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The Effects of Hurricane Katrina

there had been speculation as to the reason for the devastation, it does not appear to have been from global warming. Katrina was ...

PetSmart Finance

(2007) report that Americans spend $41 billion a year on their pets, a figure expected to increase to $52 billion in two years. M...

Is the Criticism Against Auditors Justified in the Light of Business Collapses such as Enron?

an explanation or the auditors may, in extreme cases, may not feel able to certify that accounts as true and accurate. The...

Better to Live in the US than Mexico

Constitution. There are also financial advantages to living in the US. In American culture, owning your own home or business is ...

EXECUTIVES AND PERKS IN FINANCIALLY TROUBLED COMPANIES: AN EXAMINATION

then CEO Don Carty apologized to the unions, explaining he had erred in not telling unions about the executive compensation packag...

Tate & Lyle; Company Analysis

Wright refining sugar. The partnership ended and when Henry Tate was joined by his sons the company became known as Henry Tate & S...

Johnson & Johnson as an Investment Option

managing director of Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical Limited in the United Kingdom in 1986; in 2001 he unofficially took over daily ope...

History and Positions of Wal-Mart and Target

Gibson - a barber from over at Berryville - started his stores with a simple philosophy: "Buy it low, stack it high, sell it cheap...

Proposal for a New Low-Cost Airline in Oman

Hours per route 13 Figure 2; Cost of fuel per journey 14 Figure 3; Cost of fuel per hour 14 Figure 4 Total flying hours for the fi...

Business Plan to Open a Chain of Fruit Juice Cafes

of a franchising model to help speed expansion in order to create a national chain. The benefits of this plan are * A gap in the m...

The Stages of Opening up a New Business; The Economic Perspective

located close together (Mintzberg et al, 2003). This may appear to increase immediate competition, but it also has the impact of a...

Dow Chemical; Ratio Analysis 2005 - 2006

from the perspective of the investor, potential creditor and finally management. 2. Investor Ratios The investor will be interest...

Triple Bottom Line and Systems Theory; Similarities and Differences in the Accounting Approaches

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts to approaches to accounting; triple bottom line and the use of systems theory. The approa...

Capital Raising Options

modern portfolio theory is in the way it allows for specific and systematic risks in the returns expected by an investor (lton, et...

Managing Working Capital

of the cycle is arbitrary and is defined according to the assessment needs of the organization. It can be assessed in terms of a ...

The Promotion of Different Products and Services

and the attitude or values of the company. By looking at four different products in the way they are promoted different aspects of...

Business Results at World - Road Ramming Cycles

the Income Statement History between the first and last lines of revenues and net income. They are: Category 2007 2006 2005 2004 ...

International Accounting Convergence; IFRS and US GAAP

rely on information flow and also trust. Annual accounts are a major tool used by potential investors to assess an investment. Alt...

Funding Requests

for Educators, n.d.). An example can be studying the effect of greater parental involvement on the educational outcomes of specia...

Evaluating Stock Information

link provides a list of daily, weekly or monthly closing prices of the stock for as long as the company has been public....

Business Plan for a Golf Course in China

economy. At the same time there has been increased interest in China for sports that have been traditionally associated with the ...

Evaluating Caltron's Accounting Practices

secondary public stock offering in early February following the current reporting period. Managements concerns should lie with de...

Fast Food and E-Commerce

profit margins, but may increase over all profits. It is only by looking at the way these influences may be exerted that the impac...

Wal-Mart 2004 - 2007

This 14 page paper examines Wal-Mart. The paper starts by looking at the history and development of the company before undertaking...

The Merger between XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio

will have in excess of 14 million subscribers (Ellis and La Monica, 2007). However, these numbers have not been sufficient to incr...

Sarbanes-Oxley's Effect on Auditing

the case of the Basel Committee, on organizations audit committees. Attention to Enhanced Corporate Governance Corporate go...

America Movil

cash flow (Wayman, 2002). It is especially misleading to consider EBITDA when making investment decisions (Wayman, 2002). We will ...

Business Proposal for a Wedding Planning Business

1.1 The Proposed Business The proposed business will be called Brides Bliss Wedding Planners. There are several reasons for this ...

Why Is Power Productive For Foucault?

who went before, without any question as to why things are accomplished in any certain order, the time for the Enlightenment symbo...

The Consequences of Alcoholism

that drink. The fact that alcoholism is an illness like cancer of diabetes should serve as a warning that something ought to be d...