Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament RESEARCH PAPER www.aph.gov.au/library 26 May 2010, no. 17, 2009–10, ISSN 1834-9854 Budget Review 2010–11 Last year’s Budget was framed amid a sharply deteriorating world economy which was considered the most challenging global economic conditions since the Great Depression. In 2009, the global economy contracted for the first time in the post-war
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Executive Summary Industry and macro-environmental analyses of the international restaurant industry provides an overview of the industry and reveals the conditions that impact competitiveness and profitability of the industry’s players. The industry is split in two sectors: full-service restaurants (FSR) and limited-service restaurants (LSR). FSRs typically have a wait-staff; LSRs do not have wait-staff. The top five countries, in terms of total number of foodservice outlets, are: China, India
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MAJoR ITSDI ASSIGNMENT MARRIOTT HOTEL | Group 11 Section –‘X’ | MAJoR ITSDI ASSIGNMENT MARRIOTT HOTEL | Group 11 Section –‘X’ | XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,BHUBANESWAR XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,BHUBANESWAR MAJOR ITSDI ASSIGNMENT MARRIOTT HOTEL Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 Industry Analysis 7 OLC (Organization
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The Home Depot 2008 Annual Report Dear Shareholders: In 2008, our retail sales declined by 7.8 percent, with comp sales down 8.7 percent. Our adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations declined 22 percent. In ordinary times, these would be very disappointing results. But 2008 was not an ordinary year. Despite the difficult economic environment, we continued to improve our retail business, through investing in our associates and our stores, rebuilding our supply chain and
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v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SNYDER v. PHELPS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09–751. Argued October 6, 2010—Decided March 2, 2011 For the past 20 years, the congregation of the Westboro Baptist Church has picketed military funerals to communicate its belief that God hates the United States for its tolerance of homosexuality, particularly in America’s military. The church’s
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of the restaurant industry.1 With annual revenues pushing US$2 billion and a stock price that doubled in 2010, Chipotle’s steady growth and strong financial statements make it highly attractive to investors (see Tables 1–3). Chipotle achieves customer satisfaction while maintaining a unique vision that has committed the company to ‘finding the very best ingredients raised with respect for the animals, the environment, and the farmers’.2 Coupled with a deceptively simple menu that allows for over 60
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ANNUALREPORT2009 Dear Shareholders: In 2009, our comp sales declined by 6.6 percent, with total sales down 7.2 percent. Earnings per share from continuing operations were up 13.1 percent from last year, but on an adjusted basis declined 6.7 percent. At the end of 2008, the U.S. economy was in the most severe recession it has experienced since the great depression. We planned for this tough economic environment, and we executed well against our plan, exceeding the sales and earnings targets
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(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2009 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SKILLING v. UNITED STATES
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India I Equities Consumer Sector Report 18 April 2012 India Consumer – Alcoholic Beverages Holding the fort BSE FMCG: 4779 Nifty / Sensex: 5290/17358 Shirish Pardeshi +9122 6626 6730 shirishpardeshi@rathi.com Aniruddha Joshi +9122 6626 6732 aniruddhajoshi1@rathi.com Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries, do and seek to do business with companies covered in its research reports. Thus, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict
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India I Equities Consumer Sector Report 18 April 2012 India Consumer – Alcoholic Beverages Holding the fort BSE FMCG: 4779 Nifty / Sensex: 5290/17358 Shirish Pardeshi +9122 6626 6730 shirishpardeshi@rathi.com Aniruddha Joshi +9122 6626 6732 aniruddhajoshi1@rathi.com Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries, do and seek to do business with companies covered in its research reports. Thus, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict
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