Writing Assignment #3: Annual Report Analysis In this paper‚ you will analyze the annual report of a single Fortune 500 company‚ asserting and giving evidence of the most powerful visual‚ verbal (and‚ if relevant‚ aural) techniques and strategies the document uses to target and persuade its intended audience. PREPARATION—READ CAREFULLY: 1. CHOOSING THE RIGHT FORTUNE 500 COMPANY’S ANNUAL REPORT: You MUST choose in advance and register via e-mail (1st come‚ 1st serve) for one of the
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Briefing Abstract The City of Detroit‚ founded in 1701‚ and incorporated in 1806‚ is in Wayne County‚ State of Michigan. Detroit is on an international waterway‚ which connects by means of the St. Lawrence Seaway to seaports around the world. Existing as the largest city in the State of Michigan‚ Detroit is notorious for its tradition in automotive and is a colloquialism for the automobile industry in the United States. Detroit is also known for its popular
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Topic: Analysis of Annual reports for personal investment 1. Executive Summary Assignment Background: In this assignment‚ I take the role of an investor looking to invest an amount of USD 50‚000 in the capital of a public limited company. To wisely invest‚ one needs to do a thorough comparative study of the annual reports‚ stock market performance‚ news‚ strategies‚ vision of the companies‚ etc to reach a conclusion. I have taken up two companies in the financial sector – namely‚
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Briefing Not- For- Profit &Government Accounting Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Briefing The Village of Tinley Park‚ is located in Cook County‚ Illinois‚ was entered in 1892 under the provisions of the constitution and general statutes of Illinois. The Village operates under government of the trustee-village and provides many services including planning‚ public safety‚ zoning‚ roads‚ and general administrative services (Tinley Park‚ 2009)
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”(Target 2012 Annual Report‚ 2012‚ p.1). Target is one of the leading stores besides Wal-mart that keeps their prices low while still making a profit from their sales. They introduced the new price match and return policies and continue to offer more savings through their REDcard Rewards. (Target 2012 Annual Report‚ 2012‚ p.2). With the REDcard Rewards clients are able to save an extra 5 percent off nearly all purchases and offers an additional 30 days for most returns. (Target 2012 Annual Report‚ 2012‚
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As a rationale for his support of public education‚ Horace Mann‚ as the Secretary of the Mass. State Board of Education‚ wrote his 12th Annual Report. This report was based upon his own theories and ideas of education. A few of the theories that Mann touched upon were: opportunity and what it had to offer to the often non-educated‚ the worth of learning how to use knowledge and how the values of society can affect education. In order to portray these theories to main stream society‚ Mann used the
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policies are put in place? Profitability Which indicators have been brought forward in the annual report of the company? Which specific targets are aimed at? How does the group state and assess the evolution of profitability in the annual report? Is there more recent public information about this issue? Where? Is this information in line with the one mentioned in the annual report? Is it indicating a similar evolution? What are the main propositions of the company to improve
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Annual Report 2010 DAVID JONES LIMITED ABN 75 000 074 573 ACN 000 074 573 CONTENTS Performance Analysis Chairman’s Report Chief Executive Officer’s Report Five Year Financial Statistics Board of Directors Management Committee Corporate Governance Statement Occupational Health & Safety People Community Environment Directors’ Report Remuneration Report Financial Statements Directors’ Declaration Auditor’s Independent Declaration Independent Audit Report Shareholder Information Corporate
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Michigan’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Governments and not-for–profit organizations prepare financial statement just as businesses making a profit. The financial reports governments and nonprofit organizations use is a comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). Both annual reports contain similar information such as management’s discussion and analysis and financial statements. The CAFR includes varies other information concerning the governmental structure‚ budget‚ population‚ and
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Ahead with Hubbing Annual Report 2012 Hubbing Delivers In two short years‚ after the commercial launch of StarHub in 2000‚ we became Singapore’s fi rst fully integrated info-communications and entertainment company. We have continuously created compelling reasons for customers to use Hubbing‚ a ‘quadruple power play’ of service offerings combining mobile‚ pay TV‚ broadband and fi xed network services. In the process‚ we have consistently delivered value and returns to our stakeholders. History
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