retailer.[4] The company also produces consumer electronics—notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer—and is a major provider of cloud computing services. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company (as Cadabra) in July 1994‚ and the site went online as amazon.com in 1995.[7] The company was renamed after the Amazon River‚ one of the largest rivers in the world‚[7] which in turn was named after the Amazons‚ the legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology. Amazon
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Amazon.com Overview of web technologies used by Amazon.com. Website Background Description on Homepage: Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics‚ Apparel‚ Computers‚ Books‚ DVDs & more Online shopping from the earth’s biggest selection of books‚ magazines‚ music‚ DVDs‚ videos‚ electronics‚ computers‚ software‚ apparel & accessories‚ shoes‚ jewellery‚ tools & hardware‚ housewares‚ furniture‚ sporting goods‚ beauty & personal care‚ broadband & dsl‚ gourmet food & just about anything else. Online
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( SKUAD ) The Firm 1993 film The Firm is a 1993 American legal thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jeanne Tripplehorn‚ Gene Hackman‚ Ed Harris‚ Holly Hunter‚ Hal Holbrook‚ and David Strathairn Release date : june 30‚ 1993 Director : Sydeny Pollack. Story by : John Grisham Screen play : john Grisham‚ Robert towne‚ David Rabe‚ David Ravfiel. Awards: people choice award for favorite drama movie The Firm follows the main character‚ Mitch
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A summary of Amazon’s business strategy and revenue model I’ve used Amazon in my books for over 10 years now since many companies‚ from startups and small businesses to large international businesses‚ can learn from their focus on the customer and the approach of using technology and analysis to improve results. It consistently outperforms other companies in its ACSI customer satisfaction rating too. I aim to keep the case study up-to-date for readers of the books and Smart Insights readers who
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quarterly period ended September 30‚ 2012 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to . Commission File No. 000-22513 Amazon.com‚ Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware 91-1646860 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 410 Terry Avenue North‚ Seattle‚ WA 98109-5210 (206) 266-1000 (Address
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Chapter 1 Assurance Services The broad range of information enhancement services that are provided by CPAs There are two types: -Increase reliability of information -Putting information into a form or context that facilitates decision making Types of Services Assurance Services -Attestation Services Example: Audits of Financial Statements‚ Examinations of Internal Control -Other Assurance Services Example: CPA ElderCare Prime Plus Services Non Assurance Services -Tax Services -Management
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*First presentation * Secondweek presentation What do we mean by strategy? Long term plan to achieve the goal and objectives matching internal strengths and external opportunities and Sense of purpose also organization try to Change customers’ behavior and Standard pattern of behavior over a period of time in order to achieve objectives. 5 P’s for Strategy (Henry Mintzberg‚1996). * Plan:long term plan action to deal with a situation.They are made in advance of the actions to which they
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare. So what is in a name? Or more specifically your name? Do you know? The truth is many of us don’t‚ but why? There are so many interesting things to learn about your name. Where did it come from? What does it mean? I‚ Olivia Jane Fouty wasn’t even given a name until I was two days old. I’ll explain the choices in the next few paragraphs‚ along with some new things I learned. When I was
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ownership benefits Retirement benefits Performance based bonuses Maintain growing stock price Maintain industry leadership Maintain reputation Opportunities: Able to use a lot of estimates in depreciation of PPE (over 1/2 of assets) Accounting firm (Arthur Andersen) thought of Waste Management as a crown jewel and would be lenient to keep from losing their account‚ working together since before 1971. Lot of former Andersen employees were working at Waste Management CFO and CAOs all former Anderson
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entity reporting deadline‚ group audit instruction in common 4. engagement letter’s copy‚ amendments‚ updates 5. current files’ list maintained for entity 6. entity’s general background group structure (subsidiaries’ name‚
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