EXPLAIN THE EXTERNAL SOURCES OF FINANCE AVAILABLE TO A RETAIL BUSINESS External sources of finance are funds that come from outside the business. It involves the business getting loans from individuals or institutions. External sources of finance can be divided into two parts; short term and long term. Long term has two main branches; share capital & loan capital which will be divided further below. Short term has one main branch‚ which is divided into bank overdraft‚ hire purchase‚ trade credit
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Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group 1. Why did Marvel file for Chapter 11? Were the problems caused by bad luck‚ bad strategy‚ or bad execution? What is the amount of debt of MEG (the operating company) and the Marvel Holding Companies (Marvel owners)? The Chapter 11 bankruptcy provided an opportunity for all the major stakeholders to evaluate their options regarding their investment and control of Marvel. Bankruptcy alleviated Marvel’s immediate cash shortage‚ protected
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Abstract: "Insider trading" is a term that most investors have heard and usually associate with illegal conduct. But the term actually includes both legal and illegal conduct. Every day‚ investors have the opportunity to put their money into more than 15‚000 U.S. stocks. It should come as no surprise to anyone that insider trading occurs every day in the stock market. In 1934 the U.S. Congress enacted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to protect corporate investors‚ it realized that
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INTERNET TRADING / ONLINE TRADING 1 What is online trading in securities? Online trading in securities refers to the facility of investor being able to place his own orders using the internet trading platform offered by the trading member viz.‚ the broker. The orders so placed by the investor using internet would be routed through the trading member. 2 How can one start trading online? To start with‚ investor needs to identify a trading member who offers internet trading facility and register
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Part 3 :Financial Analysis for Company –Ratio Analysis Current year 2013 Previous year 2012 Liquidity Ratio 1.Acid Test Ratio = Current Assets – Inventories Current Liabilities Acid Test Ratio = 412439 - 143838 116618 = 2.30 : 1 Acid Test Ratio = 380266 – 192285 120541 = 1.56 : 1 Acid Test Ratio measure the firm’s ability to repay current liabilities after the least liquid of the current assets (inventory) is deducted. The higher the ratio‚ the more financially
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Finance and Business Finance With the gradual progress of society & civilization and the development of science and technology‚ the scope of trade and commerce has also increased. Hence‚ the product-market has to cope with diverse competitions. To make profit in this competition‚ a businessman has to utilize his capital efficiently through proper planning so that the cost of production or selling could be kept minimum. Hence‚ a business firm can maximize its profit. For that purpose‚ every business
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Internal Control Being that LJB Company is still a small company with faith in their long term employees puts LJB in an advantage over competitors. Having long term employees show and express the loyalty towards the company. There is one advantage of LJB Company being a small firm as we are approaching our initial public offering. Because of some small issues that will need to be resolved as per internal control requirements‚ LJB being a small firm it should be easier to bring change with implementation
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INTRODUCTION Overview of the financial system A financial system refers to the mechanism that involves financial markets‚ financial institutions‚ laws‚ regulations and techniques through which financial resources are mobilized from those who have surplus to those in deficit an economy. The primary task of any financial system therefore is to facilitate the movement of funds from those who save to those who borrow to buy needed goods and services or for investments. The financial system determines both
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that "knowledge is power‚" (Nickels &‚McHugh 2011) “Insider trading is an unethical activity in which insiders use private company information to further their own fortunes or those of their families or friends”. Pg.101 Insider trading is a term that includes both legal and illegal conduct. The legal version is when corporate insiders—officers‚ directors‚ and employees—buy and sell stock in their own companies. Illegal insider trading refers generally to buying or selling a security‚ in breach
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Different types of business informaiton‚ their sources and purposes Business information comes from a wide variety of sources and an effective business person will research information from a range of sources before making decisions. Business information is one of the three main segments of the information industry. The other two segments are scientific‚ technical and medical‚ and educational and training content. Verbal information is literally face to face which is seen as the best way to
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