...Individual research Project on Microsoft Corp. Lise Agnant 3144417 Microsoft Trend and Comparative Financial Analysis Liquidity Microsoft’s liquidity ratios depict that the company’s performance is aligned to meet its current obligations. The company has a Current Ratio of 2.50 which is on par with the industry average. This measure signifies that the company is operating at the same level as its competitors at maintaining short-term solvency. With regards to its Quick Ratio, Microsoft is currently showing a lower ratio than the industry average of 3.35. This lower ratio (2.45) is due to the increase in the company’s inventory during Q4. This increase can be attributed to the company anticipating a rise in sales for the Q1 and Q2 holiday season. Looking at Microsoft’s Q2 and Q3 quick ratio (3.17 and 3.22 respectively), it is evident that the company is performing at a level equivalent to its competitors in the industry. Asset Utilization Microsoft’s Asset Management Ratio’s predict that the company is not effectively and efficiently utilizing its assets. There is a large variance between the Fixed Asset Turnover ratio between Microsoft and the industry average. Microsoft Corp.'s inventory turnover deteriorated from Q2 2014 to Q3 2014 and from Q3 2014 to Q4 2014. The company is currently holding more in Fixed Assets than other competitors...
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...Unit 1 – AO1 – Investigate the roles and responsibilities of two contrasting public services and describe their purpose AO2 – Investigate the internal structure and functional areas for two chosen public services The two public services I am going to speak about are the prison service and the army. The reason is because both have a very important part of the keeping Britain safe. The prisons vision is to provide the very best prison service as possible and to help secure the following points. * Hold prisoners securely and safely * Reduce the risk of any prisoners from re-offending * Providing safe and well-ordered establishments in which we treat prisoners humanely, decently and lawfully To make sure the prison service actually completes their objectives they work in * close partnership with our commissioners and others in the Criminal Justice System to achieve common objectives * Obtain best value from the resources available using research to ensure effective correctional practice * Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and combat unlawful discrimination, and * Ensure our staff have the right leadership, organisation, support and preparation to carry out their work effectively. This is what the prison set out to achieve and how they plan to do it but there is a lot more involved in running a successful prison because a prison is a business. The prison has it goals but the prison needs top security to complete the goals. No...
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...XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS AND FORT BRAGG DFAC SCHEDULE SNAPSHOT NOVEMBER 2014 XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS & FORT BRAGG DINING FACILITY OPEN/CLOSE SCHEDULE November 2014 1-2 CLOSED POPE AAF Weekday 8-11 CLOSED 15-16 OPEN 22-23 CLOSED 27-30 82ND CAB CLOSED 1 Phone# 396-9993/ 7685 DINING FACILITY Location Goldberg Street Weekend Br: 0930-1300 Sup: 1600-1730 Find Your Location Bldg# M-5530 SMOKE BOMB CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 2 Phone# 396-2592 /0103 Essayons Street Bldg# H-4842 2nd BCT Closed Weekends Br: 0930-1230 Sup: 1530-1730 Br: 0930-1300 Sup: 1600-1730 Br: 0930-1300 Sup: 1600-1730 Br: 0930-1230 Sup: 1530-1730 Brk: 0800-1000 Lun: 1130-1330 Din: 1530-1730 Brk: 0800-1000 Lun: 1130-1330 Din: 1530-1730 Brk: 0800-0930 Lun: 1200-1330 Din: 1530-1730 CLOSED OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED 3 Phone# 643-6929 Gruber Road Bldg# C 9453 525th BFSB OPEN OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED 4 Phone# 396-8063 Ricketts Street Bldg# 2-5112 WTB CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED OPEN 5 Phone# 396-3436 Normandy Drive Bldg# A-4-1832 SWCS OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED OPEN 6 Phone# 396-7291 Merrill Street Bldg# D-3624 3rd BCT OPEN OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED 7 Phone# 432-8798/ 2298 Butner Road Bldg# A-3556 1st BCT OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED OPEN 8 Phone# 643-6886 Bastogne Drive Bldg# B-1732 82ND SBDE CLOSED CLOSED OPEN CLOSED CLOSED 9 Phone# 432-5538 Longstreet Road Bldg# 3-5103 3rd SFG CLOSED...
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...Well Microsoft Corp and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility division had a recent lawsuit covering their intellectual property. In this review I will discuss the different types of and legal protections for intellectual property. Analyze the legal issues of e-business to include intellectual property, privacy, ethics, and security. Of many I find this one the most interesting. The trial ran from November 13 to November 20 and was about what rates Microsoft should pay the Motorola Mobility Division, for the its patented wireless technology. The agreement between them was that Microsoft alleges that Motorola promised to license its patents to Microsoft at a fair rate and that they did not feel the 4 billion a year Motorola wanted per year was not reasonable. Now because the trial involved “secret” intellectual property the judge cleared the courtroom everytime they spoke about these trade secrets. Then you must consider “the case between Microsoft and Motorola is one of many cases in which technology companies are concerned about confidential information being released to the public. Similar lawsuits involving Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Nokia and others have also requested the sealing of documents to protect trade secrets.” According to the article the judge needs to look at all of Motorola’s other deals to make sure the same kind of rate is being charged. If you are this it seems very fair. Although their contract is way to vague. They should have set such a huge...
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...9-295-121 REV: NOVEMBER 6, 2001 Microsoft/Intuit The Decision In the fall of 1994 William Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corp., was considering the possible acquisition of Intuit Corp. Intuit marketed the leading personal finance software product called Quicken. Two years earlier Gates had met with Scott Cook, chairman of Intuit, to discuss the possibility of completing an acquisition. In the interim, Cook had further consolidated Intuit’s domination of the personal financial software market with the acquisition of a firm which marketed the best-selling personal income tax preparation software called Turbo Tax, and the acquisition of a firm which provided electronic bill-payment services. Intuit was known in the software applications industry as one of the few firms that had met a challenge from Microsoft in its own market niche and won. Other firms that had once dominated their market niches in word processing programs (WordPerfect) and spreadsheet programs (Lotus), for example, had been shouldered aside by Microsoft (Exhibit 1). Many firms were being acquired as the industry consolidated. Indeed, in March 1994 Novell announced that it was acquiring privately owned WordPerfect Corp.1 (which held the second-largest share of the word processing software market), and the spreadsheet business of Borland International (Quattro Pro held the thirdlargest position in spreadsheet software) in order to put together a suite of common applications to compete more...
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...Southern New Hampshire University Investigative Report The Capital Structure of Microsoft Corporation Zhang Yue Capital Budgeting & Financing, Fin 630 David Fehr June 3rd, 2013 Abstract At the first part, we are going to introduce Microsoft Corp. and how it works. Then, we try to figure out the WACC of Microsoft based on the data like income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and some data searched from Yahoo! And Google Finance. At last, we are going to analyze and evaluate several terms of Microsoft. Compare Microsoft performance to Apple and Google, which are the most famous technology and Internet company, and then discuss with the whole technology market. Key Words: capital structure, WACC, ROE, leverage, liquidity, 1. Introduction 1.1 Company Background Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. This company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. With about four decades of development, now Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies. As of 2013, Microsoft is market dominant in both the PC operating system and office suite markets. The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including internet search...
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... (4) On April 18th we bought a put on 21 shares of Gold Fields Ltd (GFI) with an expiration date of Nov. 21st, 2011, $17 strike price. (5) On April 18th we bought a long straddle on 100 shares of Microsoft Corp (MSFT) with an expiration date of Nov. 21st, 2011, $25 strike price. FUTURES On April 18th, we purchased 10 shares of Gold 6/11 as future contracts at $1491.8. We sold 10 shares of Gold 6/11 on April 21st at price $1506.8. Total earned from gold is $14,990. We chose to purchase gold is we believe that gold is increasing in a long run perspective. As a Chinese I notified that in Chinese stock market, there is a huge demand for gold. We expected there will be an inflation for gold market. Global excess liquidity for gold is a reason that we purchased gold in our project. The figure showed above is the activity we did on April 18th. Alpha Natural Resources Inc (ANR) sold a put because we think the price is the lowest and will not decrease anymore. Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) bought a call since it is at the technical low point already. Medtronic Inc (MDT) sold a call but we didn’t realize any profit. It was a misjudgment. Gold Fields Ltd (GFI) bought a put because we were afraid that the stock will going lower than the strike price $17. Microsoft Corp (MSFT) is a long straddle we bought. The volatility is lower than the average at that point....
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...Microsoft Faces Large EU Fine Summary The European Union (EU) continues on its path of not being very popular with outside countries. Recently, the EU filed a formal complaint against Microsoft Corp. for failing to keep a promise that was made three years ago. Microsoft was supposed to offer alternative web browsers in the newest version of Windows for users in Europe. This is not the first time the EU has had an issue with Microsoft, and I do not think it will be the last. Discussion The formal complaint filed against Microsoft could result in maximum fine of as much as 10% of its total annual revenue, or $7.4 billion. I think this amount is excessive for what Microsoft has done. I do not believe the EU should penalize Microsoft at all. It is far too easy for users to download an alternative web browser. The EU’s antitrust chief Joaquin Alumina said that this case is being used as a deterrent to other firms. “This is a very serious message not to infringe the commitments that had been agreed," Mr. Almunia said." Companies should be deterred from any temptations to renege on their commitments or even neglect their duties," he said. He essentially is saying that Microsoft is being used as an example of what not to do. In my opinion, this is not the case to use to prove your point. No one has been harmed by what Microsoft has done. The EU is now in negotiations with Google Inc. on ways to address concerns about its dominance of Internet search and online advertising...
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...Assignment 5 Dr. Laura Pogue Contemporary Business: BUS 508 March 11, 2012 Rosalind R. Smith Microsoft and Google are two names that automatically come to mind when you think of computers and the internet. Microsoft launched Bing a search engine in 2009 that competes with Google. Beyond that one item, you will find that the two companies are very different and their products and services are noncompetitive with each other. Microsoft has 8 products and services that it focuses on. As they are listed, I guaranteed you that more than half of them will be familiar to you. They are: (1) Online Services Division which include the search engines BING and MSN (2) Server and Tools Division which includes infrastructure software such as Windows Server (3) Microsoft Business Solutions (4) Microsoft Office Division which includes the software Office, Exchange, Project and Visio (5) Interactive Entertainment which include X box, X box360, Kinect for X Box 360, PC and mobile interactive entertainment (6) Windows Phone Division (7) Windows and Windows Live Division and (8) Skype (Our Commitment to Our Customers, 2011). Google on the other hand has 6 services that it focuses on. They are (1) Search Advertising which is an advertising source for businesses (2) Display Advertising which gives companies the ability to advertise across more than one internet site through Google products (3) Mobile Advertising which has evolved with the wave of Smartphone’s and I phones (4) Tools...
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...interface is where the money is, says intellectual property attorney Ron Katz of the San Francisco law firm Coudert Brothers. Any business, that is, except computers, where the interface war is long over. “With the Microsoft purchase [of $150-million (U.S.) worth of Apple shares], Apple is just a subsidiary of Microsoft now,” Mr. Katz says. “Apple has lost the battle. They lost it years ago. It was inevitable they'd lose it because they didn't control the interface.” True enough. When most people interact with a PC, they do so through a Microsoft Corp. operating system. Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple made a futile attempt to expand its relevance in 1994, by licensing its Mac OS to clone makers. Its hope was that more companies selling Macs would expand market share for the operating system, creating a virtuous cycle. More market share would mean more independent software developers writing programs that run on the Mac OS, and with more of that so-called application software available, more people would buy Macs. But in reality, by the time Apple licensed the Mac OS, its place in the market had been cemented. All the clones did was eat into the company's remaining share of the market, and cut into its profit margins. By purchasing Power Computing Corp., the largest Mac clone maker, in a stock deal worth $100-million, Apple is sending a strong message that it intends to control the fate of its interface. At least it won't be done in by an evil twin. There's a large...
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...Running head: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Financial Management: Comparing Google’s Business Model/ Financial Management with Microsoft By: Zanthe Gillison Strayer University Financial Management: Comparing Google’s Business Model/ Financial Management with Bing Google is doing bigger and better things in the world of internet media searching. Despite the challenges with other big names in Internet technology, Google and Microsoft have still remained to be leaders. In this paper, I will show comparison views of Google’s business model and financial management with Microsoft’s launch with Bing. Taking a look into Google and Microsoft core business, leading products and services, management and leadership styles, and innovation track record we will have the opportunity to compare the two businesses in and appendix. Google is known to be the leading internet media website’s in the world. Google and Microsoft are well-known internet information websites. Although, Microsoft is in business for more than searching the internet, Microsoft is known to be the world’s leading producer and marketer of computer software. Google’s product line and services are for Google products only. Google’s products include services that will enhance your desktop features such as Google Chrome and Google desktop which is an organizational tool that gives the customer the option to design and edit photos, organize personal and business information, search, and communicate with...
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...Microsoft Corporation Manish Maharjan Dickinson State University Abstract Microsoft a leading company within the industry is developing and supporting many software products for various computing devices in worldwide. Due to frequent change in technologies, and introduction of new products Microsoft faces competition from various software commercial products, Apple, Google etc. This research paper tells about the company financial strength and its position in the market. Analyzing the data and all the information from annual report tells us the potential for future growth. Keywords: Potential, Analyzing Microsoft Corporation’s Microsoft Corporation’s began on April 4, 1975, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque founded it. On January 1, 1979, the company moved from Albuquerque to Bellevue, Washington and started mainly as a software development company creating operating systems for personal computers (PCs) and office productivity software for PCs. Today, Microsoft is a dominating leader in industries who is developing and supporting many software products for various computing devices in the world. The company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to customers. Microsoft is listed in the Fortune 100. MSFT identified five major segments within the Microsoft Corporation and each segments has competition. 1) Window & windows Live Division: The windows operating system faces competition from various commercial software...
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...Principals of Economics, Anthony Graham Economics 100 May 24, 2012 Current U.S. Economic Situation According to the article written by the Business Roundtable, there are many variables that have led to the current economic situation in the U.S. economy. Unemployment, inflation and interest rates are key elements of the current situation. Unemployment is classified as persons or individuals that are unemployed, actively looking for work and are currently available to work. The unemployment rate has decrease from 9.7 percent and is currently at 8 percent in the U.S. today, five years ago unemployment reached 4.3 percent in the U.S. Inflation is the sustained increase in price of all goods and services in the economy. In our current economy, inflation is at an average 2.1 percent and relative to jobs, when inflation is low, there tends to be a level of high unemployment. The inflation rate five years ago was at 3 percent. http://forecasts.org/inflation.htm Although the recent recession has formally ended, U.S. economic growth remains subpar, unemployment remains unacceptably high and the pace of job creation remains unacceptably slow. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth has averaged just 2.5 percent in the 10 quarters since the economy hit bottom, about half the normal economic growth rate following a recession. The unemployment rate remains in the range of 8 percent, and less than half of the 8.7 million workers who lost their jobs during the recession...
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...The Justice Department and the states believe that Microsoft has used its monopoly in operating system software to protect its dominance and eliminate competitors. The government says that in the long run, consumers will be harmed, because there will be less competition and fewer choices. More specifically, the government contends that Microsoft has engaged in actions to preserve its Windows monopoly that violate antitrust laws. The government also maintains that the company has used the power of its Windows monopoly to attempt to monopolize the market for Internet browsing software. In addition, government lawyers allege that the company has committed other anti-competitive acts. Microsoft contends that it is simply trying to innovate its products. The company contends that its actions are legal and says that there's no grounds of consumer indignation over the practices that the government is targeting. If the government wins at the trial court, it has already specified that it wants Microsoft to cancel contracts deemed exclusionary. In addition, the government wants Microsoft either to strip out its Internet browsing technology from Windows 98 or to include a rival browser made by Netscape Communications Corp. The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power on Intel-based personal computers in its handling of operating system sales and web browser sales. The issue central to the case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its flagship Internet Explorer...
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...2001 CHRISTOPOHER A. BARTLETT Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A) In the summer of 1999, a front page Wall Street Journal article was attracting attention on the Redmond campus. Under the headline “As Microsoft Matures, Some Top Talent Chooses to Go Off Line,” the article reported: “Tired of grueling deadlines, frustrated by the bureaucracy that has accompanied Microsoft’s explosive growth, or lured away by the boom in high-tech start-ups, dozens i of the company’s most capable leaders, all around 40, have opted out—at least temporarily . . .” (See Exhibit 1 for the article’s list of senior level departures.) Steve Ballmer, the company’s recently appointed president and COO, was quoted as saying that some of the departures were voluntary and some were not, opening opportunities for fresher, smarter replacements. “We have a bench that is very deep,” he said. “We have people who are fired ii Yet despite the positive outlook, Ballmer clearly up—driven—to lead the next generation.” recognized that Microsoft had to change or adapt some of the human resource practices that had allowed it to assemble and retain what CEO Bill Gates proudly called “the best team of software professionals the world has ever seen.” Just six weeks before the WSJ article was published, Ballmer had announced a package of changes that sweetened salaries, allowed more frequent promotions, and softened some of the pressures that had long been part of the ”hard-core” Microsoft culture. Still, there were some who...
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