For my report I chose The Home Depot‚ Inc. (HD) on the NYSE. The Home Depot’s fiscal year ended February 3rd 2013. The information used in this report came from the company’s annual report. This company is clearly a retailer. It purchases home improvement goods from manufacturers and resells those goods to the consumer. I chose the Home Depot because I am very familiar with the home improvement industry having spent ten years working in the field. While I was working on homes professionally‚ I became
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of having to drive a long ways‚ and wasting gas to watch a movie that you could watch right inside your house. But then again some people need or enjoy that sense of driving a while to get to a movie theater. For me personally i would much rather stay at my house and curl into a nice little ball on my couch and pass out to a good movie. This saves gas‚ time‚ money and effort instead of driving to a theater. Now another thing to think about would be the fact that movies always come out in theaters
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The Sociological Imagination The sociological imagination is the ability to identify the connection between everyday life events and how they shape our lives‚ as well as how we play a role in shaping society around us. As my sociological imagination develops I am realizing how my life has been greatly affected by historic events that would otherwise seem unrelated. These events such as the Mariel boatlift‚ Reagonomics and September 11th have seemed to have the biggest impact on my family’s life
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Company Background: The Home Depot‚ Inc. (NYSE: HD) Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. These founders envisioned providing one-stop shopping for the “do-it-yourselfer‚” and this vision became a reality after working with investment banker Ken Lagone and merchandising expert‚ Pat Farrah. The first two stores were opened on June 22‚ 1979‚ in Atlanta‚ GA. These first stores were approximately 60‚000 square feet in size each‚ and stocked 25‚000 products‚ which made
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Auguste Comte: Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte was born in Montpellier‚ Hérault‚ in southern France on 19th January 1798. He died in Paris‚ France on 5th September 1857. His greatest works and accomplishments Some of Comte’s important works are 1) Positive Philosophy (1830-42)‚ 2) Systems of positive polity (1851 -54) 3) Religion of Humanity (1856) 4) The Early Writings (1820-1829). Comte was traditionally regarded as the father of sociology and can be given credit for inventing and
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myself that have not reached the point of financial‚ mental‚ and emotional stability that it takes to buy a home. Most things we want in life can be negotiated to get what we want‚ but when it comes to buying a home‚ every piece has to fit the puzzle perfectly to even consider it as a option. I have also considered the most important point and goal of buying a home is being able to keep the home you bought because gaining when knowing there is a chance to loose is considered as "setting yourself up
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Book Review Book Title: “Stay Hungry Stay Foolish” By - Rashmi Bansal Submitted By: Md Shahnawaz Ahmad Course: IX Batch Executive Programme in Management Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management Indian Institute Of Technology‚ Bombay [pic] [pic] One of the best book by Rashmi Bansal narrating a story of 25 successful entrepreneurs from IIM- Ahmedabad. The book inspire young graduates to
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Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling “A great debate exists in the realm of child rearing and education‚ and both sides are equally passionate” (Livestrong). Some believe that homeschooling is the best way to control what your child learns‚ and allow him the freedom of learning and expression. More than 90% of K-12 students attend public schools in America. Some firmly believe that traditional schools offer benefits and social experiences that should not be missed. The public school system is often
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Working for yourself vs. working for employer When it comes to work‚ there is no way around it. We have to work whether it will be ourselves or some one. There are differences and similarities to both whether working for yourself or someone else. But the differences of self business have greater importance than the work of employer. First Difference between self employment and employment is freedom. When we choose to work‚ a lot of thoughts come to mind such as “Will I wake up so early tomorrow
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The Second Shift “I am a working mother. I am nuts‚” proclaims an unkempt cartoon woman on a mug. Surrounded by mounds of papers‚ a crying baby‚ and a broom‚ she is exhausted but resolute. What is held up as absurd in this cartoon is not the economic necessity of her working or her husband’s failure to help. It is her own choice to work that makes her an object of cheerful self-mocking. In THE SECOND SHIFT: WORKING PARENTS AND THE REVOLUTION AT HOME‚ Arlie Hochschild holds up to the light this
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