Copyright © 2005 Information Systems Audit and Control Association. All rights reserved. www.isaca.org. Radio Frequency Identification: What Does It Mean for Auditors? By Beth Serepca, CFP OIG, NRC, and Bob Moody, CISA, CIA, CFE, DOI , adio frequency identification (RFID) is a method of remotely storing and retrieving data using devices called RFID tags. RFID is a wireless technology that includes passive, semipassive and active tags: • Active RFID systems can store large amounts of information
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In 1976, Au Bon Pain (“where good bread is”) Bakery was opened as a response to the request for a conceptional fast casual restaurant. Ronald Shaich and Louis Kane merged their business, Cookie Jar Bakery and Aub Bon Pain Bakery, together after a period of debt to create Au Bon Pain Co. Inc. In 1985, the two decided to add fresh made sandwiches to their menu after noticing that their customers were buying their fresh baked bread in order to capitalize on their profit. As of September 25, 2012
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INCOME TAXATION Preservation of book of accounts All the books of accounts, including the subsidiary books and other accounting records of corporations, partnerships or persons shall be preserved by them within 3 years (except in case of a false or fraudulent return) from the Last entry in each book and for which period the commissioner is authorized to make an assessment Exception: 1. Fraud, irregularity or mistakes as determined by the commissioner; 2. The taxpayer request reinvestigation;
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of Starbucks The first Starbucks was opened in Seattle in 1970s by three partners: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. The name of Starbucks came from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, a classic American novel about the 19th century whaling industry. The seafaring name seems appropriate for a store that imports the world’s finest coffees to the cold, thirsty people of Seattle. (Starbucks Coffee Company, 2009) Entrepreneur Howard Schultz joined the company in 1982. While taking a business
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wondering how it could have all gone so wrong so swiftly. The idea for Boo.com came from two 28-year-old Swedish friends, Ernst Malmsten and Kajsa Leander, who had already established and later sold Bokus.com, which is the world's third-largest on-line bookstore after Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com. The two were joined by Patrik Hedelin, an investment banker at HSBC Holdings. Boo.com planned to sell trendy fashion products over the Web, offering such brands as North Face, Adidas, Fila, Vans, Cosmic Girl
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is determined by the portion of shares in the company that they own. Success of the company will depend on the input, perseverance and endeavour that they will be providing. Marketing Highlights The company focus their energies on the food industry, particularly- burger patties, which is made up of horseradish and mongo beans. It is low in cholesterol, rich in protein and fights against cancer. Our product is new to the food business ventures that may capture the attention of those who are
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Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2012 ISBN-10: 0131391402; ISBN-13: 978-0131391406 AND MyEconLab (Required) (Note that all the required materials can be purchased from Hampton University Virtual Bookstore). CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A first course on modern market economies. Emphasizes the determination of national income, fluctuations, and growth; the monetary system; the problems of inflation and unemployment; and international trade. PREREQUISITE: MAT 109 or High School Equivalent. Course
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Stern School of Business – Undergraduate Division International Study Project (Spring 2007) Latin American Division http://sternclasses.nyu.edu Instructors (jointly teaching all four sections) |Name |Sunder Narayanan |V. Srivatsan | |Office |901 Tisch |KMC 8-85
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------------------------------------------------- Can Flipkart Deliver? From a start-up with an investment of just four lakhs rupees, Flipkart has grown into a $100 million-revenue online retail giant in just five years. “It came to me as a Christmas gift from my Secret Santa, and it was all about choice, convenience and a new relationship,” is how Naveed Ansari, a 26-year-old Project Executive from Mumbai, recounts his first experience with Flipkart. A typical professional from a metro, he's
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Unit 731, chemical weapon subject When Japanese Imperial Army took metal, they also took young female for their own purposes. First of all, high ranking officers of the Japanese Imperial army did biological experiments for their baleful chemical weapons like poison gas and burned the people in Manchuria. For example, Dissection of the person with reveal disease is to check how disease influence the person by seeing the stomachs, heart, and liver. Japanese soldiers cut the arms and legs
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