Why Ask Why? The most important part of any type of book or story is that it be interesting. This proves to be particularly important in detective fiction as well. What could be more interesting than having a crime committed in front of you‚ given all (or most) of the details and still not be able to figure it out? This is exactly how detective fiction authors draw people into these stories and books. By weaving an intricate and interesting plot full of fascinating characters‚ and all types
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Police Detective Becoming a Police Detective is not an easy task at hand. For those who would like to start a career in this profession it does not come easy. Being a detective in the law enforcement is a major responsibility that usually relates to crimes that are solved to homicide‚ robbery‚ burglary‚ auto theft‚ organized crimes‚ missing persons‚ juvenile crime‚ fraud‚ aggravated assault/battery‚ sexual assault‚ computer crime‚ domestic violence‚ surveillance‚ and arson‚ among others. Although
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2013 CRJ Mr. Burk Research Paper A True Homicide Detective Life as a homicide detective can be tough being a detective is not saying you did it; it’s about your life being on the line every single day. It’s about putting away those bad people who have harmed the innocent. A detective is investigator‚ either a member of a police agency or a private investigator. I plan to be a homicide detective on day. In order to become a homicide detective I must attain a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice
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Detective story Once about 2 years ago I read out to my cousin a detective story. It was the story of an English magazine for children. The plot began at 11 o’clock when the inspectors telephone started ringing. The inspector picked up the phone and said‚ "hello". The person on the other side of that call informed about the murder of the rich man in that town. The police inspector was shocked to hear that. He immediately asked his constables to follow and went to that rich man’s house. When
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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 proportion Financial characteristics of companies vary for many reasons. The two most promi_ nent drivers are industry economics and firm sfategy. Each industry has a financial norm around which companies within the industry tend to operate. An airline‚ for example‚ wourd naturary be expected to have a high of fixed assets (airplanes)‚ manufacturer would be expected to have a lower gross margin than a pharmaceutical manufacturer because commodities such as
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The Financial Detective As rightly said in the case‚ the financial statements of no two companies are alike. The financial statements of companies in a particular industry‚ however‚ have many similarities and follow certain financial norms unique to that industry. Our analysis focuses on identifying these similarities. Company A: Manufactures and markets a broad line of name brand toiletries‚ nonprescription drugs‚ and consumer and baby care products. When compared to company B‚ it has: •
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The Investment Detective Case We can use normal investment to calculate the data‚ but we also can do it as reinvestment to invest every project for the same years. For every question‚ I will give answers for both normal investment and reinvestment. 1. We can rank the projects simply by the cash flow data. Normal investment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Project number 3 8 6 1 5 7 4 2 Cash flow 8000 2150 200 1310 2200 560 1561 165 Reinvestment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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The Financial Detective 1. Health Products: The first firm is company A and the second firm is company B because company B has a higher gross profit and higher intangibles as seen in the financial data. This is due to the additional costs and expenses company A has in comparison to company B. 2. Beer: The first firm is company C and the second firm is company D because company C has higher fixed assets and company D has higher gross profit as seen in the financial data. This is due to firm C owning
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1. THE INVESTMENT DETECTIVE This case presents the cash flows of eight unidentified investments‚ all of equal initial investment size. The student’s task is to rank the projects. The first objective of the case is to examine critically the principal capital-budgeting criteria. A second objective is to consider the problem that arises when net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) disagree as to the ranking of two mutually exclusive projects. Finally‚ the case is a vehicle for introducing
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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the ratios. The primary objective of this case is to introduce students to financial ratio analysis—in particular‚ the range of ratios and the insights each one affords. This case presumes that students have already been introduced to
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