Business Summary According to the Standards & Poor financial report: "eBay operates the world's most popular online trading community at eBay.com. ... Annual Report (2002): filed March 31, 2003 Key Points: The Business eBay Inc. was formed as a sole proprietorship in September 1995, and was incorporated in California in May 1996. ... It is specified in the annual report that when they refer to "we," "our" or "eBay" in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, they mean the current Delaware corporation (eBay Inc.) and its California predecessor, as well as all of their consolidated subsidiar...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Bible Code -A Book Critique- Drosnin, Michael. ... Imagine that this writing of extraordinary prediction isn't locked away in some highly classified government facility, but rather hidden within the text of the best-selling book of all time. ... Is the information presented within the pages of this book the whole truth, or a fraction of a larger number of failed attempts to validate the codes? ... Formerly a reporter for the Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, Drosnin writes of his doubts on more than one occasion, and reminds the reader that everything they are about ...

• Word Count: 1589
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dubois and Booker T. ... Many African Americans supported the program of Booker T. ... One of these voices was that of Booker T. ... In his famous Atlanta Compromise Address, Booker T. ... Many of Du Bois theories were in response to the writings of Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 1390
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Time is better spent opening up a book and reading. ... When a person is reading an e-book, a mere swipe of a finger can advance the reader half way through a chapter or even a short book with ease. ... There is no precise number of paper books that are in circulation in the world, industry giants such as Amazon, Sony and Barnes and Noble all report having nearly half or over half a million e-books, with Google reporting nearly the same amount but without cost or free downloading to the public. ... What will consumers do with a $300 dollar e-book reader if the e-book prices become unafforda...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Grapes of Wrath Book Report When first released in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, written by novelist John Steinbeck, created quite a stir among Americans still coping with the depression. ... Since forty dollars is needed to report the death to the law and bury it, the Joads reluctantly decide to bury him illegally, even though they know Granpa would have hated it. ...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Book Report - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Introduction: I was standing in a bookstore in Los Angeles, browsing the shelves for a book that was required for my summer course in. I found the book on the corner of a shelf and realized that the cover of the book was pretty interesting, as it appears "the novel of firemen who are paid to set books ablaze". ... My summer course teacher discuss the book with us during the lesson which really helped me to get through the book easier. ... They figure any book can cause disagreement by someone. ... Then, Guy Montage is reported to have books in h...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Outsiders - by SE Hinton The Book I have chosen is the "The Outsiders- by SE Hinton. ... The book really focuses on what some kids in the US have to go through. ... I think "The Outsiders- is a really good book. ... One other reason to read the book is that the end of each chapter of the book does not leave you in suspense. ... There were two other reasons for why it was hard to relate to the book: the first reason is that my life is not like the lives of the characters in the book. ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

John Berger explores this concept in depth in the book Ways of Seeing. ... The book's general approach, organization, argument structure, images, the book's value, and personal opinions of it are all important aspects that must be analyzed. ... The book's organization has been developed by five different writers. ... There is some value in this book to the inexperienced art history student. ... The book however does have minor weaknesses. ...

• Word Count: 1286
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This book became so popular that director David Fincher made a movie out of it. ... Both the movie and the book have similar storylines. ... In the book, the husband wakes up and sees his wife downstairs. ... This is after Nick is forced to call the police when a neighbor reports something fishy. ... Lastly, Nick is slightly savvier in the book. ...

• Word Count: 1261
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Book Report on Iliad Iliad is a powerful, beautiful, and awe-inspiring work of ancient Greece. It combines the horridness of war into an epic poem filled with art, illustrious descriptions, and a myriad of wonderful literary images. It's a tale of a few days' fighting in the tenth year of the Troja...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Marriage breakdowns have long been a problem. The rate of divorces has increased dramatically, yet some couples have happy marriages that have lasted "until death do them part." Many people could question: "What is the special formula that kept them together?" or "Is there really a happy marriage?" ...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7

WORK ORGANIZATIONS Group Directed Study Fall 2003 Book Title: The Joy of Not Working. A book for the retired, unemployed, and overworked. ... After reading Zelinski's book, "The Joy of Not Working", I have a better appreciation for my reasons of working. ... Zelinski's book highlights some very important and wise ideas regarding my situation. ... One chapter of Zelinski's book profiles Abraham Maslow, a humanistic psychologist, who developed his own theory on the hierarchy of human needs. ...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This paper is going to analyze and compare the financial report of two banks; the US Bank and the Bank of America. ... Price to Book ratio is one of the ratios that is important for the valuation of the bank. ... Debts many a times virtually boosts the price to book ratio by boosting the company's liabilities. The book values of the banks should reflect on the original cost ideally although non-operating issues can impact on the book values. ... The estimate report as well as a comprehensive report may need to be evaluated in order to make a good estimation. ...

• Word Count: 1429
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Cultural evolution, has been progressing rapidly, and has brought man to many major turning points in civilization, such as "the adoption of upright posture, early man's first use of tools, the development of language, culture as an adaptive strategy, food sharing, food production, social stratifica...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In order for the DoD Comptroller to achieve these goals for the major end-users, the DoD utilizes the GAO's Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, or otherwise known as the "Green Book. "The Green Book provides financial management personnel criteria for designing, implementing, and operating an effective internal control system [GAO14]. The Green Book will aid DoD components to achieve full audit readiness by 2017 and begin full financial statement audits in FY18 consisting of four waves[DOD13]: Wave 1: Appropriations received are validated as audit ready. ... Financi...

• Word Count: 1822
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Their abuses have been well documented, in the book Driving While Black by Kenneth Meeks the author shows many examples of abuse of racial profiling. ... The book then shows that the police had a good reason to stop and search the car. ... This article shows the one sidedness of reporting about racial profiling and its effect of law enforcement agencies. ... I found an article at Racism Watch's extra articles links its title is Media Blackface racial profiling in news reporting. ... The media is in fact showing what is correct and there not using racial profiling in their reporting. ...

• Word Count: 1639
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Finally, the book attempts to establish Rogers association with David Ferrie, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Charles Harrelson. The authors of this book feel that their own investigation points to Rogers as the perpetrator who played a much bigger part in the incident. ... These personal relationships are the only matters of substance that can be extracted from the first 90 pages of the book. ... The book was so plentiful in concocted conversations and re-enactment, with exact quotes on both sides of every dialogue. ... The aspects of Rogers" personality as the authors presented them were highly ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

INTRODUCTION This report examines our chosen management topics of Planning, Human Resources and Leadership. ... Staff members wouldn't traditionally 'report' to the manager, instead there would be on-going communication of ideas and plans in order for the managers to know what is happening at all times. Stock issues and customer issues would be the main things that Ann-Marie is 'reported' to about. ...

• Word Count: 2378
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

It is hard enough to get your point across to a neutral audience, but for early black writers, a racial climate that suggested their inferiority was an extra obstacle that they had to overcome. Booker T. Washington and Ida Wells both, in some way or another, were writing against oppression in Americ...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wyman's book, The Abandonment of the Jews was very intriguing to me. ... The book then jumps right into the emergence of information that became available. The first major report was the Bund report. ... After reading this book several things struck me. I will use Wyman's book to answer several questions. ...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The American Book Trade Convention called for replacement of Trade Sales with a semi-annual Book Fair. ... More Book Fairs were to continue but it was soon discovered that they did not meet all the needs of the book trade industry. ... The training and skills needed for these job positions are to manage and coordinate activities of the bookstore to include sales and inventory of bookstore commodities, maintenance of cash receipts and records and preparation of related financial reports. Promote book collecting in the area by frequent relationships with book clubs, library staff, departments,...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

The book is written in the first account. ... The book details his efforts to teach the men how to fight an unconventional war. ... He wanted Hackworth to review and endorse a report of the incident, a glowing report of a perfect combat action, which was not the case at all (p. 347, 348). ... This writer feels that the book at times seems a bit self-praising. ... The book would make a good learning tool for someone going into military leadership. ...

• Word Count: 1645
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

From 3 to 5 pieces, they choose one to make into a book. This piece is edited with the teacher's help and the child proceeds to the publishing table where he will copy the correct form and finally illustrate the book. This block ends with "author's chair" in which several students each day share work in progress or their published book. ... Focused Writing Report on Dinosaurs • Teachers need to model how to write a report, not just assign one. ... Brainstorming-  The teacher tells the class that they are going to make a class book about dinosaurs. ...

• Word Count: 1940
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Ignatiev Book Review I found Noel Ignatiev's book, How the Irish became white, confusing in the way information was presented, it seemed as if it was not interwoven tightly enough with each sub-thesis presented for the individual chapters. ... Many characters which were presented in the book had some sort of confusion as to where their true loyalty lay. ... Men of all races were imprisoned and no racial outbreaks were reported, "during the entire period from 1815 to 1830, there was not a single battle between black and white prisoners". ...

• Word Count: 1854
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Well in this short report on John Steinbeck I am about to include all of the work that I have done in this class Including my full report on one of his books, a little background on Mr. ... The book established Steinbeck as a writer of distinction. ... (Grolier's) My report on of mice and men The book that I have read that has really stayed with me is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. ... New York Penguin Book Co, 1993 Steinbeck, John. ... My Report 2 V. ...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School