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Comparison between two retail companies picked are Walmart and Costco

The two retail companies picked are Walmart and Costco whose 2017 Financial statement links are provided below: WALMART https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/ wmt/financials?query=income- statement COSTCO https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/ cost/financials?query=income- statement Both organizations are well known brands and position themselves well with their customer base. Walmart’s value proposition is “We save people money so they can live better”. On the other hand, Costco’s value proposition is “All-in-one convenience and everyday affordability”. Both retailers focus on cost saving for their customers. Looking at their financial statements and by analyzing them a few key areas are evident when comparing the two organization. Looking at the current ratio and quick ratio we can determine the short-term solvency of each organization. The current ratio can be determined by dividing the assets by the liabilities. Walmart’s current ratio sits at 0.86 while Costco’s sits at 0.99. The quick ratio is c...
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How to control delinquent teens

I often come across parents complaining about their teen aged kids who are unruly. Amongst my colleagues, friends, neighbors; every third parent is complaining about his or her teen aged child going delinquent. What I gather from them find some things common. Either their kids are born quite late after their marriage; both the parents are working or very indulgent. The effects of delinquent children may be varied in nature; some may be addicts, some just wayward or others just not serious about anything in life. They think as they have got everything they wanted from their parents; so life would offer them what they want! Now, they parents find it difficult to convince their ward that the rule of the world is different; it is something like “first deserve and then desire” as because they have never bothered to educate their kids that way for their own comforts. So the outcome is problem child. These days the common complaints are, kids are glued to their cellular phones, or chat sites ...
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Hair Loss; the reason and how to control

Regardless of your age, you need to be concerned about your hair. The appearance and quantity of hair that you have is a reflection of your internal health. You can use natural hair loss remedies to save your hair. Of course, when you are young you have plenty of hair. But, there are even some of you at an early age, twenties, start to lose your hair. The appearance and quantity of hair that you have is a reflection of your internal health. Aside from a having a serious illness, your hair loss is affected by scalp cleanliness, stress, diet, and excess DHT. Knowing this, you can check out many hair loss remedies available to you. Scalp cleanliness If you have dandruff, you need to get rid of it. Dandruff can be a source of hair loss when it combines with dirt, shampoo chemicals, excess sebum follicle oil. Over time this combination of chemicals can create a film on your scalp that hardens and start to plug up your hair follicles. Once plugged, your follicles can't support h...
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See the Change!

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English" . In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will e...
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Gold Rush!

Gold touches the new high in Global Market. In fact International Monetary Fund is in need of dollar to lend to some countries to bail out them from crises. So they put around 400 tons of Gold on sale; India bought around 200 tons of gold from IMF with its bulging dollar holdings. This has an impact to offset the dollar price in India. The expectation of other countries especially China may follow India’s suit pushed the price of gold to new high. An ounce of gold sold at a price of $1094.4 in world gold market. Other feels as the major investing funds are expecting a plunge in stock price so they are diverting their investment to gold as a safe heaven. So gold is having more sheen now!
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Investment Strategy ; Look before you leap

Indian economy appears to be elusive; the stock market is bullish so the consumer market and all other. It is incomprehensible how the poorest of the poor Indians manage to survive with the skyrocketed prices of all most everything; from potato to pea-nuts, salt to sugar and egg to meat! The prices of many vegetables, edible oils, cereals, grams have broken all time records. But surprisingly there is no much furor over this. Is it only the middle class who are affected by this price rise? Are the people living below poverty line (they may constitute more than 60% actually despite of any official figures) being adequately supplied with subsidized food stuffs? Keeping Indian standard of distribution system through the mechanism available with various states in mind, you can be rest assured that it has never happened. What might have happened; the plight of the poor is not highlighted either by media or any political party for the reason best known to them. Their voices are maimed in mos...
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Power Cuts in West Bengal

Over the years, power cut in West Bengal at this time of year is plaguing; sometime it is due to routine service of the power plants or uncalled for breakdowns. They are usual and seem out of control. But the other factor what is surprising is coal shortage! Coal shortage is equally a routine affair every year. The coal mines being nationalized way back 1969 by government headed by Mrs Indira Gandhi did good to miners as well as those coal mine owners who were handsomely compensated for handing over underground infernos to government. In fact, many underground fires and land collapses in coal mine areas are due to most negligent mining by the mine owners. It is well known fact to anyone who is associated with Indian coal mining industry. Now, the shortage of coal supplies to the power plants is causing power shortage, because numbers of power generating plants are kept idle. Year after year we the tax payers have to suffer for that! In the civil world, perhaps Indian example is unique...
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