This is useful to the proprietors and prospective investor because it reveals the overall profitability of the concern. ... Stock Turnover Ratio It is the ratio of cost of goods sold & Average stock. It represents the movements of stock in the particular period. ... Current Assets to Proprietor's Fund Ratio Current Assets to Proprietor's Fund Ratio is calculated by the purpose of calculating the percentage of proprietor's fund invested in current assets. ...

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But what is behind this prosperous firm in the stock market? ... All the traditional accounting and financial analysis at least from the investor's point of view is mainly focused on a strong profit account, low debt, liquidity, assets turnover and so on. What we may think about investing in a company that have increasing losses since quoted from the first time that completely eroded the shareholder's equity. ... An answer can be that investors didn't see the losses but they believe in the future potential of the e-commerce. ...

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Their stores, which originally were set as an attachment to Treasure Island stores, carried a stock of around 25,000 products. ... Their stock is publicly traded at NYSE, listed under the symbol "HD". ... As a publicly held company since 1961, their stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol LOW. ... After completion of the analysis we expect to be able to give a recommendation regarding the companies' financial conditions, such as one given to current and potential investors. ... Both Home Depot and Lowe's offer a stock compensation plan f...

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With their initial offering of stock, they were able to generate $66 million in cash with another $108 million generated by another sale in 2001. The company's cash balance, which was increasing because of these stock sales, fell to $106.3 million at the end of 2002. ... Purchases of Temic, Transilica, and SPaSE with stock in 2000 and 2001 resulted in Intangible Assets and Goodwill that had ending balances in 2001 of $64.8 million and $50 million respectively. ... Microtune's main source of cash was financing activities'mainly the stock sales in 2000 and 2001, and it's main...

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History Jeff Bezos has always had an interest in anything that could be revolutionized by computers. He was extremely intrigued by the amazing growth in the use of the Internet. Mr. Bezos created a business model that leveraged the Internet's unique ability to deliver huge amounts of information ra...

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