CONTEXT Next plc and Debenhams are UK based competitors in the retail industry offering a wide range of fashion clothing‚ footwear‚ accessories ‚ cosmetics and home products. Next PLC distributes its products through different channels that NEXT retail‚ NEXT directory and NEXT international‚ NEXT sourcing and Lipsy and its NEXT primary financial objective is to deliver sustainable long term growth in earnings per share‚ Underlying EPS value increased by 16.6% from 2012 and EPS share price has increased
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50 SCIENCE TRIVIA 50 Interesting Science Facts 1 – The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186‚000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299‚792‚458 m/s (equal to 186‚287.49 miles per second). 2 – It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth. 3 – 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. 4 – The Earth spins at 1‚000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67‚000 mph. 5 – Every year‚ over one million
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rhetorical question for 30 years. Does nature‚ the physical‚ inborn characteristics of survival‚ dominate the development of a human being? Or does nurture‚ the environment surrounding the child‚ give him what he needs to live? Nature does not work alone because a child’s surroundings influences him‚ and nurture does not work alone because if that were so‚ all delinquents in society would be of low socioeconomic status or from dysfunctional families. I believe that a 50/50 relationship between nature
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1941 a surprise attack conducted by the Japanese Navy on the United State naval base in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii resulted in America’s involvement in World War II. While the rest of the world was at war‚ America stayed neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor which ironically was intended as a preventive action towards America’s involvement in the war. After the attack‚ America entered the war‚ a war that the Americans were not prepared for. America just has gotten out of the Great Depression in the 30s
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the factors which contributed to the miracle‚ and the aftermath of the miracle in modern times. End of World War II World War II ended in August of 1945‚ when the United States unleashed its’ new tool of destruction; the nuclear bomb. On August 6‚ 1945 the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima‚ 80‚000 people were killed and almost the entire city was destroyed. The next target of the nuclear bomb was Nagasaki just three days later‚ August 9th. In three days‚ two major cities
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Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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World War I had tremendous effects on various people in Canada. However‚ women are not one of them. Women were not given the same opportunities as men‚ they did not get the same benefits as men‚ and they were not treated with the same respect. First off‚ women were not given the same opportunities as men during and after the war. For instance‚ due to the war‚ there was a shortage of workers‚ especially in agriculture. Farmers were desperate for workers‚ which is why they agreed to the government’s
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Matt Clendening Eng 1301 6th 1/24/10 Klepper The Worker Next Door In the essay “The Worker Next Door” written by Dr.Chris Chiswick‚ the author addresses the illegal immigrant problem in America‚ and gives several questionable reasons how if the flow of illegal immigrants were deterred‚ jobs would still be filled‚ and life would go on as usual‚ or even better. Dr.Chiswick wrote a not too convincing essay‚ having many places where he could have improved or even left out certain parts of his essay
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Discuss Your Goals For the Next Four Years and Comment on Your Post-College Plans "Next stop‚ 66th Street and Lincoln Center‚ " bellowed the cracked voice of the conductor over the loudspeaker. Those words rang in my ear like the notes of a familiar melody. Stepping off the number three train‚ I was immediately immersed in the scents‚ sounds and faces of my past. All the wonderful memories of those four years came rushing back into my mind as if they had just occurred. I was finally returning
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Could space be the next commercial frontier? When you look up at night at the stars‚ what do you see? Many now see the sky as the next commercial frontier. When John F. Kennedy gave his well known speech regarding space travel on September12‚ 1962‚ he stated “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things‚ not because they are easy‚ but because they are hard‚ because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills
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