Virgin Atlantic Airways came from an idea taken to Richard Branson by Randolph Fields in the early 1980’s. Original called British Atlantic Airways‚ VAA first flew from Gatwick to Newark with their single 747 on 22nd June 1984. Branson took the torch from Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain operation - which had been the pioneer of discounted transatlantic air travel‚ but suffered at the hands of BA’s price war to eliminate the competition. Virgin too didn’t have an easy ride with BA‚ and won substaintial
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Vestal Virgins The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses of Vesta‚ the goddess of the hearth‚ in charge of maintaining the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. Vesta symbolized collectively the hearths in citizens’ houses; she presided over the basic need of fire (Cadoux 163). The fire in the Temple of Vesta was a pure fire and was not fed with wood from dead trees‚ or any rubbish thrown upon it‚ or any impious act done in its presence. If the Vestal Virgins allowed
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The flag of the United States Virgin Islands is one of the most attractive flags of this world . The flag is very similar to the United States presidential flag. The flag consists of a white background on which a strong bald golden eagle sits in the center holding a green branch on the right talon and three light blue arrows in its left talon. These three light blue arrows represent the three islands St. Thomas‚ St. Croix and St. John. The mighty shield on its chest bears a blue chief on the top
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The Virgin Mary The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ‚ who over a billion people as God’s son‚ explaining why she is considered one of the most important people ever. It is not clear when she was born‚ but going by the Bible we can guess about 30 20 BC. She probably died around 40 AD‚ maybe later though. There is not a great deal of writings on her in the bible‚ making it hard to verify when she was alive. She was an important figure as she was "the Mother of God" as the Bible
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“Sworn Virgins” in the Balkans This essay is about one of the third gender roles. “Sworn Virgins” While researching I came across very interesting sites that talked about these woman that became men in their society. These Albanian women were from the northern and southern parts of Balkans. This essay will talk about their lives living as a man‚ the process of it and the reasoning for their choice. Here are the sites I gathered my facts from: www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/12/21/jill_peter
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Bibliography: Barry‚ E. and Jamie‚ E. (2009) Financial accounting and reporting. 13th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education‚ pp. 164-254. Bayldon‚ R.‚ Woods‚ A. and Zafiris‚ N. (1984) A note on the ’pyramid ’ technique of financial ratio analysis of firms ’ performance Charles‚ H.G. (2009) Financial Reporting and Analysis: Using Financial Accounting Information. 11th ed. Masan‚ OH45040‚ USA: South-western Cengage Learning‚ pp. 177 to 297. Flex monitoring team. (2005) Financial Indicators for Critical Access Hospitals
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financial analysis By: andreas ioannides E-mail: TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PROCEDURE. FINDINGS. 1.0 INVESTMENT RATIOS - MEASURES OF EFFICIENCY. 1.1 Earnings per Share. 1.2 P/E Ratio or Price / Earnings Ratio 1.3 Dividend Yield. 1.4 Dividend Cover. 2.0 PRIMARY OPERATING RATIOS - MEASURES OF EFFICIENCY. 2.1 Return on Capital Employed 2.2 Debtors Turnover
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: Understanding financial performance using the technique of ratio analysis of listed companies Executive Summary Companies are said to be listed (quoted) when their shares are publicly traded on a stock exchange. A systematic use of ratios is widely used by managers‚ creditors‚ regulators and investors to analyze the financial performance of listed and unlisted companies. The listed companies have an extra ratio analysis (investor ratios) which cannot be used
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procter & gamble v/s Uniliver Project Report Financial Analysis Section (A) Table of Contents Acknowledgement 4 UNILIVER 5 History 5 Introduction 5 Business Vision 5 Mission Statement 6 Brands of Uniliver 6 PROCTER & GAMBLE 7 Introduction 7 Business Vision 7 Mission Statement 7 Brands 7 Uniliver Financial Statements Ratios Analysis (2012 v/s 2013) 8 Information to Management 8 1. Operational Analysis 8 Gross Margin 8 Profit Margin 8 2. Resource Management 8 Asset turnover 8 Working capital Management
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Peregrine Financial Group- Case study Last July 2012‚ a new financial fraud came out and hit the news headline‚ déjà vu‚ perhaps of other famous scandals‚ but not. This time a medium size financial institutions‚ name “ Peregrine Financial Group Inc” accused of shortfall of funds for around $200 million‚ where its CEO‚ Russell Wasendorf managed to misstated financial record for over 20 years‚ and finally in July 2012 filed for Bankruptcy. CEO‚ Russell Wasendorf‚ was no different than others high
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