Question 3-3 If a “typical” firm reports $20 million of retained earnings on its balance sheet‚ could its directors declare a $20 million cash dividend without having any qualms about what they were doing? Explain your answer. Its directors could declare a $20 million cash dividend without having any qualms about what they were doing‚ because retained earnings may not held as cash. Retained earnings represent the cumulative total of all earnings kept by the company during its life. Therefore‚ $20
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A “significant figure” is somebody who has influenced or changed history through their actions. Frederick Douglass was a significant figure because once he was free from slavery‚ he became an anti-slavery lecturer‚ an outspoken supporter of women’s rights‚ and in 1863 he talked to President Lincoln about the treatment of black soldiers. He also became President of the Freedman’s Savings Bank and as a Chargé d’Affaires for the Dominican Republic. Frederick showed that no matter what happened‚ people
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C O L L E C T I O N www.hbr.org How to stay on top of your leadership game? Don’t mimic the pros—make your own moves instead. What Great Leaders Do Included with this collection: 2 Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership by Robert E. Quinn 14 What Great Managers Do by Marcus Buckingham 26 Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve by Jim Collins Product 1479 Collection Overview It’s a frustrating fact of leadership:
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Why is Corruption a Problem? Corruption is the use of public office for private gain‚ the use of official position‚ rank or status by an office bearer for his own personal benefit. (Khandu) Corruption can come in different forms‚ like bribery‚ extortion‚ cronyism‚ nepotism‚ patronage‚ graft and embezzlement. (Paper) Corruption can be a major obstacle in the process of economic‚ political‚ social and environmental development and in modernizing a country. (Myint) Corruption can also affect people’s
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Why do we stress about small problems that are irrelevant? Because we were taught to try a solve our everyday problems. Levitin discusses about how‚ psychologist Gary Klein‚ described a term‚ pre-mortem‚ as a way look ahead and solve all the problems that could go wrong and try to figure out how to prevent those things from happening. Personally I’ve lost many things because I didn’t know where I last put them‚ sometimes even more important things like a birth certificate‚ or even a social security
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Are Paid What They Are Worth No‚ Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s) are not paid what they are worth. Finding data to support this argument was rather difficult. Most of the data available supports the belief that CEO’s are overpaid. Data used to support the statement that CEO’s are paid what they are worth is from companies listed on the Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500). The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) (2014) website suggests that not all CEOs receive multimillion dollar salaries
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What is Shark Finning? Why is it such a vicious practice and why do people do it? Shark Finning is an atrocious practice of cutting off the shark’s fins and tossing the shark‚ still alive‚ back to the water; this practice is illegal but it is practiced anyways and it’s quite serious as some shark are in the edge of extinction. Once the fins have been cut off‚ the shark is thrown back to the water and it slowly dies. The shark may either drown‚ bleed to death or be eaten by other creatures
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Do Socs and greasers both have similar problems or struggles? Socs are rich kids who can do whatever they want like drink and get in fights. Greasers are poor kids who get in fights‚ steal things‚ are in gangs‚ and smoke sometimes drink. Both have their ups and downs and do have struggles even when they don’t they do. In the following‚ you will read about the struggles and problems Socs and greasers have and how they suffer or will suffer from the problems or struggles they had or will have.
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Interest groups are formed organizations of people who share a common interest. These groups work together to protect‚ promote and influence others and the government based on that interest. Interest groups vary based off beliefs‚ political and or world views‚ and can range from very few to hundreds of thousands of people depending on the shared goals. My Interest group of choice is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or widely known better as the NAACP. This organization
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Monica Mahmoudi 02072798 Bandaruk Mon-Wed 12:45 PH Balance in the Human Body As we all know every solution is either acid or alkaline. Alkaline is often called base. These solutions can be anything from body fluids‚ to fruits‚ vegetables‚ seawater‚ beverages you name it. Acid and alkaline is measured in pH. It starts as low as zero being very acidic and works its way up to fourteen being the most basic. The pH of our stomach is 2‚ obviously to digest food‚ wine is 3.5‚water is 7(neutral)‚ arterial
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