And now we move to trophy’s 3 cup yes but not as many as Roy and 4 Vezina’s not to bad but looking back at the status for Brodeur’s last Vezina win in 08 really made me think just why he won. The Vezina is a stat based trophy and I don’t think anyone will argue that, so let’s look at the stats from 08. He played 77 games finished 5th in goals against average, 9th in shutouts, 8th in save percentage, and 2nd in wins. Now will use those as the more important stat categories, he was first in only one which was games played and tied with Evgeni Nabokov. In all but one category Nabokov was ahead of Brodeur, that one being save percentage.
As stated in extract 1, it tells us that the goods we import are not made in the UK and so makes it impossible to replace the imports, therefore meaning that we still have to import goods, despite the high prices due to the low exchange rate of sterling. This is partnered with the fact that some suppliers (shown in extract 1) have agreed long term supply contract with cheaper overseas suppliers before the depreciation of the sterling and so they are now paying high prices. This may mean that these suppliers may have to increase the prices of these goods, therefore leading to cost push inflation due to trying to maintain a decent profit margin in the hope the demand for the good does not drop dramatically. However, it is stated that there still may be a large price differential with countries such as China and India, even after sterling's depreciation. On the other hand however, as stated in extract 1, line 8, volume of good imported has also increased by 16% and inflation has continued well above target.
FBN has made significant investments (property, plant and equipment) on account, thereby getting into financial trouble by owing their creditors quite a bit of money. FBN made too many investments (on account) and their cost of services increased faster than their sales. Yet another indicator of financial woes is the Profitability Analysis. By observing the Return on Assets, we can see that in two years, the ROA declined from 7.5% to 0%. Such a decline (and such a low percentage) indicates that management is not efficient in employing the company’s assets to make a profit.
If a lot of debt is used to finance increased operations then it will incur a high debt to equity ratio, the company could potentially generate more earnings than it would have without this outside financing. If this were to increase earnings by a greater amount than the debt interest cost, then the shareholders benefit as more earnings are being spread among the same amount of shareholders. However, the cost of this debt financing may outweigh the return that the company generates on the debt through investment and business activities and become too much for the company to handle. This can lead to bankruptcy, which would leave shareholders with nothing. The debt/equity ratio also depends on the industry in which the company operates and Smithon Widgets being a manufacturing company the debt equity ratio is normally high.
Quick ratio Current ratio measures the current assets to be turned into cash to meet its debts in one year. Quick ratio is a more immediate measure of liquidity to obtain the cash. Again, Premier Investments Ltd dropped sharply on quick ratio from 3.48 to 1.40. However, David Jones Ltd only got 1.29and 1.18 for quick ratio. It is a bad signal for David Jones Ltd that is lower than 1.
wooden bat debate relates directly to economics, namely cost. A good aluminum bats cost approximately $250 and will last at least one season if not more. A good wooden bat, on the other hand, costs approximately $80 and can last as long as one at bat or for several games. For cash strapped amateur leagues, this can have a huge impact on their operating budget. Due to wooden bats breaking at a much higher rate, they have to be replaced more often.
“Because and swaps—are instruments for speculation as well as hedges bonuses on Wall Street are tied to transaction volume, this creagainst a drop in an asset’s value. They can be used to bet ates an obvious problem.” that the price of an asset will go up or down. Derivatives also One fear is that losses in the trading department of a large can have more of an effect on a portfolio than simply buying bank, say, could cause a meltdown of the financial system, a or selling a stock or bond because of the leverage involved. scenario that has sometimes prompted calls for stricter regulaLast November, for instance, an investor could buy nearly $1 tion. Critics of government meddling note that these dire million in futures contracts on the Standard & Poor’s 500 In- warnings have never
One of the main ways monopolies abuse market power is by using their market share to price higher than what they would in a competitive industry. To me, this is the part where the case seems to break down. Microsoft had over 90% of the market share in the Intel-compatible PC market. With that type of pull, Microsoft’s economist estimated that Microsoft OS should’ve been selling for a monopoly price of $1,800. At the time though, Windows was selling their OS to OEM’s for quantity discounts that ended up at $40-60 dollars on average per OS sold.
The Ever Changing Game – Has it Improved? In 2005 at the age of 18, Sidney Crosby broke into the NHL with an outstanding rookie season finishing 6th in league scoring recording 102 points. One year later he finished 1st in league scoring with 120 points. He was the first and only teenager to win a scoring race in any professional North American sports league. (Zarum) Players like Crosby are few and far between, but in the past, teams were looking for more than just talent, they wanted players who were willing to get black and blue in order to win.
His wife was Laurene Powell. They have 3 children- Eve, Erin, and Reed (“Jobs” 320). According to TIME, “It’s a rule of thumb in the world of technology that you get to revolutionize one industry at most, but Jobs did it every few years with stunning regularity: computers, movies, music, phones” (Isaacson 38). Personal computers, animated movies, digital music, and cellphones would have never been the way they are today without the contributions by Steve Jobs. He was awarded TIME Person of the Year (Isaacson 40).