2012 Financial Analysis Report Prepared for Microsoft Corporation By Yifei Fu October 9‚ 2012 This report provides information about the operating results and performance of the Microsoft Corporation in the fiscal year of 2012. According to their financial statement‚ there are some concerns listed below that people should pay attention to: 1. Across the entire financial statement‚ there are some significant changes in income statement. Compared with the 2011 fiscal year‚ 2012 net
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INTRODUCTION Microsoft is to acquire Nokia ’s mobile phone arm in a swansong deal for the software giant ’s long-serving chief executive‚ Steve Ballmer‚ delivering Europe ’s last big handset maker into American ownership. For €5.44bn (£4.6bn)‚ Nokia is casting off the business that once represented Finland ’s most important export‚ in a deal that will result in 32‚000 staff transferring to Microsoft. Overtaken in the smartphone arena by Apple and Samsung‚ Nokia ’s board agreed to end the company
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AUDIT MANAGEMENT | | | |(Topic: Internal Control & Related Aspects) | | | |
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Internal Analysis of Coke and Pepsi (Appendix A) In this session‚ we would analyze Coke and Pepsi internally using SWOT analysis. SWOT is the short form of Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. In Appendix A‚ we can see that the major strength for Coke is its name value. Coke is the World’s leading brand for CSD. Marketing and advertising is the major battleground for the CSD industry‚ from the SWOT analysis‚ we can see Coke did a great job for that. Being the market leader is definitely
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to do a complete ratio analysis and the BSC key metrics information. If you were going to create a BSC‚ what would be the key metrics you would measure in each of the four BSC areas: •Financial •Customer •Internal Business Process •Learning and Growth Perform a ratio analysis using H-D’s five-year financial performance. Interpret the meaning of the ratios and financial performance. Summarize and support your findings in a 2—3 page Word document entitled "The Analysis of H-D’s Current Strategy:
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Table of Contents Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy The case at hand is primarily to discuss the financial reporting strategy adopted by Microsoft Inc. for the period 1996-1999 and the subsequent litigation that arose out of the accounting practice followed by Microsoft. Microsoft’s primary operations has been developing and manufacturing of the software products. As a company‚ it has shown a very stable growth in terms of revenues and profits‚ thus enabling better than industry share price increase over
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Internal Recruitment The assessment of an employer’s current staff to ascertain if any current employees are sufficiently skilled or qualified to perform required job vacancies. When a business engages in internal recruitment‚ a current employee might be reassigned to the new position by giving them either a promotion or an internal transfer. Advantages of Internal Recruitment Reduced Recruiting Costs There are costs associated with recruiting‚ especially when your search is conducted outside of
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With the rise in consciousness and increasing attempt by the legal bodies in order to boost the understanding of accounting practices‚ it is becoming a good alternative to do analysis on annual report of public listed company in Malaysia. This report provides information obtained through comparative analysis of the annual report‚ regarding the compliance on it statutory requirements and how they interpret their corporate governance. It is indeed a crucial topic as to ensuring maximum
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Paul Allen‚ Microsoft has had a major role in how we use computers today. It all started when the duo decided they wanted to utilize their shared skills to create an interpreter for a new personal computer‚ the Altair 8800 microcomputer. The interpreter worked flawlessly when it was demonstrated to MITS in the March of 1975. Microsoft wasn’t officially established until April 4 with Bill Gates as CEO. In 1977 Microsoft established its first international office in Japan. Microsoft entered the
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