A culture that is completely homogenous may view cultural diversity as a threat to social life, education, or financial well being (Rendon).... In the modern world, cultural diversity within communities is a common occurrence.... Groups of people can be diverse based on many criteria including but not limited to age, race, gender, religion, and economic status....
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d] TARGET CORPORATION financial ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION Target Corporation Target Corporation Perform their business as Target, is an American department store.... Target Corporation's financial Analysis:In order to define whether an organization is doing sound we must go through a few things.... onsolidated Statement Of financial PositionAmount in Millions200620052004AssetCash & Cash Equivalents$1,648 $2,245 $708 Account receivable 5,666 5,069 4,621 Inventory5,838 5,384 4,531 Other current assets1,253 1,224 1,000 current asset discontinuous operations -2,092 Total Current Assets14,405 13,922 12,952 Property & EquipmentsLand4,449 3,904 3,312 building and improvement14,174 12,518 11,022 Fixture & Equipments5,433 4,988 4,577 construction in progress1,168 982 969 Accumulated Depreciation(6,176)(5,412)(4,727)Property & equipments-Net19,038 16,860 15,153 other Non Current Assets1,552 1,511 1,377 Non Current Assets discontinued operation0 -1,934 Total Assets$34,995$32,293$31,416Liabilities & Share Holders InvestmentAccounts Payable$6,268 $5,779 $4,956 Accrued Liabilities2,193 1,633 1,288 Taxes Payable374 304 382 Notes Payable753 504 863 Current Portion of Long Term notes Payable0 825 9,588 8,220 8,314 Long Term Debt9,119 9,034 10,155 Deferred Income 851 973 632 Other Non Current Liabilities1,232 1,037 917 Non Current liabilities of discontinued operations-266 Shareholders InvestmentCommon Stock73 74 76 Additional Paid in Capital2,121 1,810 1,530 Retained Earning12,013 11,148 9,523 accumulated other income(2)(3)3 Total14,205 13,029 11,132 Total Liabilities & Shareholder's Investment$34,995$32,293$19,446Works CitedFirestone, Mary....
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The decision makers may be internal (management, shareholders, employees,… the financial statements in isolation are not enough to give meaningful information unless it is compared with other financial statements.... When such relationships are derived from the financial statements, they are called accounting ratios (Kim & Ayoun, 2005, p.... Accounting ratios is an important tool for financial statement analysis.... Accounting ratios have immense application in interpretation of financial statements by helping perform both intra-firm and inter-firm comparison....
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