Financial Analysis Assignment 1 Subject Company: Total SA Recep Erman Mendirek 8195980 TOTAL SA – Big Oil&Gas Business: Introduction For the purpose of this assignment‚ we would like to review a European Integrated Oil & Gas name‚ the French TOTAL S.A. Established in 1924 as Compagnie Francaise des Petroles by French industrialist Ernest Mercier‚ the rebranded giant employs today 97000 people in more than 130 countries. It has an integrated business profile which means that the company is
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John: Run Lola Run directed by Tom Tykwer‚ is an intense‚ fast paced action film with implications about fate‚ love‚ chance‚ time‚ choice‚ and consequence. Not a second in this movie is boring‚ as it is as high paced as the title implies‚ whilst being both physically and mentally straining. At the beginning of Run Lola Run‚ two quotes are shown; one about time and the other is a philosophical statement about what a game is. These two statements viewed together arises an idea and an important concept
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Cost of Capital questions and practice problems Questions 1. What does the WACC measure? 2. Which is easier to calculate directly‚ the expected rate of return on the assets of a firm or the expected rate of return on the firm’s debt and equity? Assume you are an outsider to the firm. 3. Why are market-based weights important? 4. Why is the coupon rate of existing debt irrelevant for finding the cost of debt capital? 5. Under what assumptions can the WACC be
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Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison Introduction When a business decision is made to make an investment‚ the need for metrics arises to decide the profitability of the investment. These metrics can be measured before an investment is made to gain an insight into expected returns or they can be measured at regular intervals‚ (quarterly or yearly) to analyse the profitability of the investment. There are quite a few metrics that are used to calculate profitability
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Behind the Curve Behind the Curve Globalization and International Terrorism Audrey Kurth Cronin he coincidence between the evolving changes of globalization‚ the inherent weaknesses of the Arab region‚ and the inadequate American response to both ensures that terrorism will continue to be the most serious threat to U.S. and Western interests in the twenty-ªrst century. There has been little creative thinking‚ however‚ about how to confront the growing terrorist backlash that has been unleashed
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is the Philips Curve? Explain why critics believe the relationship no longer holds. Different macroeconomic policies can be implemented in order to achieve government’s main objectives of full employment and stable economy through low inflation. Philips Curve can be use as a tool to explain the trade-off between these two objectives. This essay will first explain the Philips Curve and its relation to inflation and unemployment. Then‚ the breakdown of Philips Curve will be analysed
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the experiences we encounter in the world. The distinctively visual represented in Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer and the digital novel named inanimate Alice are very similar when it comes to the powerful images created within the text. Powerful images challenge our understanding of ourselves and our world in many methods these images help to create a story and ad in depth meaning to the text. The 1998 film ‘Run Lola Run’ directed by Tom Tykwer uses visual techniques to convey messages to the audience
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Run Lola run Tom Twykers film ‘Run Lola Run’ released in 1998 celebrates modern contemporary Germany‚ giving a significant insight into the lives of young adults and the overall workings of society. The film distinctive images portray‚ the struggles and experiences presented in society at the time of the films production‚ through the visual elements of film. Consequently in life when individual are put under the pressure of time‚ we make careless decisions that affect the overall outcome. This notion
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Total Cost of Ownership: This is defined as the an approach for measuring financial returns which involves consideration of all the additional costs required to support and maintain the item purchased for its full useful life and adding such costs to the purchase price (Reh‚ n.d). Calculating TCO No general formula for calculating TCO exist the general principle is Purchase Costs + All other additional costs. In IT investments some additional costs might be cost of maintenance‚ support costs
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experienced many hardships from the British‚ and at multiple times were let down from what they estimated they were deserving of. The “J curve” is known as a diagram indicating the climbing up and the sudden down of any idea‚ or action. The “J curve” is an accurate representation of the colonist’s expectations at the time of the “oppressive” British. The “J curve” seems to center around two main points for the colonists. The first was the wars they fought‚ the outcomes‚ and the government and the
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