EVALUATION OF THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF GLAXOSMITHKLINE 2008 AND 2009 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY GSK is the world’s largest pharmaceutical company. It has a 7% share of the global pharmaceutical market‚ 26% of all vaccine sales‚ and 17% of all anti-invectives. It was formed with the merger of two top pharmaceutical companies‚ Glaxo Wellcome Plc and SmithKline Beecham Plc in December 2000. “GSK’s history dates back to 1715‚ when Plough Court pharmacy‚ a predecessor to SmithKline Beecham‚ was
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Financial Performance 7.1 Financial Statement FACEBOOK‚ INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In millions‚ except for number of shares and par value) (Unaudited) | | | | | | | | | | | June 30‚ 2012 | | | December 31‚ 2011 | | Assets | | | | | | | | | Current assets: | | | | | | | | | Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 2‚098 | | | $ | 1‚512 | | Marketable securities | | | 8‚090 | | | | 2‚396 | | Accounts
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Retail Banking & Evaluation of Financial Performance of Axis Bank (Summer Internship Report) From 30th June To 10th August Submitted to: Submitted by:Training Supervisor: Ashish Jain Shridhonkar Mr. Nishpap PGDM (07-09) ~2~ Sales Manager (07-II711) Axis Bank Limited‚ Gwalior ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Summer training is one of the most vital and active part of the curriculum of management students. Its basic idea behind this is to strengthen the student’s concept through practical training and
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The Low-cost Orange Flying Machine: The Case of easyJet Introduction The colour orange is increasingly becoming synonymous with the firm easyJet as it has become one of the world’s most profitable low-cost airlines (Alamdari and Fagan‚ 2005). This paper examines the basis of their success and argues firstly‚ that easyJet from its inception essentially adopted and stayed with the original low-cost model that was pioneered by Southwest airlines in the USA. Moreover‚ this is a model that has served
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Financial Crises and Firm Performance Financial crises • Financial crises could happen anywhere‚ although emerging markets tended to be more seriously afflicted in recent times • Companies operating in a region where a financial crisis had broken out could undergo corporate disasters as a result. • The following sections describe what happened during three major financial crises in the late 1990s and early 2000s‚ and how the business sectors of the regions were affected. • The best-known of
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following report will aim to identify and categorise risks to easyJet as a company. By identifying risks to the company we are able to see what risks the company have and potentially how to avoid or deal with them. Then by classifying them in groups it may be possible to tackle a few risks with one solution. After listing the risks and putting them in a risk matrix‚ the report will then aim to explain how the risk will affect easyJet and justify the position of it in the risk map. The way the report
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world. In fact‚ their goal is to use their technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for the consumers wherever they live (Colgate Palmolive home page). I. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS i. Income statement: The income statement presents information on the financial results of a company ’s business activities over a period of time. The income statement communicates how much revenue the company generated during a period and what cost it incurred in connection
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IAS 18 Income is defined as the increase in economic benefits. This is achieved through increase in assets or decrease in liabilities. And this would ultimately result in the increase in equity. Revenue is income generated through: sales‚ fee‚ interest‚ dividends and royalties. Objective of IAS 18 is to tell the accounting treatment of revenue. Revenue is recognized when it is certain that economic benefits would arise and if these benefits are measurable. Previous IAS 18 was approved
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IntroductionThis report has been written in order to provide an environmental and competitive analysis of the low-cost airline industry sector from the position of Easyjet. It will give a brief history into Easyjet and the low-cost airline industry. It will analyse the internal strengths and weaknesses as well as the external threats and opportunities. Competitors will be analysed through the use of porters 5 forces model. Recommendations will be made for easyJet’s marketing strategies for the next
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Audit and Assurance (International) Wednesday 9 December 2009 Time allowed Reading and planning: Writing: 15 minutes 3 hours ALL FIVE questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted. Do NOT open this paper until instructed by the supervisor. During reading and planning time only the question paper may be annotated. You must NOT write in your answer booklet until instructed by the supervisor. This question paper must not be removed from the examination hall. The Association
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