Profitability Ratios (Year 2008 - 2012) From the calculation‚ the gross profit maintains at a level of 48% to 52% from 2008 to 2012. Net profit increased rapidly from 2008 to 2009 (4.33%-13.35%) while the expenses ratio dropped from 6.14% to 4.79%. Then net profit reached the highest value of about 25.18% in 2011 but dropped about 6% in the following year. At the same time‚ expenses ratio increased for about 0.07% in 2012. The return on assets increased about 0.02% from year2008 to year 2011 but dropped
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Swire Pacific (SEHK: 0019) 29 August 2012‚ Keiann Yeung Business Description Swire Pacific is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate with key operations in property and aviation. Other divisions include marine services‚ beverages‚ trading and industrials. Property accounts for more than 60% of its Enterprise Value and operating profit. Other key holdings include 44% of Cathay Pacific. The UK-based founding family John Swire & Sons owns 42% economic interest and 58% voting rights in the company.
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give the reader feedback. The story I wrote was called “The Local Thug”. This story was about a young woman’s relationship with a man that took a tragic turn. In my story‚ I used the perspective of the woman and the perspective of the media about the young man. In my story‚ the young woman starts to date a young man by the name Zaire. She begins to build a relationship with Zaire which soon turns romantic. Most of the story is written from the woman’s perspective to give readers a better understanding
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There are 7 different species of salmon that can be found in the Pacific Ocean‚ each species has a unique appearance and has different habitats but they share many characteristics. Salmon are also a very unique species‚ they are anadromous‚ meaning that their eggs are laid and hatch in freshwater‚ and their youth spend some of their early lives there in freshwater before swimming to the ocean to grow and mature. Pacific salmon spawn only once and dies within days of digging their nest and mating
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Local Literature Crab shells polvoron By Dr. Dolores DG. Fernandez Chief SRS‚ PCAMRD Crabs are relished for their taste and texture. Low in fat and high in protein‚ crabs are excellent sources of minerals. The crab’s body is covered with a chitinous shell or carapace. This crab cover is simply thrown away. Professor Viden V. Elpos of the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College in Concepcion‚ Iloilo conducted a study on the acceptability of polvoron made from the carapace of different crab
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Local literature A dynamic website is one that has frequently changing information or interacts with the user from various methods or direct interaction. When the Web server receives a request for a given page‚ the page is automatically retrieved from storage by the software in response to the page request. A site can display the current state of a dialogue between users‚ monitor a changing situation‚ or provide information in some way personalized to the requirements of the individual user. [WikiPedia]
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The Railway that Benefitted All The Canadian Pacific Railway and its benefits to farmers‚ financiers‚ and consumers. Eric Best November 13th‚ 2012 Mr. Moore CHC2Da The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) is commonly argued to be the most important transportation route in Canadian history‚ but most do not know the substantial benefits it provided. More specifically‚ it provided benefits to farmers‚ financiers‚ and consumers. The financiers of the railway were the group of people that the railway benefitted
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Deforestation of the Pacific Northwest One of the most controversial areas associated with the global problem of deforestation is the Pacific Northwest of the US. The problem can be broken down into several issues that all tie in together. These include the near extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl‚ the "business" aspect of logging versus the environmental aspect‚ and the role of the government in this problem. In 1973‚ the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed. This enabled the Dept. of
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In 1886‚ Papaya was changed into ’Muñoz’ to honor Don Francisco Muñoz‚ the province’s alcalde mayor‚ and the community’s first appointed gobernadorcillo. Muñoz was annexed as a barrio of San Juan de Guimba municipality. Settlers trickled in from Bulacan and the Ilocos Region. In 1911‚ Factoria (now San Isidro town)‚ the provincial capital‚ was totally flooded. Muñoz was then considered a possible new capital of the province. At about the same time‚ the people of Barrios Muñoz and San Antonio
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Pacific Oil Company Pacific Oil Company was founded in 1902 as the Sweetwater Oil Company of Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma. The founder of Sweetwater Oil‚ E.M. Hutchinson‚ pioneered a major oil strike in north central Oklahoma that touched off the Oklahoma "black gold" rush of the early 1900s. It developed extensive oil holdings in North Africa and the Middle East‚ as well as significant coal beds in the western United States. In 1979‚ Pacific Oil established the first major contract with
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