EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Minimum Wage Ordinance Cap. 608 is an ordinance enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to introduce a minimum wage in Hong Kong in July 2010. The executive branch proposed a minimum wage of HK$30 (~US$3.871) per hour in November 2010‚ which the Legislative Council voted to accept after much debate in January 2011. It came into effect on 1 May 2011. Prior to this‚ there had also been a fixed minimum wage for one specific class of workers‚ foreign domestic
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FINANCE 3110 (CRN 83872) Principles of Finance Fall 2014 Principles of Finance FINANCE 3110 (CRN 83872) - Fall 2014 School of Business‚ Middle Georgia State College Tuesday‚ 5:30 PM-8:00 PM‚ PSC 248 INSTRUCTOR Dr. Shawn Saeyeul Park Middle Georgia State College School of Business Email: shawn.park@mga.edu Office: PSC 364 (Phone: 478-471-2886) Office Hours: M‚W 10:00 – 11:30 AM; T‚Th 10:00 – 11:15 AM; 1:30 – 2:45 PM WRC: M‚W 6:45 – 7:45 PM or by appointments Course Website: D2L COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Course Code: ACCT1001213 Course Title: Introduction to Finance Credit Hours: 3 Room: Room 3 Date & Time: Tuesday and Friday 4:55pm to 6:10pm Semester/Year: Semester 2 (Spring) 2014 Prerequisites: N/A Co requisites: N/A Instructor’s Name: Mrs. Charmaine Castillo MBA Contact Number: 824-2102 E-mail Address: ccastillo@shc.edu.bz Office Hours: Mondays 2:05 pm to 5:05pm or by appointment Required Textbook(s): Foundations of Finance. 7th Ed.; Arthur J. Keown‚ John D. Martin‚ J. William Petty;
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It can be defined as too much money chasing too few goods. When the general price level rises‚ each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently‚ inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money – a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy. A chief measure of price inflation is the inflation rate‚ the annualized percentage change in a general price index (normally the consumer price index) over time. Economists
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7BSM1006 Managing Financial Value Drivers Coursework Semester A 2012 Assessment weighting 60% Bellingham plc Arthur Scroggs was a farmer. His family has owned and farmed 500 acres of prime land in the Vale of Aylesbury for four generations. In the mid 1980 ’s small farms were finding the financial climate difficult with falling farm incomes and much talk of putting farm land to "alternative use". By 1985 Arthur had already sold his dairy herd to focus on cereal production when a fortuitous
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QUESTION 1: Angel plc is a listed industrial business and is considering a major investment. The investment projects team needs an appropriate rate at which to discount the estimated after-tax cash flow for the investment. Following the business’s normal practice‚ this is to be based on the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Figures‚ relating to long-term financing‚ included in the business’s most recent balance sheet are: £m Ordinary shares of £0.50 each (160 million) 80 Share
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SUPPLY supply curve - in economics‚ graphic representation of the relationship between product priceand quantity of product that a seller is willing and able to supply. Product price is measured on the vertical axis of the graph and quantity of product supplied on the horizontal axis. In most cases‚ the supply curve is drawn as a slope rising upward from left to right‚ since product price and quantity supplied are directly related (i.e.‚ as the price of a commodity increases in the market‚ the
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Chapter7&8 discussion questions CHAPTER 7 Discussion Questions : #2. Why is there a trend toward cross-functional integrated enterprise systems in business? Due to positive turnout of many businesses‚ cross-functional integrated systems is not only becoming a trend but will be here to stay. The whole system provides savings from time‚ cost and quality compared to manually re-entering of data from one business function system into another system especially if it is still on a non-integrated
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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACHES TO QUALITATIVE DATA: WHY‚ WHEN AND HOW - Savitri Abeyasekera Statistical Services Centre‚ University of Reading‚ P.O. Box 240‚ Harry Pitt Building‚ Whiteknights Rd.‚ Reading RG6 6FN‚ UK. Phone 0118 931 8459‚ e-mail s.abeyasekera@rdg.ac.uk 1. Introduction In many research studies involving the use of participatory tools‚ much of the information gathered is of a qualitative nature. Some of this will contribute to addressing specific research questions‚ while
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Harvard Business School 9-297-052 Rev. July 12‚ 1997 USG Corporation On May 2‚ 1988‚ USG Corporation‚ the world’s largest gypsum producer‚ announced that the board of directors had approved a recapitalization plan. According to the plan‚ USG would exchange each outstanding share of common stock for $37.00 in cash‚ $5.00 in stated face amount of 16% junior subordinated pay-in-kind debentures‚ and one share in the newly recapitalized company. Robert Day‚ USG’s Chairman and CEO‚ said the
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