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Services Income on foreign investments in U.S. Unilateral transfers Changes in U.S. claims on foreigners 1 Debits Credits 60 (1) 49 (1) 1 (3) 10 70 (4) 65 (5) 5 60 49 1 10 70 65 5 (6) 1 61 1 39 100 U.S. official reserve assets Gold Foreign currency balances Other Other U.S. Government claims U.S. private claims Direct investments Other U.S. private ‘‘long-term’’ claims U.S. private short-term claims (7) 40 (1) 50 40 (3) 10 (2) 50 (6) 1 (4) 10 1 20 21 22 23 24

contributed to the improvement in our EBIT margin, even after increased investment in the business to improve our performance in a sustainable way. 1 Like-for-like excluding the positive impact of no longer being allowed to depreciate the Alcon assets held for sale in 2010 by IFRS 5 (CHF 139 million). 1 Half-Yearly Report of the Nestlé Group 2010 The Group’s operating cash flow was CHF 5.8 billion as a result of the normalisation of our working capital levels. growth in the Zone. We continued

| | Balance Sheet | | | | | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | | | | | Current Assets | | | | Cash | $0 | $3,500 | $4,212 | Other Current Assets | $0 | $200 | $300 | Total Current Assets | $0 | $3,700 | $4,512 | | | | | Long-term Assets | | | | Long-term Assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | Accumulated Depreciation | $0 | $0 | $0 | Total Long-term Assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | | | | | Total Assets | $0 | $3,700 | $4,512 | | | | | Current Liabilities | | | | Accounts

Aux USA The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is a program of the United States government to purchase assets from banks. TARP allows the United States Department of the Treasury to purchase up to $700 billion of "troubled" assets. "Troubled assets" are defined as "(A) residential or commercial mortgages (prêts hypothécaires) and any securities (titres) related to such mortgages In short, this allows the Treasury to purchase illiquid, difficult-to-value assets from banks and other financial

Maroc, les actionnaires ont décidé en septembre 2008 de porter le capital d’Al Ajial à 5 milliards de dirhams. Par ailleurs, Al Ajial Assets détient 20% de la société LGM Denim spécialisée dans la fabrication de tissu Denim et est membre du groupe Atlantic qui possède plus de 25 ans d’expérience réussie dans le secteur du textile au Maroc. La société Ajial Assets est une société anonyme crée en 2007, au capital de 840 millions MAD, dont le siège social se situe au 46 avenue des FAR à Casablanca

market price of assets A, B, and C recorded at monthly intervals over the course of one year. None of these assets paid dividends during this year. Based on this graph, rank these three assets from the lowest standard deviation of returns to the highest. Monthly prices of assets A, B, and C 70 60 50 We do not have the exact returns so we cannot calculate the standard deviations exactly. It is nonetheless easy to see that returns on Asset B are the least volatile of the three assets. Choosing between

aside for expenses that can be estimated with sufficient reliability and are deemed probable by the companies and their expert assessors. Insurance Carrefour’s insurance strategy is aimed, fi rst of all, at protecting its customers, staff and assets. Share risk As of 31 December 2006, the Group held only one treasury share and thus is not exposed to share risk. 2°) Carrefour Annual report The designer of this report has chosen to write the text in blue, chat make this report

revenues and costs are recognised as they are earned or incurred, and so matched with each other, and dealt with in the profit and loss account of the period to which they relate, irrespective of the period of receipt or payment. acid test Quick assets (current assets excluding stocks) divided by current liabilities measures the ability of the business to pay creditors in the short term. 1 activity based costing (ABC) An approach to costing and monitoring of activities which involves tracing resource

| __C__ 5. Company X has a higher ROE than Company Y, but Company Y has a higher ROA than Company X. Company X also has a higher total assets turnover ratio than Company Y; however, the two companies have the same total assets. Which of the following statements is most correct? |a. |Company X has a lower debt ratio than Company Y. | |b. |Company X has a higher

G L O B A L A S S O C I AT I O N O F R I S K P R O F E S S I O N A L S WH E R E L E A D E R S L E A R N. Asset Liability Management Designed as an introduction to the management of a bank’s assets and liabilities, this training provides participants with a solid base for managing financial exposure due to currency, interest rate and liquidity risks. Objectives • Understand the tools commonly used in interest rate risk management • Establish an effective ALM policy (understand derivatives products