Taina Hogu Project Interim Report Accounting 540 Dr. Yan Bao Comparison of General Mills‚ Inc. (GIS) and Kellogg Company (K) Financials 1. Return on Assets 2014* 2013* General Mills 8.84% 9.51% Kellogg 13.19% 8.65% *Kellogg most current year is 2013 and prior year is 2012 The return on assets ratio (ROA) proves how profitable a company is comparative to its total assets. The ROA shows how efficient management is at using its assets to generate earnings. The higher the ROA‚ the more likely a company
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Revenue Expense
When turning on the television‚ radio‚ or simply opening the local newspaper‚ one is bombarded with news of arrests‚ murders‚ homicides‚ serial killers‚ and other such tragedies. It is a rare occasion to go throughout a day in this world and not hear of these things. So what should be done about this crime rate? Not only is it committing a crime‚ but today‚ it is signing your life over to the government. This is a risk one is taking when he decides to pull a trigger or plunge a knife‚ but is it really
Premium Murder Crime Capital punishment
The Importance of the Telegraph The telegraph is an electromagnet connected to a battery via a switch. When the switch is down‚ the current flows from the battery through the key‚ down the wire‚ and into the sounder at the other end of the line. By itself‚ the telegraph could express only two states‚ on or off. This limitation was eliminated by the fact that it was the duration of the connection that determined the dot and dash from each other being short and long‚ respectively. From these combinations
Premium Radio Telecommunication
services. Those activities may well generate enough jobs and economic activity to boost GDP above what it otherwise would have been for a while after the initial dip. Repaired and rebuilt homes‚ stores‚ and infrastructure may well be better built and sounder than what they replace but‚ in the meantime‚ the economy will not be as productive as it would have been without the damage. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/10/30/economic-impact-from-hurricane-sandy-wont-derail-economy/ Airlines have canceled thousands
Premium Economics Hurricane Katrina Economic growth
Shopper: Hello‚ what are you reading there? Me: Hi‚ I am reading A Little of Philosophy while I am waiting to check out. Have you ever read this book? Shopper: No never! Me: It is a great book to read. Shopper: Yes‚ but what made you read this particular book? Me: I am reading this book because I am a future healthcare professional and I feel that studying ethics will be helpful to me when I am working with patients. Shopper: How is that so? Me: Studying ethics will make me a competent and responsible
Premium Ethics Philosophy Morality
GREENHOUSE EFFECTS IntroductionThe greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases‚ and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this re-radiation is back towards the surface and the lower atmosphere‚ it results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be in the absence of the gases.[1][2] Solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the atmosphere to
Premium Climate change Global warming Carbon dioxide
This article from News and Views discusses the observation and analysis of submarine volcanic eruptions. Volcanism underwater is unalike volcanism on land due to the differing qualities of water and air. Air is not as dense as water; the properties of air allow for larger eruptions than those that occur underwater (Mitchell 444). Pressure on the ocean floor does not allow water or gasses to escape from lava. This causes the eruption to have less of an impact underwater than it would if it were on
Premium Volcano
expectations that came to mind while thinking over the words knowledge and individual power are what I penned down. The way toward individual power above one’s individual atmosphere is paved by the possession of knowledge. The ability for you to be a much sounder person and to be able to progress the surroundings for those that are around you. An ideology and the power is instilled in you that you will be confidently encouraged to feel and live better. Assistance in coming up with better choices and lead you
Premium Emily Dickinson
Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? addresses the historical impact of strategic barriers‚ defined here as "continuous or mutually supporting works denying the enemy avenues of attack across a front." In his introduction‚ Brent Sterling argues for the relevance of such an appraisal given the renewal of interest in strategic defense around the world (old fashioned walls‚ as well as more novel missile defenses) and the shallow debate surrounding it‚ the "dynamic" of which "is for critics and proponents
Premium Ming Dynasty
Institutional bias involves a discussion that covers prejudiced practices occurring on the institutional level of examination‚ functioning on mechanisms that exceed prejudice and discrimination on an individual level. There may be a temptation to draw a conclusion that the discrimination occurring against a particular group would be eradicated if “Negative associations‚ stereotypes‚ and prejudices toward that outgroup were eliminated‚ but even in ideal settings where individuals hold no stereotypes
Premium Bias Stereotype Sociology