Sailing had always been a spectator sport for women‚ so when a woman attempted to become a member of the New York Yacht Club‚ it created a large debate over what to do. Lucy Carnegie challenged the male supremacy‚ which held strong in the sport‚ and petitioned to be the first female member of the club. After forming a committee to review her petition‚ in 1894 she was admitted as a “Flag Officer”‚ meaning she
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Quick Overview of Google’s Financial Performance In looking at some of Google’s asset management ratios we can see some more positive news. Over the past three years Google’s total asset turnover has been decreasing. From .96 in ’04‚ .60 in’05‚ to its current rate of .57. Compare this to the industry average of .55 we can see that this indicates that Google is using its fixed assets at least as intensively as other firms in the industry. Therefore‚ they seem to have about the right amount of total
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FINANCING OF URBAN HOUSING IN Bangladesh Problems and Prospects of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Abul Baker Md. Touhid Senior Assistant Chief‚ Physical Infrastructure Division Planning Commission Sher-e-Bangla Nagar‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh. 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Bangladesh is one of the populous countries in the world. It has a population of around 144.50 million on only 147‚570 sq km land. Per capita income estimated at current price in the country is only US$ 848 (Bangladesh
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ARAB OIL BOOM The Arab oil boom took place after the 1967 war. The 1973 oil crisis began on October 17‚ 1973‚ when Arab members of the OPEC‚ during the Yom Kippur War‚ announced that they would no longer ship petroleum to nations that had supported Israel. This included the United States and its allies in Western Europe. At around this same time‚ the OPEC members agreed to use their leverage over the world price-setting mechanism for oil in order to quadruple world oil prices. The dependence
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of this paper was presented in the Oxford Roundtable Conference held in Oxford University‚ UK‚ in July 2005. Author thanks School of Business‚ MSCD for financial assistance‚ and Profs. John Cochran‚ Alex Padilla and Steven Call for their valuable input in completing this paper. Abstract of “Effect of Globalization on India’s Economic Growth” The wave of globalization appeared on India’s shores only in 1991‚ much after China’s and some other Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia
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2. Analysing Financial Performance Analyse the company’s financial performance‚ over two years‚ using the following ratios (you will need to present your results): * Current ratio * Acid test ratio * Gearing * Asset turnover ratio * Inventory turnover ratio (if appropriate) * Receivables (debtors’) days * Payables (creditors’) days * Gross profit margin * Net profit margin * Return on capital employed (ROCE) * Dividend per share (if information is available)
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Economies. However‚ no part of this paper may be quoted without the permission of the author‚ since some of the results may be preliminary. Further‚ the findings‚ interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author(s). Paper does not imply endorsement by the Institute of Developing Economies of any of the facts‚ figures‚ and views expressed. The Institute of Developing Economies does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility
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During the period of 1860-1900‚ there were many factors that helped to promote America’s industrial growth. There were many obstacles that kept America from industrializing such as scarce labor‚ plentiful land‚ and expensive labor. Once immigrants started to pour in they would work for a lot less money making industrialization possible. With more manpower‚ for less money they could increase the production at any place. The building of railroads and machines greatly helped industrialization along
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pack the city ’s two clubs‚ Whispers and Heartbreakers‚ every night. They smell like work. They wear dirty T-shirts. They fall asleep face first on the bar. And then there are the prostitutes. Tatiana‚ who asked that her real name not be used‚ noticed them wandering though the crowd looking for customers on her first night in North Dakota. "They ’re not in there to tip the dancers‚" she says with a laugh. Williston is the heart of Bakken oil country‚ the Fort McMurray of the U.S. ’s north‚ for all
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Financial Performance Analysis Liquidity Ratios They measure the ability of a company to meet its current debts. They show if a company has sufficient cash to carry on its business for the next few months. | |Industrial Average |2011 |2010 |2009 |2008 |2007 | |Current Ratio |1.15 |0.44 |0.49 |0.25 |0.22 |0.21 | |Quick Ratio
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