Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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Christopher Columbus was not the first European to discover the New World! This commonly held belief is wrong. Columbus didn’t reach the New World until 1492‚ 500 years after Leif Erikson’s arrival in 1001 AD. Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the New World‚ opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore. But for some unknown reason‚ the Vikings only made a few voyages to the New World after Leif. Unfortunately‚ this caused his discovery to remain unknown to
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as being more accurate if they believe it was written specifically for their star sign Abstract This study is a partial replication of the work carried out by Snyder (1974) on the Barnum effect. Two groups were used‚ one were told that their description had been specifically written for their star sign‚ whilst the other group was told that they had received a general personality description. Both groups were then asked to rate the description on a scale of 1-5 for being accurate‚ as expected the
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Memory I can recall on several occasions where I have experienced a clear episodic memory. One experience was in 2001 when I was five years old. It was the day of 9/11 and I remember being in my kindergarten classroom. I remember the teachers on their cell phone with a paniclook on their face; they were talking about towers. A few minutes went by and my mom checked me out of school and I was so scared because I did not know what was going on. We got home and I remember my mom turning on the television
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How Significant Was The New Deal For The Americans In The 1930’s Roosevelt’s New Deal was a controversial plan put in place nationwide across America to recover from the Depression partially because of notable events such as The Wall Street Crash in 1929. The deal was put in place in the immediate months following Franklin Roosevelt’s election‚ in 1932.His New Deal had three main aims: Relief‚ Recovery and Reform‚ and based on various sections of his plan and popular opinions each had a variety
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Corporate environmental reporting should be regulated. Discuss Early documents (EC‚ 2001‚ p. 8) describe CSR as: a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis. There are some companies which currently publicly disclose their environmental performance information‚ comparable to financial performance information which is mandatory and required by accounting standards around
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Many professionals‚ from those in medical to social services‚ are subject to mandatory reporting policies. Though justified in intent‚ the personal experiences of some clients and professionals cast light on the potentially negative consequences of the implementation of these policies. Some researchers challenge the supposed merit of these policies as well. Clients who are vulnerable to abuse and neglect‚ including children‚ adolescents‚ adults in volatile intimate relationships‚ and the elderly
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MFRS 111 Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard 111 Construction Contracts This version includes amendments resulting from MFRSs with effective dates no later than 1 January 2012. 495 MFRS 111 CONTENTS paragraphs Preface MALAYSIAN FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 111 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS OBJECTIVE SCOPE 1–2 DEFINITIONS 3–6 COMBINING AND SEGMENTING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS 7–10 CONTRACT REVENUE 11–15 CONTRACT COSTS 16–21 RECOGNITION OF CONTRACT REVENUE AND EXPENSES 22–35 RECOGNITION
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were preserved in human memory. Thanks to flashbulb memories‚ defined as "a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event."(189‚ thes disciples were able to document significant teachings that they personally experienced or were memories from others. Fortunately certain memories may be immune to fading over time‚ particularly those which provoked a strong emotional sense. For example‚ the day your baby was born or in the case of the Gospels‚ the day you were healed by Jesus. There
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6BUS1003 Advanced Corporate Reporting Coursework 2012 semester A The coursework consists of 3 elements: * Notes 10% (to be submitted throughout semester A) * Essay plan 10% * Essay 80% 100% Your final mark for this module will be a weighted average‚ calculated by taking 40% of your coursework mark and 60% of your exam mark. Both the coursework and the exam must be passed for this module. Coursework essay Hans Hoogervorst‚ chairman of the IASB‚ said
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