Debt/Equity Ratio What Does Debt/Equity Ratio Mean? A measure of a company’s financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by its stockholders’ equity; it indicates what proportion of equity and debt the company is using to finance its assets. http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/debt%2Fequity+ratio ’Debt/Equity Ratio’ A high debt/equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings
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British Petroleum Ratio Analysis Memo Team B ACC/291 September 5‚ 2013 Vicki Garrison British Petroleum Analysis Memo Memo to Bob Fryar Executive Vice President‚ Safety and Operational Risk Dr Brian Gilvary Chief Financial Officer of British Petroleum: Introduction As we are sure you are already familiar with the British Petroleum organization‚ a lot of the information included in this memo may seem unnecessary directed only to you. It is vital to know information about
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The Role of Financial Ratios Table of content Introduction 3 Chapter 1. Notion and types of ratios. 4 1.1 Liquidity ratios. 5 1.2 Financial leverage ratios 7 1.3 Funds management ratios 9 1.4 Profitability ratios 12 Chapter 2. Use of financial ratios. 15 2.1Use and Limitations of Financial Ratios 15 2.2 Used financial data 15 2.3 Financial ratios calculated for The Apple Company 16 2.4 The Dupont Model 18 Appendix 1 21 Conclusion 23 Bibliography 24 Introduction I have chosen
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| Memo To: Northwind Traders From: Geno Smith CC: Brad Preston Date: [ 8/11/2013 ] Re: Revenue Assessment Thank you for the opportunity to assess your sales data in order to provide recommendations for increasing your sales. The analysis and recommendations below are based on the data you provided‚ which covers a period from May 2004 through June 2006. The analysis below is based on this data alone. Therefore‚ our recommendations should be tempered by your knowledge of business realities and
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Accounting Software Memo I want to offer this advice to help guide you in the purchasing of our new accounting software. First form a technology advisory committee (TAC). This committee will oversee the project. This committee should be made up of people from each of the company’s major departments. This committee will help determine the software needs for each department. The next step after the committee is established is to have each department prepare an analysis or walk thru of the jobs
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Memorandum Date: 2/18/13 Re: HealthSouth Accounting Scandal HealthSouth Corp.‚ one of the nation’s largest healthcare services providers in the United States was involved in one of the largest accounting scandals in United States history. HealthSouth Corp and its officials overstated earnings in order to meet Wall Street earnings expectations. This memorandum will describe who was involved‚ how the operation was carried out‚ as well as a timeline documenting the resulting damages of the scandal
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To: Prof. Lang From: A. Foster Date: November 23‚ 2010 Re: Smith’s defenses to dog bite Questions Presented: 1) Under Florida Statute Section 767.04 which sets the defenses in which a dog owner can avoid liability due to injury caused by a dog bite‚ can dog owner avoid liability by using the defense of provocation for injuries caused by a dog bite when the owner’s dog bit an 8 year old child‚ when said minor while dressed in a cat costume came onto our client’s property‚ noticed client’s Yorkshire
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TO: Harri Karvinen‚ President FROM: Saurabh Mishra‚ Regional Manager of Sales DATE: 19th July‚ 2009 SUBJECT: Review of proposal to eliminate STP On behalf of all the regional sales managers and the salespersons in TeknoSport‚ I would like to put forth this request to kindly review the pending decision to eliminate the legendary TeknoSport’s Sales training programme(STP). Being part of the business for a long time‚ and from the rich ground work experience that we all believe we have‚ we feel that
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Phoenix Advertising Interoffice Memorandum DATE: August 17‚ 2012 TO: Managing Director; Planning Director; Creative Director FROM: Vice President of Human Resources SUBJECT: Roanoke Branch Update In recent months‚ the Roanoke branch office has been experiencing difficulties. After a change in management‚ the graphic designers and copywriters have made it apparent that their work is no longer being received well. Although it is not completely clear‚ this employee upset may be the cause
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For this assignment I have chosen Spiderman. In the last movie of the trilogy‚ Spiderman turns into the Dark-Spidey by a symbiote that enters into his body and changes him. When the symbiote attacks Peter Parker he at first feels more powerful. He turns black and acts without judgment. People still see him as Spiderman‚ so his new personality runs his body and runs the town he is supposed to be helping. Mary Jane and others start to notice the changes in him and alienate themselves from him. Eventually
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