings per share by 2 percent in the current financial year and by an additional 1 to 2 percent the following year, Ralph added.
UDG shares were up 4.1 percent at 413 pence at 1035 GMT.
Shares of the company, which has a market value of about 970 million pounds ($1.46 billion), have gained more than 20 percent since the company reported full-year results in November. ($1 = 0.6641 pounds)
(Reporting by Roshni Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier and Ted Kerr) (([email protected]; within UK +44 20 7542 1810, outside UK +91 80 6749 1136; Reuters Messaging: [email protected];)
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UDG UDG Healthcare, gaps up to a new all time high on excellent update this morning. Presently + 5.10% on the day.
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03 Feb 2015 UDG Healthcare PLC UDG N+1 Singer Buy 414.15 396.70 - - Reiterates
UDG Healthcare sees 5 8 pct rise in full year EPS
03 Feb 2015 - 08:30
(Corrects paragraph 1 to say UDG is based in Ireland, not UK)
Feb 3 (Reuters) Ireland's UDG Healthcare Plc said it had made a strong start to the year and expected adjusted full-year earnings per share to be 5-8 percent ahead of last year on a constant currency basis.
The healthcare services provider added that if current exchange rates were sustained for the year, reported EPS would be higher than this range. ...
UDG, which reports results in euros, stands to benefit from the recent strengthening of the dollar and sterling against the euro.
The company reported adjusted earnings of 28.77 euro cents per share in the year ended Sept. 30, 2014. ...
(Reporting by Roshni Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier) (([email protected]; within UK +44 20 7542 1810, outside UK +91 80 6749 1136; Reuters Messaging: [email protected];)
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BRIEF UDG Healthcare says Q1 trading well ahead of prior year
03 Feb 2015 - 07:19
Feb 3 (Reuters) UDG Healthcare Plc
Has made a strong start to year with trading for quarter to 31 December 2014 well ahead of prior year
Expect constant currency adjusted diluted EPS (EPS) for year to 30 September 2015 to be between 5% and 8% ahead of last year
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Strong Start to the Year and Full Year Guidance Issued
3 February 2015:
UDG Healthcare plc ("the Group"), a leading international provider of healthcare services issues the following trading update covering the period from 1 October to 31 December 2014. The company will hold its Annual General Meeting in Dublin at 12.00pm today.
Quarter to 31 December 2014
The Group has made a strong start to the year with trading for the quarter to 31 December 2014 well ahead of the prior year.
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Company: UDG Healthcare
Prior Post(s): 2012 & 2013
Ticker: UDG:LN
Price: GBP 355.8p
Some might consider UDG Healthcare to be the DCC of the healthcare/pharma outsourcing sector another acquisition machine. [Funnily enough, they're now competitors to some extent, and UDG's also migrated to a London-only listing - although it's retained the EUR as its reporting currency]. And that was probably true many years back. But UDG isnt so pretty when you look beneath the surface theres a lot more blood & guts Two big problems:
First, management continues to pursue diversification at all costs. This is particularly annoying from a geographic perspective, with UDG now boasting a third of profits come from the US all very well, if you prefer to ignore the fact theyre still a minnow in a very large lake. Now theyre even boasting of a Japanese presence hmmm, perhaps management first developed a sushi habit visiting NYC?!
And second, I had a sneaking suspicion I should take a harsher look at UDGs financials this year, and unfortunately this was justified. Theres a gigantic gap between IFRS & adjusted operating profit. The usual suspects are to blame amortization, write-downs, exceptional & acquisition-related expenses, etc. which I might accept on an isolated, or a case-by-case basis. But on average over the last 3 years, UDGs operating free cash flow is barely over 60% of adjusted operating profit (which management obviously prefers to highlight). A capex spend thats well in excess of depreciation is another culprit here, but Im far less certain now of the prudence or the ultimate payback on that investment so Im definitely not going to make an exception for it.
Frankly, the real (underlying) problem here may simply be a never-ending erosion of margins (& even volume), as governments, the healthcare industry & large pharma companies all grapple with containing costs which would certainly explain the problems as manifested above
Lets employ an approach similar to DCC but in this instance, Ill end up averaging out quite different perspectives & valuations. On the one hand, lets rely on adjusted diluted EPS noting UDGs stumbles in more recent years, and earnings growth of 11% & 7% in the past two years (respectively), I see no reason to raise my 10 P/E multiple. On the other hand, I note a 4.7% adjusted operating margin last year (& 4.6% the prior year) but as highlighted, this should be haircut by 39% to better reflect actual operating free cash flow. Thats an effective 2.8% margin, which Ill award a 0.25 P/S multiple. Now, this means underlying interest coverage isnt great either I should probably haircut my P/S valuation accordingly, with a negative debt adjustment. But Ill grant a free pass, this time round anyway, UDG could actually pay down a significant portion of debt with cash on hand (174 M). This all averages out to:
(27.05 cts EPS * 10.0 P/E + 2,033 M Revenue *0.25 P/S / 241.3 M Shares) / 2 * 0.8206 EUR/GBP = GBP 197p
But investors are often happy to ignore underlying cash flows, and potentially diminishing returns, for long periods of time so I may prove wide of the mark here. But upon mature reflection, UDG Healthcare definitely looks wildly over-valued to me. Dont forget, as with all companies if things ever start going (seriously) wrong here, thats when investors will finally focus on the cash flow statement, see the lower underlying margins & potential interest coverage/debt risks, and join in as the share price spirals lower. Anyway, even if you still prefer a P/E valuation, how exactly do you justify UDGs current 16 P/E based on its recent & likely earnings growth? [And that multiple's based on adjusted diluted EPS - use actual diluted EPS, and you're talking about a 37 P/E!?]
Price Target: GBP 197p
Upside/(Downside): (45)%
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2013 The Great Irish Share Valuation Project (Part IX)
Company: United Drug
Prior Post: Here
Ticker: UDG:LN
Price: GBP 275.8p
Long gone are the days when United Drug was a rock-solid earnings machine For years now, the emphasis has been on acquisitions, with United Drug funding them with debt which was comfortably under-pinned by predictable revenues & steady earnings. The credit crisis put paid to much of that confidence, with everybody pulling in their horns & hunkering down. The company also had to face up to ever-increasing pressure on its domestic Irish/UK revenues as government budgets & prospects turned increasingly sour.
Ive always suspected the CEO & his management team are more than enamoured with international expansion take a look & count the number of internationals in their latest results!? Presumably this is propelled by the usual desire to empire-build & play with the big boys I detect an absurd pride that over 25% of profits are now earned in the US (and over 70% outside Ireland). This means plenty of fun trips across the Atlantic for management, but shareholders should reflect more on United Drugs status in the US market an outsider & a minnow, perhaps? Im reminded of Greencore Groups (GNC:LN) poor shareholders theyre now enduring an even more quixotic push into North America
I really think sticking to a buy & build European strategy would have been the far more sensible option in both cases. Perhaps even more so for United Drug US healthcare may turn out to be a truly unpleasant sector to be in, for years to come.
Anyway, after 4 long years in a funk, the share price took off in mid-2012 & is up 55% since last year (far out-pacing my 20% upside target). Which happens to coincide exactly with the re-ignition of United Drugs acquisition machine they managed five of them in the second half of last year! So much for my reservations, clearly this is what investors are looking for Earnings growth remains relatively slow, however, at 11% last year & a projected 5-8% this year so I suspect were looking at the same old story here, i.e. acquisitions are required simply to compensate for the relentless pressure on core revenues & earnings. Ill stick with a 10 P/E ratio for the moment. Adjusted operating margins now 4.6%, which deserves a small bump-up to a 0.4 Price/Sales multiple, and a positive debt adjustment is also warranted to reflect additional debt capacity (for acquisitions). All this, plus the run-up in the share price, have left United Drug looking slightly over-valued at this point.
Price Target: GBP 245p
Upside: (11)%
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William Doreski
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Upper number is number of squares, bottom is number of edges of squares going around the entire figure
As Jason said, top number is the number of squares comprising the shape, bottom number is the circumference of the shape.
i did not understand the puzzle to open the closet in which the ring is, had to check the walkthrough for that one.
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An examination of enterprise resource planning adoption at a Missouri academic library consortium
Libraries use comprehensive integrated databases called Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms to manage materials and the circulation activities of their patrons. These computing platforms manage the circulation transactions of the library, keep track of both the library's financial and acquisitions records and the arrival of serial publications and provide an online catalog for patrons to locate desired materials. ^ This study was a two-phase, mixed methods phenomenological study to examine the adoption of a common database platform in a consortial setting. The consortium studied was the MOBIUS academic library consortium in the state of Missouri. The study took place over a 4-month period between February and May 2006. ^ The review of literature included a brief history of the development of consortia, problems inherent with the implementation of ERPs, and best practices to ensure a successful ERP implementation. Phase I of the data collection involved a brief telephone call with the local site coordinators of 57 MOBIUS member institutions to determine the level of ERP adoption at each institution based on Rogers' (2003) diffusion model. Statistical outliers, high and low adopters, were identified using these data. Phase I examined whether there was a relationship between institutional adoption and a set of independent variables: funding orientation (public vs. private), size of institution, and location of institution (urban vs. rural). The researcher's interpretation and analysis of Phase I data indicated that while funding orientation and location were not significant, the size of the institution's full-time equivalent enrollment was a significant factor in predicting the level of adoption a participating institution was likely to achieve. ^ Phase II of the study involved in-person, audiotaped interviews with directors of nine MOBIUS member libraries. Additional written feedback was obtained from one other MOBIUS member library director who was unable to grant an in-person interview. Participants were selected using extreme deviant sampling; they were the directors of the high- and low-adopting institutions identified as such in Phase I. Analysis of the data was completed using categorization, coding, and a quantitative correlation analysis. ^ The findings revealed that the themes of project manager selection, support from upper administration, competent Information Technology support, sufficient resource allocation, and the organization's willingness to engage in business process engineering were all critical factors that influenced adoption at the institutional level. The findings also indicated that while two additional themes, "Information Technology Respect" and "Big Fish/Little Fish," did not influence adoption at the institutional level, they were themes of importance to the interviewed participants in relating their experiences of the implementation phenomenon.^
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