Analysis of the US-China Trade The U.S. trade deficit has risen more or less steadily since 1992. In the second quarter of 2004‚ the trade deficit relative to GDP surpassed the 5 percent mark for the first time. Many economists already considered trade deficits above 4 percent of GDP dangerously high. The fear is that continued growth in this external imbalance of the U.S. economy will ultimately spook overseas investors. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/09/b193700.html The United States
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PepsiCo Inc.‚ profitability ratios | | | Dec 29‚ 2012 | Dec 31‚ 2011 | Dec 25‚ 2010 | Dec 26‚ 2009 | Dec 27‚ 2008 | Return on Sales | | Gross profit margin | 52.22% | 52.49% | 54.05% | 53.51% | 52.95% | Operating profit margin | 13.91% | 14.48% | 14.41% | 18.61% | 16.09% | Net profit margin | 9.43% | 9.69% | 10.93% | 13.75% | 11.89% | Return on Investment | | | | | | Return on equity (ROE) | 27.71% | 31.29% | 29.86% | 35.38% | 42.47% | Return on assets (ROA) | 8.28%
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Introduction Coca-Cola is the leading brand of the world in soft drink category. It was founded by a pharmacist in Georgia known by the name of John Pemberton. He used to sell a potion for physical as well as mental disorders. However‚ the potion soon turned into world’s largest selling brand after carbonated water in addition to fountain water with other constituents were added to the brand. Furthermore‚ soon after the addition of carbonated water‚ Coca-Cola brand was given the honor of
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Introduction The Coca-Cola Company is a leading manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of soft drink concentrates and syrups‚ juice and juice-drink products. The company is a profitable company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. The original product was formulated in 1886 by john Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta Georgia‚ who sold it at a local drug store soda fountain as a "treatment for the mental and physical disorders. A few years later‚ Asa Candler acquired the formula‚ established
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China Threat Theory Paper 11/14/13 China is certainly a state that is on the rise; moreover‚ it will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. China has the largest population of any state in the world and it makes sense then that having finally utilized their massive working class the economy is on the rise. There are many who believe that this economic rise will lead to the eventual conflict between the United States and China. That claim is farfetched and greatly exaggerated. It is not
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Product: Coca-Cola Business Name: The Coca-Cola Company Tagline: “Enjoy Coca-Cola” (2012) Table of Contents: Executive Summary I. External Environment Analysis -Definition of Industry -Macroenvironment * Demographic * Economic * Natural/Ecological * Technological * Political * Cultural/Sociological -Threats and Opportunities II. Analysis of Internal Environment -Overview of company -Microenvironment * Suppliers * Marketing Intermediaries
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representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.” - Fidel Castro China‚ a predicament of social injustice‚ has been debated upon its coercive form of government over decades now‚ by eminent scholars and experts‚ who have been discussing about China’s future in their everlasting debates regarding the stand China will ultimately have to take in the coming decades. The fact that makes China as such a controversial subject in the world is because of its combination of its incomparable
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The crisis that happened at Coca Cola was a very crucial incident. It affected issues such as brand and reputation‚ and the company has to take action so as not to ruin its image. Coca Cola is a company with a very strong brand name all over the world. An attack like this of the NGO can lead any company to problems. Although the Center for Science and Environment attacked the safety of Coca Cola India ’s products‚ Coke was well within the Indian government ’s legal limits for pesticide residue in
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Literature Essay The four poems that are going to be analyzed below offer different statements on human nature and the subject of human violence. The poem “Here” by R.S. Thomas‚ a man of devout but questioning faith‚ centers on the themes of doubt and guilt. In the beginning stanza‚ we can see that the poem is the reflection of the persona‚ which we then realize is his questioning about religion. This is suggested by the quote “You can feel the place where the brains grow” which conveys the
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Cola Explosion When the Mentos come into contact with the Diet Coke‚ a reaction causes the rapid formation of foam. it is concluded that the potassium benzoate‚ aspartame‚ and CO2 gas contained in the Diet Coke‚ in combination with the gelatin and gum arabic ingredients of the Mentos‚ all contribute to the formation of the foam. The structure of the Mentos is the most significant cause of the eruption due to nucleation.MythBusters reported that when fruit-flavored Mentos with a smooth waxy coating
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