... Understanding the Numbers
Price Indices
“If you only examine Panel A of Exhibit 7. 2,” Jane said, “you will think that net
income leaped 62% and that the reason for the dramatic increase lies in the ... family
law, and so on, right down to individual lawyers in the firm. And knowing what
has happened in the past, they have an excellent tool for beginning to plan for
the future. I...
... businesses, or thinking of doing so.
• Business people in nonfinancial positions who want to be better versed in
financial matters.
• BBA or MBA alumni who want a refresher in finance and accounting.
26 ... added:
• Chapter 1: Using Financial Statements
• Chapter 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
• Chapter 5: Information Technology and You
• Chapter 6: Forecasts and Bud...
... expense (income), net (7, 032) 4, 676 1,319
Income before income taxes 30,283 57, 092 382,3 87
Provision for income taxes 5,586 38,4 07 1 57, 361
Income before equity in income of joint ventures 24,6 97 18,685 ... (1999)
Aircraft engines, automotive Avco Financial
parts, and finance
Services
Watts Industries Inc. (1999)
Valves for plumbing, heating
Industrial oil and gas
and wat...
... slope, find a point that the line intersects and then measure
the “rise-over-run” using the y-axis intercept and that point. For this calculation my
line intersected the June data at point ($13,500, ... supplies the
editing, prints the book, and markets it. Wholesalers like Ingram add value to
this system by buying books in large quantity from publishers, warehousing
them, and selli...
... Web-based marketing and selling, rather than
transaction processes and the hiring and training of people involved in these
processes. In addition, the avoidance of investment in this type of infrastruc-
ture ... fulfillment, tracking, and customer-information stor-
age and mining. All these systems must talk to one another, which means that
interfaces must be maintained. This...
... cost as little as $100. In higher-priced inkjet printers, print quality is
excellent in black -and- white and color. Today many people are using high-end
inkjet printers to print pictures taken with ... Understanding the Numbers
Internet Multimedia
The Internet provides an amazing plethora of information, and not just in text
or still-picture format. Video and audio streaming medi...
... (preferably in writing) setting forth their understandings on the many
issues which will arise in such an arrangement. Principal among these are the
investments each will make in the business, the ... filing an application with the state government and paying the
234 Planning and Forecasting
time to cash in on their efforts as founders and promoters. The survival of the
busines...
... manipulated in tables and graphs.
RDS Bizsuite Linked databases providing data and full-text searching on firms.
Bloomberg Detailed financial data and analyst reports.
276 Planning and Forecasting
three ... writing any business plan is getting started. Com-
piling the data, shaping it into an articulate story, and producing the finished
product can be a daunting task. The best wa...
... factoring in points and origination fees and assuming the
mortgage will not be prepaid.
RECENT INNOVATIONS IN CAPITAL BUDGETING
Recent years have seen the introduction of two new capital budgeting ... rate.
Borrowing from a bank or selling bonds to raise funds is known as “debt
financing.” Issuing stock to raise funds is known as “equity financing.” Equity
financing is an alternative...