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The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the second time in more than a decade. The Fed has raised the benchmark rate from 0.5% to 0.75% which is only up by a quarter. The Fed projected that rates would go up by 1.5% in the year's end. When inflation rises interest rates go up, which makes it a little more expensive to borrow money, this will not affect anybody who already has a fixed rate mortgage, or if you have a car loan, but if you do get a car loan tomorrow it will be a bit…

FINANCIAL STATEMENT (2014) (detailed data shown in the appendix 1) General Description & Comments General Description The table 1.4(detailed data shown in the appendix) represents the calculation of all the ratios needed for estimating the profitability of the company in a 3-year period. In the table there are the calculated margins for profitability, leverage – to estimate the amount of debt in the company’ assets. In 2013 and 2014, EasyJet was not highly leveraged, because the amount of debt…

Regardless of the business venture it is never guaranteed, however a part of that vulnerability can be settled through a great deal of analysis. With three possible investment opportunities to take into consideration we had ensure that all avenues were explored. Keeping the goals of any new business owner in mind, which is to make as much higher profit and to expand on its capital. The three business ventures that presented themselves were Real Estate, Just Hats and Cupcakes and so forth.…

The Fortune 1000 is an annual list of the 1000 largest companies maintained by the American magazine Fortune. The eligible companies are ranked on revenue generated from core operations, discounted operations, and consolidated subsidiaries. Since revenue is the basis for inclusion, every company is authorized to operate in the United States and files a 10-K or comparable financial statement with a government agency. In general, private organizations withhold information from the public and are…

We have been executing our marketing strategy very effectively in the last few quarters. Table 4 displays our projected division profitability statement since the start of our company. All profits in quarter 5 are forecasted numbers, only expenses are accurate to what is actually going to happen in this quarter. The projected demand this quarter, which was used to calculate these profit numbers were, 900 units sold of the Ulti-Explorer at $3500, 900 units sold of the Ulti-Creator at $3800 and…

Cleveland Clinic Health Systems (CCHS) was founded on February 5, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio as a not-for-profit medical center. Since its roots, its four founders envisioned a practice in which members could share their clinical expertise while serving as educators for future medical practitioners. At the same time, they wanted individuals to revolutionize medical procedures and practices through research activities. Since its foundation, it has been registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit…

Recent Merger Between Standard Pacific Homes and Ryland Homes Standard Pacific Homes (under Standard Pacific Corp.) and Ryland Homes (under The Ryland Group, Inc.) recently joined forces in order to better serve the communities which they have previously served separately. The two companies look forward to a bright future as one company. They expect to be stronger and more efficient than ever as a result of the merger between these two prominent homebuilders headquartered in Southern…

Cash is a very important asset in a business. Without it the business would cease to be able to operate. It is required to make purchases and to pay expenses. This means that having a healthy cash flow every year is essential to the Rocky Mountain’s success. Over the years Rocky Mountain has been slowly decreasing its cash intake, to the point where the company is losing cash every year. Beginning with 2011 the company had an increase in cash of $13.893 million. In 2012, it dropped to $3.145…

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals group that focuses on finding, mining, processing and marketing the Earth’s mineral resources. (Anon., 2016) Rio Tinto plc/ Rio Tinto limited are listed in London and New York Exchange list as well as in Australian Security Exchange. Rio Tinto operates in more than 40 countries and employs more than 55000 employees across all operations -open pits, underground mines, mills, refineries, smelters, power stations, and various research and service…

The Golden Eagle In the beginning of our times, two powerful celestial one was called “Ezio” and the other “Crono”, both wanted to create something that can admire their power and greatness, so they start making a kind of base where they can locate their people, the bases were called “planets”. They create a lot of planets in different places in the space, but just two of them were able to locate the civilization; one was made by Crono which he gave the name of “Mars” and the other was made by…