SECTION D: LITERATURE Syllabus for TERM I (SA I) FICTION TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA -A J Cronin Two Gentlemen of Verona is a touching story of Jacopo and Nicola‚ two brothers aged 12 and 13‚ who do odd jobs and live a hard life themselves to sustain and treat their elder sister Lucia‚ who is suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. A J Cronin uses the title of William Shakespeare’s famous play‚ The Two Gentlemen of Verona in an ironic manner. Cronin’s portrayal of these modern "gentlemen" of Verona
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S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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he arrived at Guang-zhou of south China by taking a sea route. It is not welll known which course he took on the way. This article proposes a tentative account that the route he took was the Sea Silk-Road. Chinese historical literature describes what took place at the time when he left India. “He met the King and told him of his wish to go to China. The King tried to persuade him to stay in his home land‚ but Bodhi-Dharma was determined to go. There was no longer anything for the King to do
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| Table of Contents Cost of Capital 2 Value of Equity 2 Cost of Equity 2 CAPM Model 2 Dividend Growth Model 3 Value of Debt 3 Cost of Debt 4 WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) 4 Comparison to Joanna Cohen’s Analysis 4 Financial Statement Analysis 5 Nike Inc. 5 Financial Ratios 6 Leverage Ratios 6 Efficiency Ratios 6 Liquidity Ratios 7 Profitability Ratios 7 Valuation Ratios 7 Conclusion 8 Appendix A – Ratio Calculation 9 Leverage Ratios 9 Efficiency Ratios 9 Liquidity Ratios
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The term "Capacity Building" may be easily misunderstood. It has much wider meaning than is understood in general sense. What it then really means and how useful it is for an organization? Find an answer in the article. I’m presently working on a research project closely related to the title in use. So‚ I felt like understanding the term ‘Capacity Building’ first before I can conduct further study on which I’m able to suggest appropriate measures for the ‘Capacity Building’ of personnel working
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FINANCING INSTITUTIONS OTHER THAN BANKS Often in business we need capital. Of course‚ this capital can be borrowed from banks or institutions other than banks. Of course‚ with borrowing on financial institutions other than banks will be charged a higher interest rate. The following definitions explain some of the institutions other than banks which cover several fields‚ namely: a. Leasing (Leasing) b. Venture Capital c. Factoring (factoring) d. Business Credit Card e. Consumer Financing
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Service Capacity * Service Capacity is defined as the maximum level of value-added activity‚ which can be consistently achieved over a period of time under normal operating conditions. * The important consideration is that the service provider should be able to sustain provision of service at such a rate comfortably under normal working conditions. * It can be expressed as : 1. Max. number of patient attended by a Doctor / hr. 2. Max. number of calls attended by a Executive
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Question 1 How would you characterise the economics of UST business? What are the primary business risks associated with UST [Hint:Compile a list of factors that a credit analyst would take into account when evaluating the proposed recapitalisation]? UST is a principal producer of moist smokeless tobacco products‚ controlling roughly 77% of the overall market. It has $913.3m of assets of which tobacco accounts for 54.5%. The net income for UST has been growing at 11% compounded annual growth
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excellent opportunity for the sponsors and potential lenders‚ the deal structure must effectively mitigate risks associated to whether the project is financed through Project Financing or Debt Financing. Project Financing Benefits - PDVSA can get into a joint venture with a private firm Higher flexibility from preserved debt capacity More foreign investments from larger private markets Reduced corporate taxes‚ tax rate reductions and tax holidays in project finance deals Payment of 34% income tax versus
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Walt Disney Company’s Yen Financing GROUP SIX Liang Zhang Xiao Cao Xiang Wang Le Lu 1 / 10 All rights reserved. www.lelu.tk. Contents & Structure Part I. Overview -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Part II. The problem facing Disney ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Status quo 1 - JPY royalties grows fast -------------------------------------------------- 3 Status quo 2 – JPY/USD rate fluctuation
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