MODULE 02 MERGER PROJECT 1 MODULE 02 MERGER PROJECT 4 MODULE 02 MERGER PROJECT 3 Company Background Mergers are of different types: there are the good ones, the bad ones and the ugly. In this paper, we will discuss the three good ones only. These include The Disney and Pixar merger, the Sirius and XM radio, and the Exxon and Mobil mergers (Top Corporate Mergers: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. n.d.). The Walt Disney Company Founded 16 October 1923. It offers quality family entertainment to the Americans as well globally. Together with its affiliates and subsidiaries, the Walt Disney Company is the leader regarding diversified global media enterprise and family entertainment comprising of five segments of the business namely: interactive media, consumer products, and studio entertainment, park and resorts, and media networks. The Walt Disney Company’s mission statement is to be among the leading providers and producers of information and entertainment. The company further seeks to develop the mainly profitable, innovative and creative entertainment experiences and other associated products globally using their portfolio of brands to differentiate their consumer products, services, and content. It has its headquarters in Burbank, CA. The company has about 166,000 workers all over the world (Pignataro, 2015). Pixar Company The Pixar Computer Animation Company was founded in 1986, February 3 and has its headquarters in California, Emeryville, United States. They sell refined computer hardware. Owing to its creation of the Pixar Image computer, it was renamed Pixar thus ending up selling this product. Its mission and vision statements can be summarized as combining world-class and proprietary technological imaginative talent to build up computer-animated characteristic films with the heart-warming and memorable character which appeals to audiences of every age. It about 1200 workers (Pignataro, 2015). Sirius satellite radio The Sirius Satellite Radio was founded on May 17, 1990, headquarters located in New York City. Regarding business, it offers pay-for-service radio, similar to the business replica for payment cable television. Talk channels, for example, Opie Radio, Howard 101, Howard 100, and Howard Stern’s have usual commercials whereas music channels presentation have no commercials. Its mission and vision statements can be summarized as maintaining and offering a work environment that promotes cooperation, professionalism and mutual respect. Sirius Satellite had over 1500 workers by 2012. XM satellite The XM Satellite Radio was founded in 1988 and has its headquarters in Washington, D.C in the United States. In Canada ...

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Company Background
Mergers are of different types: there are the good ones, the bad
ones and the ugly. In this paper, we will discuss the three good
ones only. These include The Disney and Pixar merger, the
Sirius and XM radio, and the Exxon and Mobil mergers (Top
Corporate Mergers: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. n.d.).
The Walt Disney Company
Founded 16 October 1923. It offers quality family entertainment
to the Americans as well globally. Together with its affiliates
and subsidiaries, the Walt Disney Company is the leader
regarding diversified global media enterprise and family
entertainment comprising of five segments of the business
namely: interactive media, consumer products, and studio
entertainment, park and resorts, and media networks. The Walt
Disney Company’s mission statement is to be among the leading
providers and producers of information and entertainment. The
company further seeks to develop the mainly profitable,
innovative and creative entertainment experiences and other
associated products globally using their portfolio of brands to
differentiate their consumer products, services, and content. It
has its headquarters in Burbank, CA. The company has about
166,000 workers all over the world (Pignataro, 2015).

2. Pixar Company
The Pixar Computer Animation Company was founded in 1986,
February 3 and has its headquarters in California, Emeryville,
United States. They sell refined computer hardware. Owing to
its creation of the Pixar Image computer, it was renamed Pixar
thus ending up selling this product. Its mission and vision
statements can be summarized as combining world-class and
proprietary technological imaginative talent to build up
computer-animated characteristic films with the heart-warming
and memorable character which appeals to audiences of every
age. It about 1200 workers (Pignataro, 2015).
Sirius satellite radio
The Sirius Satellite Radio was founded on May 17, 1990,
headquarters located in New York City. Regarding business, it
offers pay-for-service radio, similar to the business replica for
payment cable television. Talk channels, for example, Opie
Radio, Howard 101, Howard 100, and Howard Stern’s have
usual commercials whereas music channels presentation have no
commercials. Its mission and vision statements can be
summarized as maintaining and offering a work environment
that promotes cooperation, professionalism and mutual respect.
Sirius Satellite had over 1500 workers by 2012.
XM satellite
The XM Satellite Radio was founded in 1988 and has its
headquarters in Washington, D.C in the United States. In
Canada and the United States, it was operated by Sirius
holdings as was one of the three satellite radio services. It
offers pay-for-service radio similar to cable television. The
general mission statement for SiriusXM is that it is an
equivalent opportunity employer which do not discriminate
based on perceived or actual race, sexual orientation, veteran
status, familial status, marital status, gender identity, sex,
handicap or disability, age, citizenship or alienage, ancestry,
national origin, religion, color, creed or any other trait guarded
by applicable local, state or federal laws (Pignataro, 2015).

3. Exxon Mobil Company
Statistics indicates that Exxon Mobil had a sum of 83,600
workers from 2001 to 2014 globally. It is a multinational gas
and oil corporation based in the United States. Its headquarters
is in Texas, Irving.
Exxon Company
Founded in 1882. It has developed businesses from all phases of
petroleum industry ranging from oil fields to service stations.
Further, it handles transportation of oil through the pipeline. Its
other interests are mineral ores, for example, zinc. Lead and
copper; chemicals, nuclear fuels, coal and natural gas.
Mobil
Headquartered in Virginia, Fairfax County. It deals with wide
range of marine, aviation, industrial and automotive lubricants
(Pignataro, 2015).
References
Pignataro, P. (2015). Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and
other restructurings: A practical guide to investment banking
and private equity. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.
Top Corporate Mergers: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. (n.d.).
Retrieved November 24, 2015, from
http://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/business/blog/best-and-
worst-corporate-mergers/

4. Questions for Analyzing a Genre:
Rhetorical:
· Who is the intended audience?
· What discourse community or (communities) is this audience
in?
· What are these readers likely to know? want to know? why?
· How much time will this audience want to spend reading this
document?
· What is the writer’s purpose?
· What does the writer want the reader(s) to do after reading?
Content:
· How does the writer select content material to achieve his/her
purpose with this particular audience?
· What types of information are considered appropriate in this
genre?
· What types of information would be considered inappropriate
in this genre?
· What types of evidence are acceptable to support claims?
Structure:
· How much information is considered appropriate?
· What is a typical sequence for information in this genre?
· How is the structure serving the audience’s needs and the
writer’s purpose?
Style/language (Linguistic):
· How formal or informal is the language?
· What specialized vocabulary is used?
· How long/short are sentences and paragraphs?
· What other language features do you notice?