Financial Policy at Apple – Case Analysis Apple had nearly $137 billion of cash at the end of Dec 2012. Over the past few years‚ the Company had been highly successful with the launch of the iPhone 3G in 2008‚ and which was followed by the launch of iPad in 2010. The Company enjoyed high profitability‚ and was able to keep its costs at a minimum. The gross margin on the iPhone was between 49% and 58% from October 2010 to March 2012‚ and the gross margin on the iPad was between 23% and 32% in the
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Is gold a safe investment in the current economic situation? Global demand for gold has been on the rise and with good reason- the price of the precious metal has been consistently breaking new highs even though markets throughout the world remain weak (Lee‚ 2011). In the last decade alone‚ gold has achieved a 500% increase in value and more relevantly‚ it has soared from $1400 (an ounce) in January this year to a peak of $1920 (Prial‚ 2011). Thiru (2011) of Lloyd TSB‚ determined that gold has
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© The Journal Contemporary Management Research 2010‚ Vol.4‚ No. 2 THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN ON FAMILY PURCHASING DECISIONS IN OTA‚ NIGERIA S. T. Akinyele* Abstract Children constitute an important target market segment and merit attention from a marketing perspective. The role that children play in making decisions concerning the entire family unit has prompted researchers to direct attention to the study of influence of children. This research focuses on the influence of children on family
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OF LEVERAGE IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS The United States of America is in the middle of the worst financial crisis in more than 75 years. To date‚ federal regulators and authorities have taken unprecedented steps to stop the complicated situation of the financial services sector by committing trillions of dollars of taxpayer funds to rescue financial institutions and restore order to credit markets. Although the current crisis has spread across a broad range of financial instruments‚ it was
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Overview The current financial crisis has raised questions about the legitimacy of capitalism. Ethi cal failures certainly played a role. While it remains to be seen whether and how many people blatantly broke the law‚ there are abundant signs of various forms of potentially unethical behavior. These include greed‚ unreasonable amounts of le verage‚ subtle forms of corruption (such as ratings agencies that appear to have had a conflict of interest)‚ comple x financial instruments that
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Pakistan’s Banking Sector Current Situation and Critical Issues ISHRAT HUSAIN Pakistan’s banking sector reforms which were initiated in the early 1990s have transformed the sector into an efficient‚ sound and strong banking system. The most recent comprehensive assessment carried out jointly by the World Bank and the IMF in 2004 came to the following conclusion: “ for reaching reforms have resulted in a more efficient and competitive financial system In particular‚ the predominantly
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When looking at the financial performance of a company‚ it is important to examine the financial ratios. There are several different classifications of financial ratios. Profitability ratios show the profitability of the company. Liquidity ratios deal with the current assets and current liabilities of the company‚ and they determine how the company is performing with their liquid finances. Leverage ratios deal with the company’s debt‚ and how they affect performance. Activity ratios deal with a company’s
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Abstract This paper deals with particular qualities and distinguishing features of the American innovation model. Statistical analysis of current situation on American innovation markets provides up-to-date information concerning the structure of the economy of the US. American economy is estimated as economy‚ based on innovation and new technologies. The paper analyses problems closely connected with distribution and adaptation of new technologies. Government policy of implementing‚ distributing
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Corporate Governance Analysis Microsoft The CEO: Steven Anthony Ballmer has been the CEO of Microsoft since January 2000. He graduated from Detroit Country Day School‚ Michigan. He later joined Harvard University‚ where he studied Math and Economics. During that time‚ he lived down the hall from Bill Gates‚ Microsoft’s founder and Chairman of the Board. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11‚ 1980 as the first business manager and the 30th employee. His first salary was $50‚000 including 8% of
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Research Report: Current Situation of Using Microblog among College Students Microblog is one of the most popular broadcast medium in form of short sentences‚ typically with no more than 140 Chinese characters. Besides‚ individual images or video links can also be posted within one note. Messages made up of these small elements offer more brief information. The rapid updating of information provides abundant daily news‚ from individuals to national organizations. And the topics range from the
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