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kiosk in the lobby; a hospital or smaller office building may have space holding only a few insulated containers of coffee and sev...

labour force is below the level of GDP increase, this indicates that there will also be a rate of increase in terms of productivit...

Table 1 lists several ratios useful for comparing the three companies. Table 1. Selected Financial Ratios for Each Retailer Item...

the use of resources one strategy is to increase the income gained form services, this has been successful with services income in...

been a first mover when the opportunity has arisen, developing the pioneered SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), as well as dr...

profit margin of 3.8%. The return of capital employed, also know as the return on investment is also improving as would be expecte...

may have started to look for an acquisition target in order to carry on growing. Home Depot were founded in 1979 by Bernie Marcus ...

and PC systems. Another important market is that of the educational channel 16% of all sales go through this channel. The level ...

Wrapper To Show Fat, Calories, Wall Street Journal, Vol. 246 Issue 88, pB1-B3, 2p This article looks at the operations of McDonald...

2003 Income (a) 1,208,734 1,110,663 1,298.60 1,254.60 Cost of goods sold (b) 569,159 519,607 931.6 1,006.80 Gross profit (c) (a-b)...

than growth in sales. So, between the period of 2003 and 2007 there is a difficult period, as in 2004 there was a further reorgani...

the direct costs is reducing, if the gross profit margin is decreasing then the cost of goods is increasing. In 2006 gross profit ...

the increased requirement for bad loan provisions. However as the interest income has increased we would expect to see some increa...

such as sales and administration, research and development as well as interest and any other costs, but before tax is deducted. In...

part of the operation and there are no cost of goods sold figures. There are also other operating costs such as salaries and marke...

there were quarters where there was negative real growth, indicating a recession. In 2002 the growth rate increased to 2.2% and th...

the creation of profits. Thus has dipped and then increased with 2001 having a return of 3.33%, 2002 of 3.04%, 2003 of 2.05%, 2004...

can included a range of flavours cokes, most recently Lime which have been added to the Vanilla, lemon and Cherry verities, as wel...

and Canada which operate with the Famous Footwear or Naturalizer names. The company also sources and supplies footwear to other re...

27.9 38.1 22.2 26.60 Price/Sales Ratio 16.1 10.7 8.7 8.5 6.8 6.16 Price/Book Value 8.3 5.6 4.5 4.2 5.5 5.91 Current Ratio 3.56 3.8...

the company as well as the industry in which it operates and the market. The recommendations here is that of a hold, to understand...

22.6 23.4 26.7 18.9 25.6 P/S Ratio 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.48 P/B Ratio 3.3 2.6 3.2 3.0 2.8 4.54 Current Ratio 1.06 1.25 1.18 1.05 1...

on equity. The equity has increased and as such we can see the main reason for the increase in the increase in the net profit. If ...

elements. All figures are taken form the relevant Toys R Us annual accounts, and unless they are per hare figures ore specified ot...

Cisco we get the following. Gross profit 2001 2002 2003 2004 Revenue 22,293 18,915 18,878 22,045 Cost of goods sold 11,221 6,902 ...

gaining a great advantage from their direct costs, but are then losing it with their other related costs, such as overheads. This ...

were original planned for release in this year were delayed until the next year. During the 2001 accounting period there was a tim...

A quick comparison of the financials shows some interesting differences between these two companies. Sales of Merck were noticeabl...

very equipment upon which food and beverages are served, in-flight food service has been faced with an unexpected need to modify i...

before both tax and interest that is used, as this is a more effective measure of performance. However, interest payments will red...