Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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Empirical Chemicals‚ LTD. (A): The Merseyside Project Is the proposed $7 million expenditure to renovate and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside Plant to exploit opportunities and achieve increased production efficiency worth it? They are under pressure from investors to improve financial performance because Earnings per Share Have dropped from $12.75 in 1990 to $4.55 in 1991. Based on the four criterions that EC holds new projects to‚ I believe that this project
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Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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CIM 2010 Cultural (Industry) Management Analysis of the Diamond Industry Becky Gong Culture‚ Creativity and Management 1. Why Interested? A diamond is forever. No one will be unfamiliar with this classical advertising verbal. Diamonds have symbolized love and eternity for centuries‚ which can still be constantly found in some of the world’s oldest pieces of jewelry. They were surrounding by myths and legends and once regarded as the “Tears of the
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Throughout case two‚ there are many medications mentioned. Some of the medications do not directly pertain to the patient‚ BB‚ and are instead prescribed for his brother‚ SB. However‚ it is important to go through each and every drug in this case in order to better understand why certain drugs were prescribed and their impact on the clinical outcomes of both BB and his brother SB. Additionally‚ it is important to remember the patient’s age when evaluating these drugs as some may not be appropriate
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excess fat of 128.54 carats.And until very recently‚ was the main golden-yellow diamond in the world. The Koh-I-Noor Diamonds ( Mountain / hill of Light ) is now among your British The queen’s Jewels.This fabulous ancient diamond weighs about 105.60 carats.First mentioned in 1304‚ it is believed to have been recently once that is set in Shah Jehan’s legendary peacock throne as one of the peacocks big eyes. The Agra Diamond is graded as a naturally colored Fancy Lighting Pink and even weighs 33.34 carats
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First Book Critique: Collapse by Jared Diamond Collapse‚ written by Jared Diamond‚ shows how environmental problems in today are connected with many of the same environmental reasons of collapse in ancient civilizations. Diamond wrote this book to show that if people don’t take care of the land while there is time‚ the whole world could end up collapsing just like many other ancient civilizations. Instead of starting in the past‚ Diamond goes to the present time to show people that there are
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Africa. For the nonrenewable diamonds that are worn to show self worth and minerals that power our cellular devices. Human society‚ now more than ever‚ is based on the exploitation of others in order to create a luxurious lifestyle and a certain level of social acceptance at the price of other’s lives. Considered a sin in Christian and Judaism teachings‚ the love of money is a root for evil in humanity (Timothy 6:10). Man at his most vulnerable
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In the first reaction‚ magnesium was burned to produce magnesium oxide. The reaction produced a bright light‚ which is evidence of a chemical change. The second reaction occurred as a result of solid magnesium reacting with hydrochloric acid. The reaction produced heat and bubbles‚ both indications of a chemical change. A wood splint was used to determine that the gas produced was hydrogen gas‚ hence the other product is magnesium dichloride. In the third reaction‚ ammonium carbonate was heated to
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ALEXIS STUDENT: LARIZA VALERIA CHONG FLORES KENT CHEMICAL: ORGANIZING FOR INTERNATIONAL GROWTH KENT CHEMICAL: ORGANIZING FOR INTERNATIONAL GROWTH Kent Chemical was a rubber producer which founded in 1917 in Kent‚ Ohio. In the 1940s‚ as turned into the plastics‚ Kent quickly grew to be one of the biggest producers and marketers of plastic additives and other specialty chemicals. Later‚ in the 2000s‚ Kent became a worldwide specialty-chemical company‚ whose products sold in nearly 100 countries
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