Liquidity ratio: It’s focus on the solvency of the business and includes two ratio- 1. Current ratio 2. Quick assets ratio If the liquidity level of a company is high then it means that the company has or can generate enough cash to meet its short term requirements for cash- it can easily pay its bills on time. On the other hand if the liquidity level is low then the company has difficulty in generating enough cash to pay its bills. 1. Current ratio: The aim of current ratio is to perform
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P2 - Describe roles and responsibilities under current H&S legislation. Health and safety legislations are an important in the workplace as they enforce the protection for employees‚ employers and visitors/contractors where the official aim is the reduce or prevent the risk of future injuries through elimination or minimisation. Because of this there are certain parts that a member might play in a part of a process or operation and these are their roles. Additionally responsibilities are the duties
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Account receivables increased twofold each year‚ which indicates potential future growth. Also‚ deduction trends in current assets and liabilities demonstrate sustained increases in operating assets and decreases in operating liabilities. Stock repurchase has been more than doubled since 2004. This could possibly be because of undervaluation issues or an effort to boost Microsoft ’s P/E ratio. The large net decrease in cash in 2005 can be entirely attributed to the abnormal jump in common stock cash dividends
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3.2 Explain the appropriate criteria to use for judging the quality of the assessment process The internal QA process largely takes place within the college programme/ department itself. Generally‚ this process collects continued information in a systematic way about the quality being achieved. The Self Assessment reports are the corner stone of the whole QA system and need to be prepared by the college under the guidance provided by the external agencies e.g. City and Guilds‚ EAL The Self Assessment
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Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed
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Associate Level Material Ratio Analysis Form Use the table on the next page to complete the Week Eight assignment. In this assignment‚ you will review the textbook to find the definitions for each ratio. Use the financial statements for Drs. Smith and Brown‚ located on the student website‚ to perform the calculations and complete the form. Review the following example on how to perform the inventory turnover calculation‚ which shows you how to complete the table. * Two different
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Old Exam Packet – Acct 284 Fall 2009 Exam 1 – Fall 2008 Investing activities: a. involve day to day events like selling goods and services‚ which occur when running a business. b. involve the buying or selling of land‚ buildings‚ equipment‚ and other longer-term investments. c. only involve financial exchanges. d. All of these. Accumulated depreciation: a. is an expense account. b. is a liability account. c. is a regular asset account. d. is an asset contra-account.
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customer service. Both companies are in the retail industry and compete heavily across several states in the country. In addition to competing with a number of other grocery chains‚ Wal-Mart is identified as a major competitor for both firms. (Exhibit 1-1) Besides competition‚ Kroger and Safeway are concerned with key macroeconomic and internal factors. GDP is highly correlated with sales in the retail industry hence personal disposable income is the most critical macroeconomic factor for retail firms’
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The market structure of the U.S health insurance industry not only reflects the nature of health care‚ but also its origins in 1930’s. According to Investopedia‚ “The HMO Act of 1973 helped to cement the HMO into the U.S. health system by providing grants to start or expand HMO’s. This plan helped‚ “Remove many restrictions imposed by the individual states‚ and required employers with more than 25 employees to offer a federally-certified HMO to employees”(Investopedia). Policies focused only on
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Current affairs in banking sector 2014-15 (with reference to Reserve Bank of India) Under the guidance of Prof. Mrs.Priyanka Meaning of bank: A bank is a financial intermediary and money creator that creates money by lending money to a borrower‚ thereby creating a corresponding deposit on the bank’s balance sheet. Lending activities can be performed directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. Meaning of banking: “Banking " means the business of receiving money on current
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