To our shareowners: As regular readers of this letter will know‚ our energy at Amazon comes from the desire to impress customers rather than the zeal to best competitors. We don’t take a view on which of these approaches is more likely to maximize business success. There are pros and cons to both and many examples of highly successful competitor-focused companies. We do work to pay attention to competitors and be inspired by them‚ but it is a fact that the customer-centric way is at this point a
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Cost Audit Report and Compliance Report in XBRL format and what is the authority for the same? Ministry of Corporate Affairs has mandated filing of the Cost Audit Report and Compliance Report from the financial year 2011-12 onwards (including overdue reports relating to any previous year) by all cost auditors and companies concerned by using the XBRL taxonomy. MCA vide Circular No. 18/2012 dated July 26‚ 2012‚ has extended the last date of filing of cost audit reports and compliance reports with the
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Annual Report 2010 2010 was characterised by variability. Diageo’s brand positions‚ global scale and agility in response to changing conditions delivered a good performance in the year. About Diageo Diageo plc is the world’s leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits‚ wines and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker‚ Guinness‚ Smirnoff‚ J&B‚ Baileys‚ Tanqueray‚ Captain Morgan‚ Crown Royal‚ Gordon’s ‚ Beaulieu Vineyard
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Enron scandal‚ auditors are now required to be more proactive in searching for fraud when performing an audit. This responsibility is defined in International Standards on Auditing and enforced through legislation in national jurisdictions. This report identifies the factors that should be of consideration when deciding on the appropriate level of responsibility auditors’ should have to detect corporate fraud. There are various limitations inherent in audits that should be taken into account‚ as
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Auditing and Assurance – Assignment 1 Ashley Erasmus With reference to Caltex Australia 2012 Annual Report discuss the following: The role and responsibilities of Auditors and Company Board of Directors and the CEO and Senior Management with respect to the Accounting information reported on in the Annual report. The roles and responsibilities of a Board of Directors vary according to the nature of the company. They are usually responsible for determining the strategic direction of the business
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British Airways Plc Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2013 Company registration number : 1777777 Contents Officers and professional advisers 1 Strategic and directors’ reports Strategic report Management review Financial review Principal risks and uncertainties Directors’ report 2 5 8 10 Directors’ responsibilities statement in relation to the financial statements 12 Independent auditors’ report 13 Group financial statements Group consolidated income statement Group statement
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ashok M Advani Executive Chairman CORPORATE MANAGEMENT Ashok M Advani Executive Chairman Suneel M Advani Vice Chairman & Managing Director Suneel M Advani Vice Chairman & Managing Director Satish Jamdar Managing Director Satish Jamdar Managing Director Vir S Advani Executive Director Vir S Advani Executive Director Shailesh Haribhakti Pradeep Mallick Gurdeep Singh Suresh N Talwar Avinash Pandit President - Electro Mechanical Projects Group
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Philip K. Dick – “The Minority Report” Unseen Commentary The science fiction short story “The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick explores how autocratic societies lead to individuality being suppressed‚ with power replacing personality as the main defining quality of any identity. This is all particularly evident in the passage where Anderton makes his way to Kaplan at the rally for a greeting before murdering him. Through the wide use of metaphorical language and other carefully chosen descriptors
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use cinematic techniques and narrative elements to explore their message about a theme in Minority Report? The man fled down the centre of Main street frantically looking around‚ everywhere he glanced there was an advertisement. These were unlike any advertisements the man had ever seen before‚ they could learn. “Hello‚ Mr John‚” said the closest advertisement‚ it knew his name. The Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg in 2001‚ covers many social problems from that time period. One of
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Minority Report I think that in 50 years from now the technology will be too advanced for everyone to even know. People won’t even need a phone‚ the phone will be in them‚ some type of way. Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ takes place in 2054. Spielberg predicts that we will have a “pre-crime” system by that point. “Pre-crime” is a specialized police department in which 3 psychics called “precogs” can see or predict the future‚ but only crime that happens in the future. In that
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