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Growth and the Effects of the Financial Crisis in Asia

of 1997 was all the more surprising, especially given the fact that it impacted a group of countries that had, until that time, be...

Deceptive Reporting and Methodologies for Financial Accounting

is precisely what Enron did (Thomas, 2002). Because of this, Enron, before everything collapsed, boosted valuation estimates, with...

Article Analysis: Financial and Accounting Topics from the Wall Street Journal

This 12-page paper analyzes financial and accounting articles from the Wall Street Journal. There are 5 sources listed in the bibl...

Latin America and Africa Needs of Finanicial System Reform

to achieve and maintain without effective financial system structures, yet without economic growth there is little reason for plac...

Consieration of Eastman Kodak

the level at which direct costs account take up revenue. The current gross profit margin is 39.4% (Morning Star, 2003), this compa...

McDonalds and 2001 and 2002 Financial Performance

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

HP Investment

Meanwhile printing and Imaging remains HPs most profitable unit, representing about 35 percent of sales (Lower, 2003). Yet Dell is...

Ratio Analysis on the Financial Health of Rainbow Paint Company

danger zone. The debt-to-equity ratio is also decreasing nicely, meaning Sherwin-Williams is still in a good position to pay off d...

Financial Services Industry, Significant Developments and Trends

a thing of the past, only to find that even those who conduct most of their banking online still want to be able to visit a branch...

Financial Performance of Delta Airlines from 1998 through 2002

percentage. This is the level of revenue that remains when all of the direct costs for producing the goods or services are deducte...

Utilizing AI in Financial Markets That Are Chaotic

from a range of sources, and can then be utilized for business decision-making purposes (DSS, 2003). For example, DSS systems hav...

Home Health Service Provider Business Plan

or may not have a market, home health care is a service that always has a market of some size. The business is a proven one, one ...

Limited Brands and Gap, Inc. Financial Analyses

the company now has 4,100 spread across six countries; The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan emp...

Company Overview of Merrill Lynch

to incorporate in 1959 and to go public in 1971 (Powers, 2003). During the 1960s, the company diversified into government securiti...

Student Case Study on Financial Decisions

less risky option may be to take the Japanese offer. If a different scenario is considered, and for an additional 20,000 that wi...

Positive Accounting Theory and Environmental Accounting

to supply a monitoring device to reduce the information between the principals (i.e. the investors) and the agents (i.e. the manag...

3 British Retailers' Financial Comparison

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

American Airlines and British Airways Compared

teetering economy right over the brink, taking literally the worlds travel and tourism industry right with it. All major travel d...

Reasons for Financial Intermediaries

basically there to help identify and advise on the flow of assets (such as stock or money) that would be necessary in order to suc...

Enron and WorldCom Financial Statement Manipulation

processes (Chidi, 2002). Some of the accounting techniques used at WorldCom in order to supplement R&D write-offs included the use...

Going Back to College, its Benefits and Challenges

What Will It Take? An adult returning to college is certain to have a very different set of circumstances to deal with than thos...

Overview of Itron Inc.

of the lifecycle of this industry this is still a growth industry, Many meters nationally and internationally are still managed in...

Assessing the Next PLC Clothing Retailer

annual reports and company web sites. However secondary sources will also be used as reference points and to give insight to poten...

The 9 Years War of 1688 to 1697 and Policies of Great Britain and Fance

PG), the Nine Years War was the result of significant - and many say unwanted - change. King William III and Queen Mary held cour...

Financial Analysis of Coca Cola

company has been performing well, but has also seen a slow down in growth in recent years. Looking at the revenue over the past fi...

1990s Global Financial Crises, Causes, and Reforms

of the 1990s came as a surprise to economists who thought that more globalization would have the effect of stabilizing internation...

Financial Bubble of the USA

fixed investment has been absent" (Puplava, 2003). Just as any bubble needs continued air to keep floating, the economy needs con...

Coca Cola Financial Analysis

0.65, again just slightly under that of the sector (Yahoo Finance, 2003). In the short term, as the stock is easily saleable, this...

Financial Analysis of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

assortment of over-the-counter remedies, such as Sudafed and Benadryl (Koenig 2003). Other pet care products include Revolution, w...

1998 to 2002 McDonalds' Financial Analysis

a companys position needs to be considered in a greater context, such as the way in which this is moving against the companys own ...