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In 2007 Dollar General was acquired by KKR & Co. L.P. a global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds ("Fast Facts | Dollar General Newsroom", 2018). Shortly after KKR & Co. L. P. took over managing Dollar General, the discount convenient store had its worse quarter in record history of a $5.3 million loss. It was then the company announced a restructuring plan which would later rank Dollar…

Codification Definition of Foreign Currency FASB ASC Topic 830-10-20 defines foreign currency as, “A currency other than the functional currency of the entity being referred to (for example, the dollar could be a foreign currency for a foreign entity). Composites of currencies, such as the Special Drawing Rights, used to set prices or denominate amounts of loans, and so forth, have the characteristics of foreign currency.” What the Codification Requires for Disclosure ASC 830-20-50 provides…

reflected in the fact that the exports of china are down 8.3% on a year on year basis .  China strategy of pegging its exchange rate with the dollar may be turning out to be counterproductive in the recent past with the appreciation of the dollar in. Other competitive currencies have depreciated against the dollar while the yuan has appreciated. With the dollar expected only to get stronger in the near future, the devaluation of the yuan is imperative to keep the currency…

Many working-class Americans often ask, “Where did all my money go?”, whether it be after coming back from a vacation, a weekend with the friends, or when they receive their paycheck. In a different sense, The American Government has its own way of spending money, which primarily comes from tax payers, they break it up into categories such as social security, health, the environment, science and national defense. So, the question of “where did all my money go?” is valuable and important to…

Trump’s new budget outline he proposed to cut billions of dollars from government funded agencies. However, Veteran Affairs, Defense, and Homeland Security received an increase in funding. The biggest government funded agency is the military defense, which attained 521.7 billion dollars. Trump plans to increase this fund by ten percent adding an extra 52.3 billion dollars. While the military defense is acquiring over five hundred billion dollars in funding, the question is how much is the…

Pennies in the Dollar Umbrella and blue. A red jacket to complete the picture. A status that is given and received and proceeds to gain shouts and claps of applause and squawks of birds overhead laugh at our joy for something so small, recognition from others that we are worth their attention. And we wonder why we are dissatisfied with lies we inhale like so many pastries: a promise of a happier ending in the story we tell ourselves, to convince ourselves, and we believe everything. Everything…

minimum wage would have a negative impact and would actually hurt those that it is supposed to help and I would agree. Raising the minimum wage would cause inflation to rise, thus basically canceling out what it was intended to do and making the US dollar worth less. Secondly, minimum wage increase would cause the price of goods to rise and then less people will be buying so, then you are paying employees more and making less revenue. Lastly, this would hurt the very people that raising the…

easier. With the blink of an eye our society has change with the help of technology. One thing that hasn 't transformed much is the form of traditional currency in the US, but that may be soon to change with the development of Bitcoin. Although the US dollar and Bitcoin are both currencies, they are both vastly different types of coinage. Bitcoin not only offers a new form of portability and decentralization,…

of Canadian dollar has been encouraged by several factors such as the decline in the US Dollar, global economy together with commodity prices. Furthermore, the magnitude of the increased exchange rate has become greater as compared to the most recent movements in these factors even though these are the key factor in determining the fluctuation in Canada (Holden, 2007). Since 2002, in relation to declining in the value of US dollar, it is important to know that Canadian dollar is not…

The movie Million Dollar Baby (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood is famous athletic drama film, which female boxer, Margaret Fitzgerald (Maggie), endures an underdog moment. The term underdog means that a weaker person in society has a slighter chance of beating the stronger and larger competitor. Although, Maggie didn’t entirely win the championship match, she still fought for her dream. In the beginning, Maggie attends a regular boxing match and decides she wants to be trained by Frankie Dunn…