SciTronics had $ 75,000 of owners’ equity and earned $ 14,000 after taxes in 2008. Its return on equity was 18.67% an improvement from the 8.2% earned in 2005. Activity Ratios: How well does the company employ its assets? 1. Total asset turnover for SciTronics in 2008 can be calculated by dividing $ 244,000 into $ 159,000.
Citigroup was ranked 20th by Fortune 500 ranking of America largest corporations. In 2012 the company has profits of over $11 billion, which was up from $10.6 billion in 2010 (Citigroup, n.d.). The company is traded on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) under the symbol C and in 2012 celebrated its 200th anniversary (Citigroup, n.d.). Citigroup is a the world leader when it comes to financial services and has over 260,000 employees, 16,000 offices worldwide and does business in over 140 countries (Citigroup, n.d.). The company is still recovering from the hit it took during the financial
In 2008 Under Armours net revenue was $32,856, in 2009 it was $48, 391, and in 2010 it was $66,111. If the company follows this trend its profits are simply going to rise. Political/Legal The political and legal environment of Under Armour is greatly reliant and influenced by Planks usage of “authenticity” to grow as a brand. Being an original and genuine brand, Under Armour went public in 2005, seeking to sell as much as $100 million in shares of common stock. After it went public in 2006, Under Armour invested in a new SAP system.
A casual conversation turned to something more serious as they discussed leaving their jobs to start a marketing research survey consultancy in the Boston area. Survey Masters was founded as a partnership early in 2004. The business plan Natalie and Carlos had written called for the new company to offer specialized surveys to companies that did not have internal marketing research staffs. Through hard work and some good luck in the strong economies of 2005 and 2006, the company had grown to employ ten professionals including the partners by the end of 2006. Revenues were approaching $3 million and income for 2006 was $600,000.
That spark was Long-Term Capital Management. Another book routinely ranked in the top 10 Wall Street reads, Roger Lowenstein’s “When Genius Failed” tells the story of that famous quant fund headed by John Meriwether of Salomon Brothers and led by head traders Larry Hillibrand and Victor Haghani. If you invested $1 in LTCM at its founding in March 1994 and cashed out in April 1998, you would have received $4.08 before fees. If you waited until October of that year, you would have gotten about $.30. If you’re looking for fun tales of late-90’s Wall Street ballertude, you’ll probably be disappointed.
And his presidential salary was much higher than later presidents, totaling 2 percent of the U.S. budget for 1789. His 8,000 acres of farmland and Mount Vernon property accounted for some of his wealth. JFK`s family was worth national a billion dollars when adjusted for inflation. While he never inherited his father`s wealth, JFK`s family was one of the wealthiest in America and all of his wealth came from a shared family trust. But there have been presidential hardships, too.
According to yahoo finance, the industry leader in P/E is Banco De Oro Unibank, Incorporated with a 0.00. Overall, Citigroup is a strong company that could be included as one of the top companies in the industry. Their rankings are generally in the top quarter percent. Exxon Mobil Corp. Market Capitalization: 355.70B Trailing P/E/: 12.49 Forward P/E: 11.07 PEG Ratio: 1.00 Profit Margin: 8.27% Total Cash: 12.26B Short Ratio: 1.40 Dividend Payout Ratio: 30.00% How does this compare? Exxon Mobil Corp is in the top 6 in all of the top major integrated oil and gas companies by Market Cap.
Welch Vison for GE Cassandra Brown MGT/312 – Organizational Behavior for Managers 9/21/2014 Francis Fletcher Abstract In 1981 when Reginald Jones promoted Jack Welch to take over the GE (General Electric) little did the business world know that a once prosperous company would turn in to one of the largest companies in the world today. Welch’s three step process; his vision, increased the company profits from 26.8 billion dollars in revenues to 130 billion dollars in revenues in his 20 years at GE. With his primary focus on control, Welch took on quality, performance, productivity, cost control and enhanced GE’s technology which increased the overall profits in a depressing economic condition. Welch Vison for GE Jack Welch started working for GE (General Electric) in 1960 as a chemical engineer, and in was GE’s youngest VP in 1972; until Reginald Jones saw Welch’s potential and his drive in 1981, when Jones promoted him to run GE. Welch had a vision to create the largest company in the world to transform it into the greatest company in the world.
Introduction The 7 habits represent a principle centered, character based, ‘inside out’ approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness.The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey which has sold more than 15 million copies in 38 languages worldwide. Covey identified a shift over the last five decades away from a concentration on character and core values, what he calls the Character Ethic, towards a concentration on behavior and actions, what he calls the Personality Ethic. Covey proposed an approach to successful management called Principle-Centred Leadership and to successful life called Principle-Centred Living. Covey’s belief is that we cannot become more successful people just by changing our outward behavior or attitudes. We first have to address our principles, the way we see things in the world around us, our perceptions of others.
Company started to grow rapidly in his time. It became the largest international insurance company in USA. Before 2008 collapse, AIG had revenues exceeding $110 billion, with total assets of over $1 trillion and 116000 employees around the world. Coping with Financial and Ethical Risks at American International Group (Aig) Q: 1 Discuss AIG’s corporate culture as to what role it played, if any, in its downfall. Ans: : Greed and defilement lead by Greenberg, Encouraged individuals to go for broke, little obligation was put on officials, They didn't reveal fitting money related data to speculators, 38 administrators offered reward running from $92,500 - $4 million AIG's Culture.