1050-word-summary-and-excel-sheet

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand the basics of financial statement analysis related to the assets section of the balance sheet, data interpretation, and how financial information is obtained to understand how a company accounts for its long-lived assets.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Note: The financial statements of Apple, Inc. are presented in Appendix A of Financial Accounting. Instructions for accessing and using the company’s complete annual report, including the notes to the financial statements, are also provided in Appendix A.

Complete a 1,050-word summary of findings and recommendations from the following questions:

  • What were the total cost and book value of property, plant, and equipment at September 27, 2014?
  • Using the notes to find financial statements, what method or methods of depreciation are used by Apple for financial reporting purposes?
  • What was the amount of depreciation and amortization expense for each of the three years 2012-2014? (Hint: Use the statement of cash flows).
  • Using the statement of cash flows, what are the amounts of property, plant, and equipment purchased in 2014 and 2013?
  • Using the notes to the financial statements, explain in the summary how Apple accounted for its intangible assets in 2014.

Use the Week 2 Excel® spreadsheet to show your work and submit with your summary.

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Power Point Create a power point that shows a theory or theorist of your choice. Included in the power point should be history, theorist, conflicts to the theory, and examples to help explain it. This should be a between 15-20 slides total. Be sure to include visuals: pictures, diagrams, charts, video links, etc. Be sure to include a citation slide, completed in APA style. Grades An A grade power point, includes 15-20 slides, looks like limited information on each slide, 50-75 words on the note portion, pictures placed appropriately throughout.

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Discussion the evolution of the Windows System over the past 10 years. Make it comprehensive and cite references. Please include your opinion on which system/update has been the most innovative.

-Response-1-I-NEED-help

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Essay Questio
“These moribund shapes were free as air–and nearly as
thin. I began to distinguish the gleam of eyes under the trees. Then,
glancing down, I saw a face near my hand. The black bones reclined at
full length with one shoulder against the tree, and slowly the eyelids
rose and the sunken eyes looked up at me, enormous and vacant, a kind of
blind, white flicker in the depths of the orbs, which died out slowly.
The man seemed young–almost a boy–but you know with them it’s hard to
tell. I found nothing else to do but to offer him one of my good Swede’s
ship’s biscuits I had in my pocket. The fingers closed slowly on it and
held–there was no other movement and no other glance.”

Identify the theme of this excerpt from The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and explain the author’s interpretation of the British Empire.

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Write a 3-5 page paper in APA format following the attached outline regarding the transition of a business from a business concept to business launch for a small trucking company with a maximum of 5 trucks at its peak.

Utilize and cite a minimum of 3 substantial resources.

Annotated-bibliograph

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1- write brief annotated bibliography about Gardner theory book just three pages and write the reference

2- write brief annotated bibliography about spearman s theory book just three pages and write the reference

What-reforms-should-be-made-to-the-current-way-that-plea-bargaining-exists-

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The United States Supreme Court has recognized that plea bargaining is constitutional so it appears that its use will continue to be how most felony criminal cases are resolved. With that being said, many Americans criticize the current practice of plea bargaining and believe that reforms can and should be made to plea bargaining. What reforms should be made to the current way that plea bargaining exists?

Make sure in your research paper that you provide scholarly support for whatever reforms you propose. Scholarly sources are books and journal articles. Remember to make sure that the primarily support for your reforms is scholarly sources.

Your research paper must contain a minimum of eight full typewritten pages of text. You must cite scholarly sources (that is, books and/or journal articles) to support your presentation of information. Whenever possible, which is most of the time, you should use direct quotations (rather than paraphrasing) from original sources (rather than secondary sources).

800-words-film-discussion-writing

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View any one of these four movies and answer the following questions

Forest Gump (1994)
Usual Suspects (1995)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

1. Provide an outline of the film in your own words (minimum 150 words)

2. Discuss any one particular scene in the film, covering its significance in the story, technical elements and the impression it left on you (minimum 150 words)

3. Discuss how the directing and editing influenced your appreciation of the movie (minimum 150 words)

4. What do you think were the challenges on this production and how did they conquer those? (minimum 150 words)

5. How has this inspired you as a future filmmaker? (minimum 150 words)

Free Advice:

  • Each question is worth 10 points for a total of 50 points.
  • Trust yourself and don’t “borrow” from the Internet.
  • We can identify plagiarism through various resources.
  • We don’t mind you watching the movies in groups, but your answers should be uniquely representative of your thoughts and what you have take from the movie.
  • If you have seen any of these movies, pick one of the others in this list or watch the same movie again, before answering the questions.

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Please be very detailed and write this in essay format.

Lauren Rice is trying to decide which of two applicants to hire. One has slightly better skills and more experience, but the other is also well qualified. The first candidate is Black and the second is Hispanic. Lauren’s department is 40 percent Black and has no Hispanics even though the company’s core values include promoting diversity. How would you advise Lauren regarding her hiring decision?

  1. Who should Lauren hire and why?
  2. How do you think an applicant’s race should be considered in hiring decisions?
  3. If an organization is interested in diversifying its employees, how would you recommend that it legally do so?

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student to calculate the project cash flow using net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and the payback methods.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Corporate Finance

Create a 350-word memo to management including the following:

  • Describe the use of internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and the payback method in evaluating project cash flows.
  • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

Calculate the following time value of money problems:

  1. If you want to accumulate $500,000 in 20 years, how much do you need to deposit today that pays an interest rate of 15%?
  2. What is the future value if you plan to invest $200,000 for 5 years and the interest rate is 5%?
  3. What is the interest rate for an initial investment of $100,000 to grow to $300,000 in 10 years?
  4. If your company purchases an annuity that will pay $50,000/year for 10 years at a 11% discount rate, what is the value of the annuity on the purchase date if the first annuity payment is made on the date of purchase?
  5. What is the rate of return required to accumulate $400,000 if you invest $10,000 per year for 20 years. Assume all payments are made at the end of the period.

Calculate the project cash flow generated for Project A and Project B using the NPV method.

  • Which project would you select, and why?
  • Which project would you select under the payback method? The discount rate is 10% for both projects.
  • Use Microsoft® Excel® to prepare your answer.
  • Note that a similar problem is in the textbook in Section 5.1.

Sample Template for Project A and Project B:

Show all work.

Submit the memo and all calcluations.