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  • Nike - Financial Ratio Analysis

    Nike - Financial Ratio Analysis

    Nike, Inc. Financial Ratio Analysis In assessing the significance of various financial data, experts engage in financial analysis, the process of determining and evaluating financial ratios. A ratio is a relationship that indicates something about a company's activities, such as the ratio between the company's current assets and current liabilities or between its accounts receivable and its annual sales. The basic source for these ratios is the company's financial statements that contain figures on assets,

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    Essay Length: 2,366 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Monika
  • Accounting Standards

    Accounting Standards

    The Federal Government, State and Local Governments (SLG), and Not-for-profit organizations (NFP) all have unique objectives and assets under their control. As a result it may not be feasible to develop a single set of accounting standards that accurately represents all of their financial activity in a manner that is useful to concerned parties. To resolve these discrepancies three separate standard setting bodies have been tasked with developing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for these

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    Essay Length: 1,374 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Bred
  • Financial Management

    Financial Management

    What do you understand by the phrase “stakeholder analysis”? Attempt a stakeholder analysis of an organisation that you are closely associated with. Introduction Stakeholder analysis is important for successful implementation of projects and/or strategic activities within any organisation. It is used to analyse the stakeholders in order to understand them and classify them according to their power, influence and interest. Stakeholders are people who have an interest in a commercial entity including those within the

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    Essay Length: 464 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Carandiru - Movie Overview

    Carandiru - Movie Overview

    Carandiru The adaptation of Carandiru Station, a best-seller by Drauzio Varella, Carandiru proposes diving into the heart of Sгo Paulo's prison, the largest in Latin America with approximately 7,000 prisoners with a capacity for 4,500. Guided by a humanist doctor (the author) who has an affection for the prisoners, the audience shares in the daily life of the condemned before the massacre perpetrated on October 2, 1992 by the police force following a riot.

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    Essay Length: 737 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: regina
  • Accounts Analysis Tesco

    Accounts Analysis Tesco

    ‘Tesco’s has already turned around many of the T&S convenience stores they bought a year ago. …80 of the 450 outlets have been revamped as Teso express stores… average sales are up by 80 percent’ The Gaurdian 26/121/03 Gearing Teso’s 0.25:1 Sainsbury’s 0.16:1 M&s 0.28:1 • Gearing is a measure of risk when investing in a company • Proportion of capital made up of fixed interest borrowing • The effect of the investments in HIT

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    Essay Length: 469 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Managerial Accounting

    Managerial Accounting

    Program Area Costs Administration Salaries: Administrator $60,000 Assistant $35,000 Two Secretaries $42,000 Supplies $35,000 Advertising and promotion $9,000 Professional meetings/dues $14,000 Purchased Services: Accounting and billing $15,000 Custodial $13,000 Security $12,000 Consulting $10,000 Community Mental Health Services Salaries (two social workers) $46,000 Transportation $10,000 Outpatient mental health treatment Salaries: Psychiatrist $86,000 Two Social Workers $70,000 Budget Cut Recommendation This table represents all the areas that our funds are allocated. In an effort to “trim-the-fat”,

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    Essay Length: 320 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Yan
  • Accounting

    Accounting

    Justin Denman Accounting and Auditing Processes March 4, 2000 Writing Assignment #1 Revenue Recognition Policies The purpose of this paper is to compare the revenue recognition policies of two companies in the search, detection, navigation, guidance, and aeronautical systems industry. The two companies I have selected are Aerosonic Corporation, and Esco Electronics Company. Esco Electronics Company is engaged in the design, manufacture, sale and support of engineered products. These products are used principally in

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    Essay Length: 2,681 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Foundational Psychologists Overview

    Foundational Psychologists Overview

    Foundational Psychologists Overview B.F Skinner, Abraham Maslow, Marion Woodman, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, David Elkind, Jean Piaget There is too much emphasis on science and research Learning occurs as a reaction to the stimulus We are all born inferior The collective unconscious holds the secret to many of our behaviours Human needs motivated our behaviour The teenage years are egoistic in nature Abstract thought is the final ability which is developed Early childhood

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    Essay Length: 343 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession

    The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession

    The accounting profession is changing rapidly. Noor Azizi Ismail, in his article: Information Technology & Accounting: Issues and Challenges, gives a brief history of Information Technology as it applies to accounting. The term accounting system had been used before the introduction of the computer. In the early 1950s and 1960s, known as the �machine accounting’ era IT was mainly implemented to support the clerical aspects of accounting functions such as payroll, accounts receivable and accounts

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Top
  • An Overview of the Histoy of Computers

    An Overview of the Histoy of Computers

    Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the US and one out of every two households (Hall, 156). This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for

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    Essay Length: 2,660 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Janna
  • Financial Manager’s Role

    Financial Manager’s Role

    In a management atmosphere characterized by a multitude of complicated financial challenges, today's chief financial officers (CFOs) must perform many vital roles. They effectively add real value to their company by supplying reliable strategic leadership, a reliable financial perspective, and involved contribution to critical executive choices. Financial managers must look at long term strategies and forgo any short term quick strategies that do not represent the long term good of the company. The significance

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    Essay Length: 648 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Working Capital and Financial Environment Paper

    Working Capital and Financial Environment Paper

    Working Capital and Financial Environment Paper For every company that exists that offers a service or product to the public there is a focus on accurately measuring its current assets and liabilities in the most honest financial regulated environment possible. Brealey states that one of the most "useful summary measure[s] of current assets or liabilities" is net working capital (or just working capital). This paper will give an overview of the working capital elements for

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    Essay Length: 1,367 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Financial Analysis of Apple, Inc.

    Financial Analysis of Apple, Inc.

    FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF APPLE, INC. Sarah Harris Executive Summary This report serves as an analysis of a leading company in the computer manufacturing industry. Apple is presently within the top five positions for being one of the top computer manufacturing companies in the world. Currently, it holds 5.8% of the market share and leads the market in fourth place. In this report, Apple’s financials are analyzed. These figures are compared to their main competitor, Hewlett

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: July
  • The Importance of Web Services - an Overview

    The Importance of Web Services - an Overview

    The importance of web services – an overview Definition A Web service is defined by the W3C as "a software system designed to support interoperable Machine to Machine interaction over a network." Web services are frequently just Web APIs that can be accessed over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services (source: Wikipedia) • Web services are application components • Web services communicate using open protocols

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Steve
  • Valuation from Comparables and Financial Ratios

    Valuation from Comparables and Financial Ratios

    Valuation From Comparables and Financial Ratios A Practical Approach You now know how to read financial statements, how to obtain cash flows from financial statements, and how to value them. You also know that forecasting cash flows is a very difficult task. Are there any shortcuts? Are there any good alternatives to NPV? Is there anything else you can do with financial statements? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. There is one alternative approach often resorted

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Kevin
  • General Moters Financial

    General Moters Financial

    Financial Information GM dealers sold 558,092 cars and trucks in June of 2005 up 41% compared to June of 2004. Gm had the best monthly sales since September 1986. The calendar year to date sales are up 2.5% for the 2005 year. Sales were spiked by GMs "Employee discount for everyone." "We are confident that are employee discount program would hit a responsive cord, but we were a little surprised by just how strong the

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Body Shop International: An Introduction to Financial Modeling

    The Body Shop International: An Introduction to Financial Modeling

    The body Shop Case study Question 1: Base Case Assumptions In order to derive this forecast, �percent-of-sales’ forecasting was used, which involves initially forecasting sales and then forecasting other financial statement accounts based on their direct relationship with sales. This method of forecasting was used due to the lack of information available (only the last three years of financial statements). As a result, every account in the pro forma financial statements are based on one

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Crack-Yahoo-Account [www.Hire2hack.Com]

    Crack-Yahoo-Account [www.Hire2hack.Com]

    www.hire2hack.com www.hire2hack.net Hire Hackers will find any EMAIL ACCOUNT password for you. The list includes Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, Gmail , Lycos, AIM, Tiscali , Libero, Mac, Netscape and over 600 more domains. They also retrieve password for ALL company mail accounts and university mailboxes. Visit them at www.hire2hack.com . Just go to http://www.hire2hack.com and submit your request. Follow a simple procedure and you are done. Some of the important features of Hire2Hack are:- 1- Fastest

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    Essay Length: 265 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: David
  • Strategic Plan Overview

    Strategic Plan Overview

    Executive Summary I am doing a strategic analysis on General Electric. GE has always been outstanding and marked by inventions which serve as milestones in technological advancement throughout the time. I will be giving a company background and their history. I will be giving a SWOT analysis which helps us to know the company’s strengths and weakness and always ways to improve and compete with the current market. I will also be analyzing the

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Anitogne Play Overview

    Anitogne Play Overview

    The play Antigone is a timeless classic that will continue to be preformed throughout history. The story line is interesting and powerful. As I observed the play it became very apparent how the role of GODS played an important part of the Ancient Greek life. I noticed that a lot of the actions that the characters did were based around pleasuring the gods. I was very impressed with the play overall. I was very surprised

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: David
  • Pr Campaign: Overview Paper

    Pr Campaign: Overview Paper

    A National Security Breach Citi mortgage, a subsidiary of Citi Bank has issued a national PR release. Citi Mortgage of Fenton, Missouri, has publicly notified the public as of May 20, 2006 several hundred mortgage applications filed by previous Citi Mortgage customers have been lost by The United Parcel Service package company of Earth City, Missouri. Citi mortgage member’s social security numbers, salary information, bank account identification numbers and the home address of clients

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Yan
  • Overview of "sonny’s Blues"

    Overview of "sonny’s Blues"

    Plot Overview "Sonny's Blues" is narrated in the first-person by an unnamed character, Sonny's brother. An algebra teacher in a high school in Harlem, this narrator is a stable family man with a wife and two sons. He is seven years older than Sonny and has tried, at various times during their lives, to parent him and to protect him. The story opens as the narrator, who has been estranged from Sonny for over a

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • 2 Accounts of Wwii

    2 Accounts of Wwii

    Matthew Terhune #302899169 1/30/02 Fussell believes that the soldier of world war two, "suffers so deeply from contempt and damage to his selfhood, from absurdity and boredom and chickenshit, that some anodyne is necessary", and that the anodyne of choice was alcohol. I would argue that Fussell is correct, especially regarding the connection between the absurdity of the war and the associated damage to soldiers image of themselves as good and patriotic, and the use

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • An Overview of Different Contraceptive Methods

    An Overview of Different Contraceptive Methods

    Overview: An overview of different contraceptive methods, and their utility for preventing unwanted pregnancies, and, to a lesser extent, sexually transmitted diseases. Contraceptives Each method of birth control has a failure rate--an inability to prevent pregnancy over a one-year period. Sometimes the failure rate is due to the method and sometimes it is due to human error, such as incorrect use or not using it at all. Each method has possible side effects, some minor

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • Marketing Audit Overview

    Marketing Audit Overview

    The approach to my marketing audit will consist of the following key points. The way in which the audit information acquirement will take place. The various sources of information and how this information will be obtained from these sources. The proposed time frame for data acquisition The expected challenges that might be faced related to gathering information. The type of data I plan to use, and the type of analysis against this data. I this

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mikki

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