Capital adequacy ratio

Hydrofracking is a process of natural gas drilling. The purpose of the project in Pennsylvania is to create a clean energy source that’s produced domestically in America (Griswold, 2011). However, with such potential economic growth, there are consequences that affect people who live in close proximity to the production. The ecosystem services that are affected are air and water, including the earth. According to the “Ecosystem Services” (Daily, 1997) article, ecosystem services support life…

(see appendix 2). Using this EPS and the stock price as of March 22, 2016, the P/E ratio for DUK is 19.28. This means that for every dollar invested, one would expect $19.28 in return. However, looking at P/E as a function of one day in time would not be prudent, rather an investor would have a better feel for the company if they reviewed the trailing P/E or leading P/E. In the case of DUK the P/E ratios are 19.48 and 16.40 respectively (Yahoo! Finance,…

population, “[i]ncreasing saving and investment rates”, enhancing the quality of life, and protecting the environment as a result of the decrease in consumption (Zuo, Xiaoping). Shortly after the policy was introduced inconsistencies in China’s sex ratios, mostly in the north and south of the country and specifically in rural areas, suggested human intervention. Couples were entitled to have only one child, so they wanted to make sure this child was a male leading to the massive killing of baby…

daughters. Their boorish acts led to more than 100,000 girls being placed into foster care. Amongst these numbers, the law also prevented over 400 million births. One of the most significant effects of the policy has been on China’s sex ratio. China has a grossly unequal ratio of about 114 males to every 100 females, (Background). The one-child policy was implemented to curb a then surging population and limit the demands for water and other resources, as well as to alleviate social, economic,…

abortion, underreporting of hidden girls, infanticide or ultrasound because it made it easier for parents to detect the gender of a foetus. Ebenstein suggests that a consensus has been presented that demonstrates that the distortion in China’s sex ratio is due to the prenatal discrimination against the conceptions of female children2. In China’s cultural history large families favored their sons and family resources were given to them at the expense of their daughters. Different communities in…

for the purpose of this report, it is important to select a few companies that have similar operational performance and financial status as CIMIC Group, in detail, companies selected should be of the same size, bear similar risks and have the same capital structure as CIMIC group. Secondly, choose appropriate multiples and pros and cons of each multiple should be weighted (Meitner 2006). Key competitors and peers are selected as follows: • Downer EDI Limited (Ticker: DOW) • Lend Lease Limited…

According to Brym and Lie (2012), social capital consists of the networks and connections individuals have with others that are of value, as they enable individuals to have more opportunities depending on the amount of possessed diverse networks (p.121). This paper will provide an example of how I was able to use social capital to my advantage in terms of employment, and how this is example is connected to the concept of stratification and conflict theory. Then I will end off with explaining how…

doors to more internships and opportunities that I was able to access and turn into social capital. Not only did I gain experience in the working field, I grew accustomed to interacting with professionals in society. In high school my AP Economics teacher also introduced me to a popular English teacher at my school who offered tips to write my college personal statement. Oseguera talks about social capital as being dynamic in this context, “These resources may be evident, such as financial…

current crisis has undermined the legitimacy of neo-liberalism, shifts in social policy will require a combination of greater resources and commitment to program specific responses’(Fine, 2008: 109). The emphasis on ‘effective’ pathways to ‘human capital accumulation’ and the pressure on governments to produce falls in ‘absolute’ poverty and inequality illustrates how ‘the extension of competitive forces is married with aggressive forms of state downsizing, austerity financing and public service…

Three forms of capital have a tremendous impact on education and will affect all future teachers. The first form of capital is social capital. Social capital is defined according to Eval (2016) as either “obligations and expectations, information channels, or as social norms” (p. 1). The implication of social capital in education is that “social patterns and processes” “contribute to the ethnic disparities of student achievement” (Eval, 2016,p. 1). As teachers, we need to be aware of how much…