Apple‚ Inc. for the year ended September 25‚ 2010 +Concepts+ a. In your own words‚ define "revenues." Explain how revenues are different from "gains." b. Describe what it means for a business to "recognize" revenues. What specific accounts and financial statements are affected by the process of revenue recognition? Describe the revenue recognition criteria outline in the FASB’s Statement of Concepts No. 5. c. Refer to the Revenue Recognition discussion in Note 1. In general‚ when does Apple recognize
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Dear Rachel I hear you are interested in applying for a job in the care profession. As I am currently working in this profession‚ which is great‚ I just wanted to fill you in on a few things which could help you. Health and social care work places have what is called a duty of care towards the people they look after that means they must do everything possible that they can to keep the people they care for safe from harm. It is not only the work place that needs to prioritise
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Course Description This course introduces students to the world of information technology. Students will examine the technology concepts included in business systems‚ networking and project management and explore the systems development life cycle. Specific topics for the course include: hardware components‚ software applications‚ operating systems‚ databases‚ programming‚ as well as the security‚ privacy‚ and safety issues associated with information technology. Policies Faculty and students/learners
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Employee recognition awards In today’s highly competitive business world‚ employee recognition is an important aspect of a business that needs to be given due attention. The way it is implemented and its success depend on how the business pursues employee recognition. In this report‚ we would like to showcase employee recognition in the business world‚ the theories behind each application‚ and how it is implemented by businesses. Employee recognition is an incidence or program by which an employer
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RDSEmployee Recognition Program Handbook Department of Human Resource Management September 2000 DHRM 01/30/2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 2 RECOGNITION/REWARD............................................................................. 4 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 7 KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER - ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM
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Cognitive processes involved with face recognition To human beings‚ facial recognition is not only essential for identification of persons in the social context‚ but also a vital social tool. There are various reasons why facial recognition process is a vital to human beings. Facial recognition serves an essential purpose of identifying members within our society; as a result‚ we are able to select those that we can socialize with that aid our survival in society. For instance‚ the males are
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GUIDELINES EMPLOYEE REWARD & RECOGNITION POLICY Introduction: Benefits of an Employee Recognition Program 1. Increased customer loyalty and retention; lower turnover. Employees who feel appreciated and respected will be more productive and motivated‚ and are likely to remain longer with the company. 2. Higher employee productivity overall. 3. Increased retention of mid to high performers. 4. Overall increased employee morale. Employees often go above and beyond what is expected of them
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Statement Four Revenue recognition issues top the list of reasons for financial reporting restatements and one of the methods for creative accounting practices. Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Revenue recognition 4 Sale of goods 4 Rendering of services 5 Interest‚ royalties‚ and dividends 5 Creative Accounting 5 To meet internal targets 6 Meet external expectations. 6 Provide income smoothing. 6 Taxation 6 Change in management
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The issue of revenue recognition practices is an area that has received a lot of attention from regulators. Whenever there is a report of financial restatements or negative earnings‚ regulators pay extra attention to review the financial statements in order to verify that that there are not any indications of financial fraud or that the organization overstepped their boundaries in the area of managed earnings. The reason that regulators have taken a special interest in financial accounting and potential
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Speech Recognition Technologies Abstract While commercial solutions for precise indoor positioning exist‚ they are costly and require installation of additional infrastructure‚ which limits opportunities for widespread adoption. Inspired by robotics techniques of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and computer vision approaches using structured light patterns‚ we propose a self-contained solution to precise indoor positioning that requires no additional environmental infrastructure
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