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fields “European Governments could choose to cooperate rather than compete with a view to agreeing on a social model worth defending”[2]. It is quite clear now that political and economic events put paid to that ambition. The fall from grace of most European social-democratic governments and their replacement by liberal or social-liberal administrations, in combination with EU enlargement, changed the socio-economic aim of the European Union. Led by Tony Blair, most EU governments were no longer

................................................................ 223 vi L’OBSERVATOIRE DE L’ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE – ENAP LISTE DES SIGLES ET ACRONYMES LISTE DES SIGLES ET ACRONYMES Alberta APS GAA PAO PMF Alberta Public Service Government Accountability Act Personnal Administration Office Performance Management Framework Australie AG Act ANAO APS APSC AWAs CAC Act CAs DEWR DFA DoT DPMC FMA Act JCPAA MAC PAESs PBS PS Act SES WR Act Auditor General Act 1997 Australian National

dividing the profit generated by business operations (EBIT or operating income) by the funds invested in the operations (CE or IC). Shareholders (equity: EQ) and financial creditors (net financial debt: D) finance the CE. CE = EQ + D The calculation of the EV is simply: EV = value of equity + net financial debt EV = market capitalization + D As EV is related with business operations, multiples confront EV with operating figures: Price-To-EBIT = EV / EBIT Price-To-EBITDA = EV / EBITDA Price-To-Sales =

dramatically the public debt. This statement is a great opportunity for a lot of firms, new needs are created and customers won’t have an other possibility to finance their future. Private insurance is offering more and more services and people are saving money thanks to valuated bank accounts or special pension funds. Those “new” businesses appeared especially in Europe and were copied on the american model. But there is still a long way to go to convince all governments to accept such a system

professional experience. • Repayment of the lenders relies on the cash flow and assets of the project, with such debt facilities being “limited”or “non-recourse”to the shareholders. • Project finance facilities are typically extended to a project company established by the project sponsors solely to own and operate the project. • Project finance is a form of structured, leveraged lending (debt / equity = 150% to 400%), with the relative balance depending on the project’s economics and risk sharing between

than 1, which means that their current assets are greater than their current liabilities. Kraft’s current ratio (1.1) is slightly lower than the standard industry (1.3), but the small difference indicates that the company is able to meet short-term debt obligations more easily than their competitors. Kraft Food’s quick ratio (0.8) is lower than 1 but since it is equal to the industry the company proves its ability to pay their short-term debts as well as other companies. Figure 2. Liquidity measures

Development, Faculty of Geoinformation Sciences and Engineering University Technology Malaysia 1. Introduction This paper is based on the presumption that the institutions of waqf (e.g. Majlis Agama Islam) are avoiding dependence on funding from Government, by seeking development financing from private sector. Also it is thought that the waqf institutions are not exposing their assets to liabilities arising from a particular development project and therefore the development financing is a project

“Subordinate Courts” and their competencies – “Commercial Court”: business transaction – “Criminal District Court”: infringement of law – “District Courts”: hears both civil and criminal cases as contractual or tort claims for a debt, demand or damage and in actions for the recovery of monies, with a limit of 250 000$ and 7 years of imprisonment. – “Magistrates’ Courts”: the same as “District Courts” with a limit of 60 000$ and 2 years of imprisonment. – “Juvenile

ownership in Renault even if it did not take part in the company decision making any longer. The French automobile industry is highly state backed. When these two French industrial giants were hit by the crisis at the middle of 2008, the French government launched incentives to new car purchasing for public and also incentives to small car that pollute less and consume less a segment in which French automaker are very competitive. {draw:frame} {draw:frame} … Even if constraints and threats

non-commercial purposes is permitted provided that the source is acknowledged. As at 14 July 2010. ISSN 1725-6593 (online) CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MAIN FINDINGS 3 THE EURO IN GLOBAL MARKETS 3.1 The euro in international debt markets 3.2 The euro in international loan and deposit markets 3.3 The euro in foreign exchange and derivatives markets 3.4 The euro in international trade in goods and services 4 THE USE OF THE EURO IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EURO AREA 4.1 Official use: