Ratio analysis is a key tool to understand the potential and current profitability of any small business. There are different types of financial ratios, all used for different purposes. In general, they tend to fall into three categories. The first category, that of liquidity ratios ar...

Amazon and Barnes and Noble In the decision of investing in Amazon or Barnes and Noble, I recommend neither. Looking at the present state of both companies, neither displays good, strong expectations of profits. Instead, I see both companies with low projected earnings growth ratios and negati...

With reference to current ratio, in the case of Wal-Mart, 0.94 in for the year ended 2001 to 1.04 in 2003 shows that it has been stable and slightly increasing. The same trend is observed with Target but it has been increasing at a smaller rate probably because an increase current liabilities has be...

Debenhams is a leading department stores group in the UK. They provide a great range of products across clothing, lingerie, accessories, health and beauty and gifts. They have over 12 million square feet of space and nearly 27,500 employs in UK and abroad. Debenhams has total of 166 stores in the UK...

INTRODUCTION The two-gap theory suggests that the developing countries have to rely heavily on foreign capital inflows (FCI s) to fill two gaps: the import-export gap and the savings-investment gap. Despite the fact that all developing countries need FCIs for their development the volume the ...

The issue of rates of return on foreign owned companies through foreign direct investment. On Wednesday Oct. 25th.2000,at a meeting in Montreal, the finance Minister of Canada Mr. Paul Martin in his opening address to the G20 group on promoting Globalization, stated that "globalization w...

After 15 years of negotiation, and making maximum concessions to WTO members, China eventually gained accession to the WTO in 11th December 2001. The Chinese economy is now subject to the rules-based system of the WTO, enhancing economic competition and creating a more open environment for trade and...

Y2K pessimists are approaching their moment of truth. In seven weeks the world will, or will not, run into more trouble than most people think. Investors will, or will not, suffer last-minute jitters as the millennium draws near.Yes, yes, I know-it's not yet the millennium, from a technical point of...