mythology of detectives‚ criminals‚ police‚ and suspects in a classic form that is almost pure mystery. Edgar Allen Poe first noticeably expressed the traditional detective story in the 1840s‚ but it did not become a widely popular genre until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This rise in popularity of the detective story coincided with the success of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Sherlock Holmes is widely regarded as the most famous of all fictional detectives and is
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Case 6 The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Health Products Company A has a much higher ratio of Cash & Short Term Investments‚ Receivables‚ and Inventories (24.2%‚ 12.8%‚ 7.0%) as compared to Company B (16.1%‚ 8.1%‚ 5.4%) which is lower in every asset category ratio besides Intangibles and Investments & Advances‚ 46.1% to 22.2% and 3.1% to .1%. This proves that Company A has cash on hand from the sale of side divisions and that they have a large production facility. Company B is a more diverse company
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History of Detective Fiction When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was‚ I knew it dealt with mystery‚ but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment‚ now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is‚ "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime‚ usually by murder‚ by a detective‚ either professional or amateur". It is closely related to mystery fiction‚ but it is more of puzzle that must be
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was 20 year old Tonald Drump‚ by being strangled to death. Detective Pepperoni was sent to find who made the crime. Tonald was targeted and harassed by many people for using testimonial evidence on people in the court for things they didn’t do. Tonald did not help or be nice to any people besides his family‚ and he had a bad personality trait of being rude‚ selfish‚ and lying‚ so it makes sense why people would want to kill him. Detective Pepperoni found some evidence from Tomald‚ it wasn’t much
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For the exclusive use of S. YAN UV0072 Version 2.2 THE INVESTMENT DETECTIVE The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital-budgeting analyst‚ therefore‚ is necessarily a detective who must winnow bad evidence from good. Much of the challenge is in knowing what quantitative
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com/content/forensic-bloodstain-pattern-analysis-a167891 Davies‚ K. (2008). The Murder Book. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education Inc Fielder‚ M Retrieved February 10‚ 2011 at 3:50 pm interview conducted at his office. Geberth‚ V. (2006) Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics‚ Procedures‚ and Forensic Techniques‚ Fourth Edition retrieved from Hardin County Library‚ February 12‚ 2011
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[The Financial Detective 2005 Introduction Each industry is distinctive. One might be unique in its high fixed assets; other would be differentiated of its increasing intangible assets and many other financial footprints that each industry leaves on its balance sheet. Nonetheless‚ industries are distinguished furthermore; fingers of one hand are not the same as said. Businesses in the same industry can be characterized differently according to their strategic plan and capital structure. The following
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Case 6‚ Financial Detective‚ 1996 NEWSPAPERS : 1) Centralized (Worlwide) - NEW YORK TIMES Fierce competition price depends on the market More efficient ° Higher inventory turn L ° Beta closed to 1.00 (worldwide) L 2) Decentralized (Midwest) - LEE ENTREPRISE Monoplolist price like you want ° Higher gross margin K ° Higher other assets (goodwill) K STEEL : 1) Big - INLAND ° Lower receivable turn O ° higher D/E (older‚ stable) O 2) Small - NUCOR
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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Financial characteristics of companies vary for many reasons. The two most prominent drivers are industry economics and firm strategy. Each industry has a financial norm around which companies within the industry tend to operate. Each company within industries has different financial characteristics and strategies which can produce striking differences in financial results for firms in the same industry. Health Products Industry Health Products are categorized
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1. What are two of the different legal categories of homicide? Discuss each type and provide an example of a homicide that would fall under the category. There are many different legal categories of homicide. Two of these categories are; first degree murder and second degree murder. If the person acted with ‘malice aforethought’ or‚ planned to kill another individual and proceeded to carry out the act‚ then it is considered first degree murder. Shooting or stabbing someone in the heart‚ would be
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