profitability. This paper will present a 7 step program with answers and recommendations along with discussion on trends, ratios, and stock performance. Sun Microsystems is a leading supplier of computer related product, including servers, workstations, storage devices, and network switches. Sun Microsystems are used for commercial and technical applications in various industries like telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, government, education and research, retail, health care
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Ethical and Professional Standards The candidate should be able to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct, familiarity with the Global Investment Performance Standards, and familiarity with corporate governance issues and risks affecting companies. Study Session 1 Ethical and Professional Standards Reading Assignments 1.* “Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct” Standards of Practice Handbook, 9th edition
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in Capital Structure Research: The FinancialDebt-To-Asset Ratio and Issuing Activity Versus Leverage Changes IVO WELCH Brown University, RI and NBER ABSTRACT This paper points out two common problems in capital structure research. First, although it is not clear whether non-financial liabilities should be considered debt, they should never be considered as equity. Yet, the common financial-debt-to-asset ratio (FD/AT) measure of leverage commits this mistake. Thus, research on increases in FD/AT
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CHAPTER 5 THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE: REPORTING FINANCIAL RESULTS OVERVIEW OF BRIEF EXERCISES, EXERCISES, PROBLEMS AND CRITICAL THINKING CASES Brief Exercises B. Ex. 5.1 B. Ex. 5.2 B. Ex. 5.3 B. Ex. 5.4 B. Ex. 5.5 B. Ex. 5.6 B. Ex. 5.7 B. Ex. 5.8 B. Ex. 5.9 B. Ex. *5.10 Topic Balancing the accounting equation Financial statement relationships Classifying balance sheet accounts Closing temporary accounts Closing entries of profitable firms Closing entries of unprofitable firms After-closing trial balance
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CHAPTER NO 1 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING To understand the financial statements of company, one must understand first its operations. Accounting is a system the collects and processes financial information about an organization and reports that information to the decision makers. Decision makers could be internal decision makers and outsider decision makers. External decision makers are creditors, investors, suppliers and customers. Internal decision makers could be managers to make day to day operations
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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN OF SQUARE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD. BASED ON 2006 - 2007 COMPANY ACTIVITIES April 20, 2008
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS Objectives At the end of this chapter you should be able to: 1. Describe the meaning and relevance of financial analysis. 2. Discuss the users of financial statements. 3. Describe sources of financial statements. 4. Describe in detail financial ratios. 5. Define financial forecasting. 6. Discuss the types of comparison used in financial statement analysis 7. Compute financial ratios and use them to evaluate financial strengths and weaknesses. 8. Discuss the limitations
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conference, and the editors, S. P. Kothari, Tom Lys, and Jerry Zimmerman, for helpful comments and suggestions. We appreciate funding from the Financial Research Initiative, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, and Center for Finance and Accounting Research at UNC-Chapel Hill, Stanford GSB Faculty Trust, and the Bank of America Research Fellowship. Corresponding author: William H. Beaver, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305-5015, (650)
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2.5 Economic Dependence 2.6 Lending 2.7 Financing of the Business 2.8 Risk Factors 2.9 Employees 2.10 Social and Environmental Policies General Development of the Business 3.1 Retail Business Developments 3.2 Financial Services Business Developments 3.3 Other Business Developments Capital Structure 4.1 Description of Capital Structure 4.2 Market for Securities Dividends Security Ratings Transfer Agents and Registrars Directors and Officers Interests of Experts 1 1 2 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 15 15 16
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➢ Product and services of Religare ➢ Services and charges provided by Religare ➢ Consumer behavior ➢ Analysis of Investors profiles ➢ Some popular Investments options in India ➢ Mutual Funds ➢ Market survey and research. After undergoing the training about the products and operational features. I started exploring the product and contact the prospective customers by way of tele callings, emails, corporate presentations, road shows and by arranging canopy. My primary
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