Nick Scali Limited Question 1. Discuss the overall performance of NCK in 2014 based on the forecast data. Even thought NCK’s top line reflected a 7% increase in sales‚ the EBIT declined by 4% and gross profit remained in the 11-12% range and pretax profit remained steady. With dividends factored in the retained earnings fell by over 200% to just $4‚655‚975. The investment in PPE‚ the reduction of LTD and the dividend had a substantial impact on the 2014 forecast. These three combined shifted
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day’s pay.” Although Nick and Ziggy gradually descend into the underground economy as the second season progresses‚ their involvement in illicit‚ dishonest work is considered very taboo; both Nick and Ziggy go to great lengths to hide their drug dealings from their families. In stark contrast to white‚ working class culture which generally encourages licit work and discourages illicit involvement‚ black‚ inner city culture often shuns those seeking licit jobs. As one black woman laments in Newman’s
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Maxine Hong Kingston‚ the author of Woman Warrior‚ and her mother Brave Orchid are the only two people to make an appearance in every chapter of Woman Warrior. Because of this‚ we can tell how much of an effect Kingston’s mother has had on her‚ and how her talk-stories influenced her views on the Chinese and American cultures‚ family‚ and maybe most importantly‚ gender and what it means to be a woman. In the chapter entitled “Shaman‚” we get to see the life story of Brave Orchid‚ with a few moments
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The Two Marriages Jessie Bernard ################ ############# The Two Marriages by Jessie Bernard Introduction : The book were Jessie Bernard talks about was published in 1972. The Passage was taken from that. In here the author talks about the relation of man and woman in a marriage. She talks about how mans natural instinct to control woman still exist in the modern time and it always will. By reading the passage we get that different people have different view no matter how close
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Nick Carraway – Heroic Homecoming A hero is someone we admire for bravery or nobility. Nick Carraway possesses a certain kind of nobility – he is a character that others need by their side as a companion or a helper. His holding off on making judgments of others is a quality that even Tom wants proximity to. But Nick eventually does make judgments‚ and he doesn’t keep them to himself. Significantly‚ he not only breaks off with Jordan Baker‚ he reminds her that he is 30‚ and is five years too
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In “Two Ways a Woman Can get Hurt: Advertising and Violence‚” the author Jean Kilbourne describes how advertising and violence is a big problem for women. Although her piece is a little scrambled‚ she tries to organize it with different types of advertisement. Women are seen as sex objects when it comes to advertising name brand products. Corporate representatives justify selling and marketing for a product by how a woman looks. Kilbourne explains how the media is a big influence on how men perceive
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In order to reach our main goal of prospering as a nation‚ we need to become more aware of the damage that has already been caused by this advertising and prevent it from negatively affecting us even further. Kilbourne’s major claim in “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” is that advertising has reached a point where bodies are portrayed as objects thereby normalizing attitudes that lead to sexual aggression. Right away the readers are able to trust and respect the word of the author because of
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Nick Carraway’s Role in The Great Gatsby: It is important to keep a few things in mind about the structure of the novel and about Nick himself. It is through his observations that our opinions of the other characters are formed. Some of his opinions‚ particularly those of Gatsby‚ are biased and therefore flawed. He is still a character and is important to the novel in many other respects‚ as well as being the narrator. Although there are some similarities between Fitzgerald’s world and the fictional
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solve it and it is on its way to being slowly resolved. However‚ that is only one side of the problem; sexism against man is rarely recognized and understood by only few. In the article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” by Jean Kilbourne‚ like any other media‚ depicts sexism as something that only accounts toward woman. Women and men should be treated as equal. However‚ more attention is directed towards discrimination towards women. American holds a myth that unnoticed sexual discrimination towards man
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How and why sex and violence is used to represent women in advertising? In our competitive world of business and products‚ the sale is the highest goal for the companies and the most effective so far tool to raise it is throughout the advertisement. The sellers are willing to pay a big money for a short message that will be watched by the potential viewers. The industry consider an add as effective when brings to the sale of the product. Nevertheless‚ in the world where the potential financial resources
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