ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com Estover Road Plymouth PL6 7PY United Kingdom Copyright © 2009 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eitzen, D. Stanley. Fair and foul : beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport / D. Stanley Eitzen. — 4th ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7425-6177-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6178-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6470-1 (electronic) 1. Sports—Sociological aspects. 2. Sports—Psychological aspects. 3. Sports— Social aspects—United States. I. Title. II. Title: Beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport. GV706.5.E567 2009 796—dc22 2008047982 Printed in the United States of America…
The Village of Tinley Park, is located in Cook County, Illinois, was entered in 1892 under the provisions of the constitution and general statutes of Illinois. The Village operates under government of the trustee-village and provides many services including planning, public safety, zoning, roads, and general administrative services (Tinley Park, 2009).…
CVS/Pharmacy- CVS/Pharmacy began operations in 1963, and added the pharmacy department in 1967. In 2007, CVS merged with Caremark Rx, Inc. Finally, in 2008, CVS bought the Longs Drug Store chain. CVS has over 7000 stores(Cvs.com, 2010). At the end of 9 months of 2010, the company has lost 9.25% against 2009 net income. However, the company has increased their assets and liabilities by .1% against 2009 figures(Cvs.com, 2010). As the company stands now in trends, Net revenues for this 7,100-store drugstore retailer were $23.9 billion for Q3 2010, down 3.1% from $24.6 billion in the prior year 's period. Poor performance by the company 's Pharmacy Services segment—its revenues dropped 8.5%, to $11.9 billion—was a major contributor to the company 's woes. CVS ' Retail Pharmacy segment revenues actually increased 4.1%, with total same-store sales climbing 2.5%(Trendwatch, 2010).…
Financial Accounting Standards Board. (2010). Why Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting is-and should be-Different. Retrieved from http://www.gasb.org/white_paper_full.pdf…
ASDA is the second largest retailer in the UK, and it has been part of WAL-MART family of companies since 1999. ASDA scales can be valued by the number of stores it runs as well as how money people work for them. For example it has 321 stores in UK and North Ireland, 29 depot and more than 148000 employees. These all help to generate more than £15bn turnover.…
The City of Detroit, founded in 1701, and incorporated in 1806, is in Wayne County, State of Michigan. Detroit is on an international waterway, which connects by means of the St. Lawrence Seaway to seaports around the world. Existing as the largest city in the State of Michigan, Detroit is notorious for its tradition in automotive and is a colloquialism for the automobile industry in the United States. Detroit is also known for its popular music legacies, which residents celebrate in several familiar nicknames, Motor City, Motown or simply the “D.” In a city, whose population is likely at 951,270, Detroit is also known for its liquor distribution during the prohibition in 1920.…
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is one of the oldest financial institutions in the United States with a history dating back over 200 years. JPMorgan and Chase is basically included Chase- the U.S. consumer and commercial banking businesses serve customers under the Chase brand. The consumer businesses include: Branch, ATM, telephone and online banking, Credit cards, Small business, Home finance and home equity loans, Auto finance, Education finance, Retirement & Investing, Retail Checking. The commercial banking businesses include: Middle Market, Corporate Client Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Business Credit, Equipment Finance, Commercial Term Lending, Community Development.- and JPMorgan which is J.P. Morgan clients include the world 's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. These businesses use the J.P. Morgan brand: Investment Bank, Asset Management, Treasury Services, Worldwide Securities Services, Private Banking, Private Client Services, One Equity Partners. The corporate headquarters are in 270 Park Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, and the retail and commercial bank is headquartered in Chase Tower, Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States. The biggest event recently that JPMorgan anticipating in is acquisition of Washington Mutual in 2008. JPMorgan Chase raised $10 billion in a stock sale to cover write-downs and losses after taking on deposits and branches of Washington Mutual Through the acquisition, JPMorgan now owns the former accounts of Providian Financial, a credit card issuer Washington Mutual acquired in 2005. The company announced plans to complete the rebranding of Washington Mutual branches to Chase by late 2009. JPMorgan and Chase has the fiscal year end Dec 31.…
Financial statement is a more of a common term used to refer to procedures at the end of the accounting periods; such as the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and the statement of owner’s equity. These four financial statements area sometimes known as the financial accounts in which the business prepares. To make decision for investing in certain business we need to have a proper view of each and every parts of the business. All of these information can be found after separating the business.…
The large part of the report is the Adidas report on all their brand performance globally.…
Relevance and reliability are two of the four key qualitative characteristics of financial accounting information. The others being understandability and comparability.…
Accounting is a function by which users can understand the internal financial workings of a company. Use of public accounting dates as far back as the late nineteenth century (Hendrickson, 2007) and continues today under the set guidelines that accounting professionals refer to as generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are set in the United States by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (Weygandt, p. 9, 2008). The International Financial Standards Board collaborates on ways to standardize these principles globally. Through accounting, an entity methodically identifies financial transactions, chronologically records and analyzes the transactions, and communicates this information to interested users (Weygandt, p. 4, 2008). In this paper, the subject is to identify the four basic financial statements, how they interrelate, and how both internal and external users make use of these statements.…
Financial statements are records of relative financial information of organizations that are highly valuable to both internal and external users of that organization. The following four basic financial statements constitute the foundation of accounting:…
> Is the process of examining relationships among elements of the company’s accounting statements or financial statements and making comparisons with relevant information Financial Ratios are measures of relative values of key financial information. Ratio Analysis involves methods of calculating and interpreting financial ratios to assess the firm’s performance.…
CORPORATE INFORMATION CONTENTS Page No. Corporate Information 1 Chairman’s Message 2 Financial Highlights of Consolidated Accounts 3 Director’s Report 4 Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition & Results of Operations 8 Corporate Governance Report 15 Corporate Social Responsibility Report 28 Auditor’s Report 31 Balance Sheet 34 Profit and Loss Account 35 Cash Flow Statement 36 Notes forming part of the Financial Statements 37 Statement pursuant to Section 212 59 Financial Information of Subsidiary Companies 62 Auditor’s Report on Consolidated Financial Statements 65 Consolidated Balance Sheet 66 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 67 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 68 Notes forming part of the Financial Statements 69 CORPORATE INFORMATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. A. B. M. Good Mr. Peter Kerkar Ms. Urrshila Kerkar…
2011-12 was an eventful year for us at Sangam. While the challenges ensured that we work harder; the achievements enabled us to relax for few moments in an otherwise busy year. So our denims were put to good use – it helped us deal with the tough times and yet made us look good. Like it, we too never lost our shine and shaped ourselves in the face of adversities. As some would say, our fighting spirit truly lies in our jeans!…