information was taken from the 2006 financial statements of pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. All dollar amounts are in millions. Retained earnings‚ January 1‚ 2006 $37‚980.0 Materials and production expense 6‚001.1 Marketing and administrative expense 8‚165.4 Dividends 3‚318.7 Sales revenue 22‚636.0 Research and development expense 4‚782.9 Tax expense 1‚787.6 Other revenue 2‚677.1 Hint: Prepare income statement and retained earnings statement. (SO 4) Instructions (a)
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Corporate Law 1. Discuss the position of guarantee in respect of loans to a minor. 2. Does the release by the creditor of one of the sureties discharge the others? 3. Explain the provisions relating to appointment of directors in Producer Company. 4. Two separate company wish to amalgamate. State the steps which they must take for this purpose. 5. Does the failure of inspector to submit his or her report in time amount to an end to investigation? 6. A‚ the secretary of the company is also a minority
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Jiangsu College of Information Technology International Academy for Business and Administration Logistics cost management Thesis Paper Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Harmeling Student’s name: Li Li Student’s number: 05213116 Date: May 31‚ 2008 Synopsis In recent years‚ the logistics industry of China is developing rapidly. Even some big-size enterprises fizz in the first‚ second and third industry. It has become the huge and complex industry. The status of the logistics
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Article Review: Target Cost Management An article by Louise Ross puts target costing in effect with agricultural and the farming industry‚ explaining how this system may already be partially in use. Louise Ross provides evidence of the advantages and disadvantages of target costing within the food supply chain. According to Ross‚ participants in the food supply chain were already using some form of target cost management‚ but the system was not formalized into specific aspects. Ross (2008)
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Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary Belinda Greer BSA/500 March 24‚ 2012 Murali Ramachandran Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary Balance sheets and income statements are a snapshot of a company’s stability and financial situation. Combined the statements show the income‚ expenses‚ and stockholder’s equity in the company. These statements are often analyzed by financial institutions when a company comes to them needing a loan. Stockholders and other investors also look
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Paper 6 | November 27 2012 | What does it mean to be an ‘expert generalist” and what does the Montessori teacher need to make this a realistic statement? | Mali Engelbrecht | Table of contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………p 4 Enlightened generalist ……………………………………………………………………………p 4-8 Pre-school vs. elementary ………………………………………………………………………p 5 Cosmic Education …………………………………………………………………………………..p 5 Parent education and communication ……………………………………………………p 6 Tim Seldin ………………………………………………………………………………………………p
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warehousing and shipping cost is not really correct. The current method is direct method which ignores In term of Shipping and Warehousing cost‚ low volume products should incur this cost instead of both high volume and low volume products. Because‚ high volume products are deliveried directly to customer so it does not incur the cost of shipping. The low volume products which are sent to distribution center incurred the cost of shipping and warehousing. However‚ the cost of shipping and warehousing
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Outsourcing and make-or-buy decisions. What cost factors should influence the decision on whether to outsource the payroll functions? Horngren‚ Sundem and Stratton (2004)‚ say that "When managers consider the make-or-buy decision for services‚ it is often called outsourcing" [1‚ p255]. Outsourcing "( ) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production within a business to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specialises in that operation" [2]
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How does the government help the growth of the economy? It is a fact that no society throughout history has ever obtained a high level of economic affluence without a government. Economic growth is a term that is generally measured through GDP the gross domestic product in a country or region over a certain period of time and its consisted of economists‚ governments and individuals Economic growth usually results from producing more goods and services that requires productivity growth. Productivity
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team? What do you see as the main pros and cons? 2. What does Innovex contribute? What is the cost of such contributions? Do the services provided by Innovex have a good price/quality relationship from the point of view of Smith & Nephew? 3. How do you evaluate the results attained so far by Isabel in Galicia‚ and by Federico in Asturias? 4. What are the main courses of action available to Smith & Nephew in March 2000? 5. What decision criteria should
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