Living by Numbers

Such an intense focus has been placed on quarterly earnings as an indication of a company’s success by everyone from analysts to executives that ethics have for the most part been thrown out the window, sacrificed to the all important number, i.e. earnings per share. This is the theory in Alex Berenson’s book “The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America.” This number has become part of a game to be played, a figure to be manipulated – beat the number and Wall Street all but throws a parade, miss it and a company’s stock may be abandoned. Take into account the incentives that executives have to beat the number and one can find plenty of reasons to manage earnings.

EEC calculated the amount of time involved the anticipation of its cost ($3 million). The timeline in recovering their cost of investment ($2 million) initially for the foundation of this investment any profit made in the future of this investment will be justified as a profit for the company. If EEC can anticipate a fast return on its investment it is a profitable wise decision in making the investment financial, it is considered to be an easier way of formulating investments financially. On the basis of one year all cash flows is added together equal to the sum of $2 million originally invested, then it is divided by the annual cash flow of $500,000. The calculation of the payback period would equal four years. After this time frame any financial proceeds will be considered profitable for the company. I conclude that the timeframe is adequate in comparison of the investment in this worthwhile investment financial venture for the company.

In order to conclude on the net earnings, a trend was calculated with regards to the return on invested capital (assets). The trend, as computed from the table and graph in annexure 2, shows

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The author of A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Barbara Oakley, grew up with a strong dislike for math and science because she never excelled in those subjects. When she was in seventh grade, her father lost his job after a severe back injury. Due to the lack of his income, she had to transfer schools. At her new school, she had a "crotchety math teacher" who made her sit for hours doing simple addition and multiplication problems. This teacher caused her distaste of math and science to increase dramatically, which eventually led to Dr. Oakley's failure in many future math and science courses. Although she did not enjoy math and science, she loved learning a new language, Russian. Due to her Russian language studies, she received an ROTC scholarship to the University of Washington. Right after she received her bachelor's degree, Dr. Oakley enlisted in the army. Eventually she found herself commissioned in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where technology was key. Because she was not good in math and science, she was treated as a second-class citizen in her workplace. Dr. Oakley then reflected on her career and decided to go back to college as a result of the funds she had received to continue her education

Now that the three weeks have ended my final earnings is negative $392. 72. I lost money from the past three weeks from the stock market project. Honestly, I was not surprised of my results. I did not take the time to research into my chosen stocks. Comparing to the Dow Jones Industrial Average I don't come nearly close to it. The Dow Jones is known to range from $17,000. My earnings is negative compared to the positive of the Dow Jones. This has taught me something if I possibly invest in the stock market in the future.

Should a net loss be greater than beginning retained earnings, retained earnings can become negative, creating a deficit.

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The mean is the sum of all of the data values divided by the number of data values. The median is the middle number in a data set, in ascending order. The mean, 178 pounds, tells us the average weight for a football player at Center Grove high school. The median, 175, tells us the 2nd quartile, which is the “middle” value in a list of numbers. The 5-number summary consists of the minimum value, quartile 1, median, quartile 3, and the maximum value. This is the distribution of the ordered observation divided into 5 different summaries. Our group chose to select this data, the weight of Center Grove football players, because it is Tyler Amaro’s old high school. They recently won the state championship this past fall and this specific data set was sufficient for this project.

Although there are no major changes to the operations of Indigo, it is evident that as a result of having a negative net income indicates problems with the company operations. It becomes more worrying as Indigo’s revenue is declining as a result being unable to increase the amount of profit. They are still unable to cut expenses down enough to maintain a positive net income. Ratios

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The profitability figures as derived from the data given in the case are as follows:

In the year 2007, there is a drop in financial performance within the company. Earnings have dropped

Also the major customer is the government of Nigeria, out of total revenue it contributes to 87.5% of revenue, and company is facing serious delay from obtaining payments from government so liquid cash flow of company is declining.

As a surplus unit, Singapore Airline has increased their net cash used in investing and financing activities. Stated in the cash flow, SIA purchase intangible assets, making new long-term investment, and also receiving interest from deposits and investments. This year 2013/2014, they making a lot if