| | BURBERRY | | | NEXT | | PROFITABILITY | | 2010 | 2009 | | 2010 | 2009 | Net Profit Margin | | 13.3% | 0.8% | | 15.6% | 14.6% | Gross Profit Margin | | 62.8% | 55.4% | | 29.3% | 27.8% | ROCE | | 26.8% | 1.7% | | 56.6% | 45.7% | Asset Turnover | | 2.01 | 2.08 | | 3.64x | 3.12x | Cash Return on Capital Employed | | 66.7% | 41.8% | | 73.4% | 54.9% | GEARING | | 2010 | 2009 | | 2010 | 2009 | Interest Cover | | 27.77x | 1.28x | | 20.97x | 9.44x
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In the fictional short story “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Kurt Vonnegut characterizes Diana Moon Glampers as cruel through her actions. Diana Moon Glampers is the Handicapper General‚ which is synonymous to supreme controller of every soul in dystopian America. And‚ wow‚ she takes the ´controller´ part to a new level. Firstly‚ Diana’s wicked use of the handicaps help portray her as cruel. Handicaps are a vital part of dystopian America’s agenda to keep everybody ‘equal’‚ but they’re nothing short of fiendish
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What Happens Behind Closed Doors: Interest Groups and Their Agendas Government and political entities are believed to be heroes of the people. They only do good‚ and have no vendetta for themselves. However‚ this utopian way of thinking is unrealistic‚ and not representative of the convoluted process of policy-making and forward motion. Interest groups are a key component of change‚ and using direct lobbying‚ they attempt to create reform every day. Tom Woods in his “Our Wise Overlords Are Just Here
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1. Character a. Ann – John and Ann have been married for seven years. Although it may seem after that many years of marriage‚ the spouses would have great communication with one another‚ but that isn’t what it seems to be. Ann feels desperate and isolated in what seems to be
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The next five years | | | | All of us acknowledge that India is changing and that the pace of change is accelerating. We also know that India (and the Indian economy) will be very different five years from now in more ways than one. In the context of private consumption‚ how much India would be different in 2015 can be best understood if we look at some of the data relating to where India was just five years ago‚ i.e. in 2005. India’s GDP in 2005 was about $785 billion‚ which has increased
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“Making the Grade” by Kurt Wiesenfeld‚ was published in June‚ 1996‚ in the Newsweek magazine‚ explaining the possible threats of grade inflation and cynical grading. After thoroughly analyzing Wiesenfelds article‚ I was astonished at how critical and potentially dangerous it is‚ in the present university grading systems‚ to allow students alleged “potential” to outdo effort and intelligence. Weisenfeld later states‚ “Last year a light tower in the Olympic Stadium collapsed‚ killing a worker. It collapsed
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In the popular fictional adolescent Canadian television show‚ Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as Degrassi or D:TNG)‚ follows a group of students who face exaggerated instances of challenges common to teen life. Degrassi is the most-watched domestic drama series in Canada‚ and the highest-rated show on The N network in the United States. The show captures controversial topics such as date rape‚ eating disorders‚ homosexuality‚ abortion‚ and school shootings. The episodes are based on what
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the covers back‚ relieved that all my clothes are still on. The clock on the nightstand says seven a.m. The bus leaves in an hour.(35)During this moment in time Sid realizes that she had made a big mistake about going to meet that boy. What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton is about a girl‚ Sid‚ who goes on a school ski trip to the mountains. Well after being left alone by her friends she meets a boy‚ Dax‚ on the ski lift. After she makes a deal about going to a party later that night she spends the
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A 2020 Vision: Education in the next two decades James Levin University of Illinois Appeared in 2002 in the Quarterly Review of Distance Education‚ 3(1)‚ 105-114. Introduction It is difficult to predict the future. In our everyday lives‚ we implicitly depend on a "future will be like the present" prediction. More sophisticated forecasters often predict that potential changes will occur quickly in the short term‚ ignoring the institutional barriers to change. Similarly‚ they often
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In the article “Texting‚ the Next Epidemic” by William B. Bradford‚ he addresses the issue of texting in our society. He states that texting is starting to tear apart the social fabric of our country. In the article‚ Bradford states that the United States has fallen behind in educational standards due to the lack of reading and writing involved with texting. He portrays to his readers that texting is making our social events not so social. He says that people go to restaurants and parties for social
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