The Death of the PC Continues to Weigh on Seagate By Sam Mattera | More Articles October 31‚ 2013 | Comments (0) Shares of hard-drive maker Seagate (NASDAQ: STX ) tumbled after the company reported earnings on Monday. Analysts had expected revenue and profit to decline‚ but the results came in worse than expected -- profit fell 27% while revenue was down more than 5% from the prior year. Although Seagate raised its dividend and continues to trade at a below-market multiple‚ the hard drive
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case of Rixon Vs Star City PTY LTD (2001 september). Mr Brian Rixon is the Appellant and Star City Pty Ltd (formerly Sydney Harbour Casino Pty Ltd) is the Respondent. Mr Rixon is suing Star City for battery‚ assult and unlawful arrest. What crime has beem commited? Include a defention of this crime. In this particulular case of Brian Rixon vs Star City PTY LTD‚ battery‚ assult and unlawful arrest were alegedely commited‚ these offences fall under tort law. A tort can be defined as a civil wrong
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Matching Dell 1. Describe Dell’s strategy. 2. What are the key trade-offs involved in Dell’s strategic positioning? One trade-off is Dell’s strategic positioning of personalized computers refrains it from the benefits of supply-side economies of scale. The personalized products and customer-centric services mean higher cost. The other trade-off is that Dell loses sales opportunities to a variety of distributors by focusing on direct sales. Although the strategic positioning of direct sales can
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WHY HAS THE DREAM OF THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ENDURED FOR SO LONG? "I wished to found a European system‚ a European Code of Laws‚ a European judiciary: there would be but one people in Europe‚" – Napoleon Bonaparte When people talk about the unification of Europe‚ various organizational names like European Union‚ United States of Europe and various other treaties and policies come to mind. The dream of unification of Europe has persisted long before the European Union was formed. The indication
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Profitability Ratios Profitability ratios measure two aspects of a corporation’s profits: (1) those elements of operations that contribute to profit and (2) the relationship of profit to total investment and investment by stockholders. The first group of profitability ratios [gross profit (or gross margin) percentage‚ operating margin percentage‚ and net profit margin percentage] expresses income statement elements as percentages of net sales. The second group of profitability ratios (return on
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was founded on the belief that every man has “certain inalienable Rights.” Not until ninety years later‚ however‚ when slavery was abolished did the United States actually offer these “Rights” to all of its citizens. The 19th century was turbulent time of stress and change for America. One of the most controversial dilemmas was the issue of slavery. Slavery was conceived by many to be morally wrong‚ and it undermined America’s most valued beliefs. Despite this inconsistency‚ slavery was still widely
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Profitability Ratios A class of financial metrics that are used to assess a business’s ability to generate earnings as compared to its expenses and other relevant costs incurred during a specific period of time. For most of these ratios‚ having a higher value relative to a competitor’s ratio or the same ratio from a previous period is indicative that the company is doing well. Gross Profit Margin A financial metric used to assess a firm’s financial health by revealing the proportion of
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Diesel engines are heavier so a 2500 cc diesel engine will be heavier than a 2500 cc petrol engine because stronger parts are needed for their operation‚ this extra weight will reduce their performance levels. The turbo diesel engine will gain a higher percentage of the increase in horsepower but will not automatically become faster than a similar sized gasoline engine with a turbocharger offering the same amount of boost. Complexity is reduced in a diesel engine as there is no ignition system
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for their children is allow them to be who they were born to be.” In both Amy Tan’s Two Kinds and W.H. Auden’s The Average‚ the protagonist’s parents work for their children to lead great lives‚ which the children in turn reject because they see themselves as average; however in Two Kinds the protagonist’s negative self-image comes from a desire to spite her mother‚ whereas in The Average it stems from the protagonist’s aspiration for an ordinary life. In both works the protagonist’s parents come from
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Being fair has been identified as an important criterion in regulation. How would you recognise fairness in a regulatory process and how would you illustrate either fairness or unfairness with examples from your reading? Regulatory economics is the economics of regulation which includes the application of the law by the Government for various goals such as centrally-planning an economy and also fixing markets failures in the economy. We must now discuss the main reasons on why regulation is necessary
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