BUS101 Portfolio 2 Prepared by Lei Jin Updated Wednesday‚ February 2‚ 2011 Sony Net Slips 8.6%‚ Hit by TV Results By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI WSJ Online FEBRUARY 3‚ 2011 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703437304576121240005019676.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews This article reported that Sony Corp. announced an 8.6% decline in quarterly profit because the hurt by cutthroat market conditions crimping television
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1. The Rebirth of Ground Zero- USA 2. This video shares the viewpoint of a retired firefighter‚ who lost his son on September 11‚ 2001. It tells the story of how he has been able to cope after ten years since the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. The video focuses on the man’s opinions of rebuilding‚ on honoring‚ and always remembering. 3. The text book talks about how The United States are a power house in terms of power based on political‚ economic‚ and military status. This power is often
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VISUAL ARTS: Painting‚ Sculpture & Architecture -PAINTING- MADONNA AND CHILD PAINTING IN MINOR BASILICA OF THE BLACK NAZARENE‚ CITY OF MANILA I: Introduction Nature Painting is the art of creating meaningful effects on a flat surface by the use of pigments. Significance II: Subject What is it about? Madonna and Child painting is about the Blessed Virgin Mary with her son Jesus Christ painted in a more eloquent style using a new color that is far from other Blessed Virgin Mary icon.
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Bill Hobson who is the general manager at McFitzhugh’s is hiring for a server position that he needs to fill immediately. He has his Assistant manager Gretchen Jensen conduct the first interviews. All of the applicants came in well dressed‚ on time and well groomed. All of the three applicants that were narrowed down had either some sort of educational background in the hospitality field. Gretchen found that all of the candidates have strengths and weakness. Applicant number one at the first
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"Our country’s leaders have three main choices: Taking over someone else’s oil fields; carrying on until the lights go out and Americans are freezing in the dark; or changing our life style by deep conservation while heavily investing in alternative energy sources at higher costs." ~ Charles T. Maxwell‚consultant to various oil companies and the US Government Essential Learning: To evaluate what factors contribute to how a society chooses to use energy resources‚ keeping in mind the availability
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The first thing I have chosen to talk about as something I hate most is adverts. Whether its adverts on the television or in a magazine‚ they are all greatly irritating and I think many people will agree with me. I am going to talk about tele advertisements. GCSE WRITING TO ARGUE‚ PERSUADE AND ADVISE An extract from this essay... Reece Buckle Humiliation‚ corruption and exploitation are just a few of many which all question: just how honourable and acceptable are these terrible talent shows
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• What Sociology is NOT… o Social Work Sociology is not designed to help people. • Work is objective‚ if it ends up helping people‚ great. o Socialism o Statistics Getting the number is the easy part‚ done by the computer. We want to know what to do with the number • This is where Sociology comes in. o Therapy One might spend time studying a successful marriage; however a Sociologist is not interested in hearing about a specific marriage’s problems. • Sociologists do not help
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Problem 1 A stock sells for $10 per share. You purchase 100 shares for $10 a share (i.e.‚ for $1000)‚ and after a year the price rises to $17.50. What will be the percentage return on your investment if you bought the stock on margin and the margin requirement was (a) 25 percent‚ (b) 50 percent‚ and (c) 75 percent? (Ignore commissions‚ dividends‚ and interest expense.) Initial Stock price per share $10 # of Shares Purchased 100 New Stock price per share $17.50 Gain = New Price - Initial
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Introduction: Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the structured transmission of data between organizations such as documents or business data from one computer system to another computer system electronically. The transmission is done from one business organization to another similar organization without human intervention. EDI can be used to describe the technology by which business documents (such as orders‚ invoices‚ shipping contracts‚ etc) are transmitted electronically
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The process of resource allocation for IT project funding is the primary issue that Dr. Matulovic faces. Inadequate funding from VWoA’s parent company ($60 Million compared to the $210 Million requested) forced a new prioritization system to determine which IT projects receive funding. The prioritization process is a centralized approach that aims to align the organizational activity with corporate goals and strategy. The new system is a significant improvement from the previous unstructured debates
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