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Hi Class:
Please review the Class Presentation for this week and briefly discuss what you are hearing/seeing in Business Finance News and address the questions below. Please Note: There is a new question (in red) that relates to our presentation this week.
Finance is the heart and soul of any enterprise. It plays a vital role right from the establishment of a business to play an important role in driving its growth. Business finance refers to funds availed by business owners to meet their needs that may include commencing a business, obtaining top-up funds to finance business operations, obtaining finance to purchase capital assets for the business or to deal with a sudden cash crunch faced by the business.
Briefly discuss what you are you hearing/seeing in Business Finance News addressing the questions below.
- Look at Business Finance news (any viable source)
- Include a brief discussion of the following.
- Business Name: Why did you choose this business? (3-5 sentences min)
- CEO or CFO Name
- What does the company do? (3-5 sentences min)
- Company Profits (last year or what you can locate)
- Company Culture (3-5 sentences min)
- Has this business done any Capital Investments? If so, for how much and what did they purchase? What did it do for the business? (3-5 sentences)
There are NO restrictions on the kind of business you can address with these questions. It can range from Entertainment, Medical, Banking, Real Estate or Automotive. All I ask is that you use a viable/trustworthy news resources such as MSNBC, CNN or Fox News (for example).
The purpose behind this exercise is to begin to open your eyes to the kinds of businesses that are out there and gain a better understanding of them. Also, if you have an idea of the kind of industry you would like to work in, please use this weekly exercise to investigate companies you would be interested working with. By doing research on a company prior to interviewing with them may be a crucial component to helping you find or even land the job you want.
In order to receive full credit please also respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts . When responding, please include what you liked or found interesting about the peer’s post. Please be respectful of others views and/or opinions.
I chose Samsung Electronics. I chose this for its popularity. The streamlined design, improved camera, and ever-evolving Android OS led to the sale of nearly 70 million units worldwide. These are some significant