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		<title>Rotation Diet by Martin Katahn, ISBN 0553276670</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone with a weight problem can lose up to a pound a day and never gain it back with Martin Katahn's fabulous and famous Rotation Diet. It's simple . . . it's safe . . . it's fast . . . it lasts . . . and it's a bestseller. To keep "rotating", Bantam also offers Maintaining the Rotation Diet audio cassette in a mixed book/cassette floor display. Each display contains 30 books and 6 cassettes and each book/cassette display is net priced. A 36-copy Rotation Diet (books only) floor display is available at standard Ingram discount.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Anyone with a weight problem can lose up to a pound a day and never gain it back with Martin Katahn's fabulous and famous Rotation Diet. It's simple . . . it's safe . . . it's fast . . . it lasts . . . and it's a bestseller. To keep "rotating", Bantam also offers Maintaining the Rotation Diet audio cassette in a mixed book/cassette floor display. Each display contains 30 books and 6 cassettes and each book/cassette display is net priced. A 36-copy Rotation Diet (books only) floor display is available at standard Ingram discount.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Trading 101: How to Trade Like a Pro by Sunny J. Harris, ISBN 0471144452</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a surge in the number of people trying their hand at trading today - baby boomers, retirees, individual investors - it's more important than ever to develop a solid working knowledge of the rudiments of this potentially profitable practice. Trading 101 is a clearly written, concise, and thorough introduction to the basics. The author, renowned for her successful Trading 101 seminars, creates an indispensable reference covering everything from charting techniques and trading vehicles to technical analysis and current market buzzwords. Trading 101 also provides details on which newsletters offer dependable investment advice, how to choose the best discount brokerage, and which of today's computers and financial software packages are the best for planning and evaluating trades. Complete with glossary, bibliography, and listings of networking and educational meetings on the Internet, as well as beginner seminars and conferences, software vendors, and recommended books, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide is the one to have in hand before entering the unpredictable and competitive world of trading.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[With a surge in the number of people trying their hand at trading today - baby boomers, retirees, individual investors - it's more important than ever to develop a solid working knowledge of the rudiments of this potentially profitable practice. Trading 101 is a clearly written, concise, and thorough introduction to the basics. The author, renowned for her successful Trading 101 seminars, creates an indispensable reference covering everything from charting techniques and trading vehicles to technical analysis and current market buzzwords. Trading 101 also provides details on which newsletters offer dependable investment advice, how to choose the best discount brokerage, and which of today's computers and financial software packages are the best for planning and evaluating trades. Complete with glossary, bibliography, and listings of networking and educational meetings on the Internet, as well as beginner seminars and conferences, software vendors, and recommended books, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide is the one to have in hand before entering the unpredictable and competitive world of trading.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Schaum&#039;s Outline of Theory and Problems of Mathematics of Finance by Petr Zima, ISBN 0070082030</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace all of your business-related math courses with the help of this best-selling business reference--now revised and completely up to date! This example-filled reference provides you with the perfect course guide to be used as a supplement to standard textbooks or as a stand-alone study aid. Armed with the book and your electronic calculator, you'll be on your way to improved comprehension and top grades! Now updated to reflect the changing environment of business finance, the book includes new material on life insurance, life annuities and more. Master effective problem-solving techniques using your calculator with the help of a huge number of solved and supplementary problems--1224 in all. The book's coverage of a wide variety of practical applications using actual business and financial transactions gives you a feel for how its done in the real world. Each chapter presents principles and formulas, together with solved problems relevant to each subtopic, followed by a set of supplementary problems with answers. In addition, you'll find review problems at the end of the book for additional study or self-testing. Chapter topics include: Exponents and logarithms; Progressions; Simple interest and discount; Compound interest and discount; Simple annuities; General and other annuities; Amortization and sinking funds; Bonds: Capital Budgeting and depreciation; Contingent payments; Life annuities and life insurance.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ace all of your business-related math courses with the help of this best-selling business reference--now revised and completely up to date! This example-filled reference provides you with the perfect course guide to be used as a supplement to standard textbooks or as a stand-alone study aid. Armed with the book and your electronic calculator, you'll be on your way to improved comprehension and top grades! Now updated to reflect the changing environment of business finance, the book includes new material on life insurance, life annuities and more. Master effective problem-solving techniques using your calculator with the help of a huge number of solved and supplementary problems--1224 in all. The book's coverage of a wide variety of practical applications using actual business and financial transactions gives you a feel for how its done in the real world. Each chapter presents principles and formulas, together with solved problems relevant to each subtopic, followed by a set of supplementary problems with answers. In addition, you'll find review problems at the end of the book for additional study or self-testing. Chapter topics include: Exponents and logarithms; Progressions; Simple interest and discount; Compound interest and discount; Simple annuities; General and other annuities; Amortization and sinking funds; Bonds: Capital Budgeting and depreciation; Contingent payments; Life annuities and life insurance.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation: The Future of the Banking, Insurance, and Securities Industries by Alan Gart, ISBN 047158052X</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation This sweeping new work puts into historical perspective the changes that have taken place in the industry, so that financial professionals like you can learn from the errors and abuses of the past. It helps redefine these financial institutions in the face of new technologies and competitive threats posed by new industry players and helps prepare these institutions and yourself for the new financial challenges of the 21st century. With the help of case studies that act as important cautionary lessons, Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation provides you with detailed, practical insight into the history, rise, decline, and possible recovery of each of the three major industry segments, including: Banks learn why so many banks have failed and who&#146; s to blame&#133; how early warning signals can detect possible bank failure&#133; why commercial banking has declined since WWII&#133; whether consolidation and cost cutting can help save the industry&#133; what role super regionals will play in the revival&#133; what kind of diversification and expansion best suits banks.Insurance companies discover the reasons behind the increased collapse of insurance companies&#133; what such troubled insurers as Mutual Benefit Life can teach us&#133; why cost cutting is the key to insurers&#146; survival and how it can be effected&#133; how the health care crisis and AIDS are affecting the industry&#133; what new role the Feds could play in regulating insurers.The Securities industry sees how an ethical decline and poor management practices undermined the industry&#133; how computer technology has revolutionized securities&#133; what impact discount firms have hadon industry revenues&#133; whether more mergers, layoffs, and restructurings are in the offing.If you choose to focus exclusively on your own particular industry segment, the book&#146; s convenient format enables you to go straight to the information you need.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation This sweeping new work puts into historical perspective the changes that have taken place in the industry, so that financial professionals like you can learn from the errors and abuses of the past. It helps redefine these financial institutions in the face of new technologies and competitive threats posed by new industry players and helps prepare these institutions and yourself for the new financial challenges of the 21st century. With the help of case studies that act as important cautionary lessons, Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation provides you with detailed, practical insight into the history, rise, decline, and possible recovery of each of the three major industry segments, including: Banks learn why so many banks have failed and who&#146; s to blame&#133; how early warning signals can detect possible bank failure&#133; why commercial banking has declined since WWII&#133; whether consolidation and cost cutting can help save the industry&#133; what role super regionals will play in the revival&#133; what kind of diversification and expansion best suits banks.Insurance companies discover the reasons behind the increased collapse of insurance companies&#133; what such troubled insurers as Mutual Benefit Life can teach us&#133; why cost cutting is the key to insurers&#146; survival and how it can be effected&#133; how the health care crisis and AIDS are affecting the industry&#133; what new role the Feds could play in regulating insurers.The Securities industry sees how an ethical decline and poor management practices undermined the industry&#133; how computer technology has revolutionized securities&#133; what impact discount firms have hadon industry revenues&#133; whether more mergers, layoffs, and restructurings are in the offing.If you choose to focus exclusively on your own particular industry segment, the book&#146; s convenient format enables you to go straight to the information you need.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Competitive Markov Decision Processes by Jerzy A. Filar, ISBN 0387948058</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book is devoted to a unified treatment of Competitive Markov Decision Processes. It examines these processes from the standpoints of modeling and of optimization, providing newcomers to the field with an accessible account of algorithms, theory, and applications, while also supplying specialists with a comprehensive survey of recent developments. The treatment is self-contained, requiring only some knowledge of linear algebra and real analysis. Topics covered include: Mathematical programming: Markov decision processes (the non-competitive case), and stochastic games via mathematical programming.- Existence, structure and applications: Summable stochastic games, average-reward stochastic games and applications and special classes of stochastic games.- Appendices on: matrix games, bimatrix games and nonlinear programming; a theorem of Hardy and Littlewood; Markov chains; and complex varieties and the limit discount equation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[This book is devoted to a unified treatment of Competitive Markov Decision Processes. It examines these processes from the standpoints of modeling and of optimization, providing newcomers to the field with an accessible account of algorithms, theory, and applications, while also supplying specialists with a comprehensive survey of recent developments. The treatment is self-contained, requiring only some knowledge of linear algebra and real analysis. Topics covered include: Mathematical programming: Markov decision processes (the non-competitive case), and stochastic games via mathematical programming.- Existence, structure and applications: Summable stochastic games, average-reward stochastic games and applications and special classes of stochastic games.- Appendices on: matrix games, bimatrix games and nonlinear programming; a theorem of Hardy and Littlewood; Markov chains; and complex varieties and the limit discount equation.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Schaum&#039;s Quick Guide to Business Finance: 201 Decision-Making Tools for Business, Finance, and Accounting Students by Joel G. Siegel, ISBN 0070580316</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business and finance answers in a flash! Quick business and finance answers at your fingertips--that's what this unique book gives you! It has 201 major formulas with quick, clear explanations that you can grasp and put to use in seconds. Perfect for college and graduate students in business, finance, marketing, operations, management, and accounting, this comprehensive, portable quick reference lets you speedily review formulas in your current courses, and get ahead of the curve in coursework to come. It's such a handy source for fast, complete, and reliable problem-solving that many business people keep it on their desktops! Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas gets you right to the formula you need, explains it simply, and demonstrates it step by step. You get instant answers on: vertical analysis; security valuation; cost-volume-profit relationships; sales mix analysis; regression statistics; profit margin; sampling formulas; beta and alpha; cost of capital; earnings per share; residual income; equity ratios; inventory turnover; chi-square test; linear programming; trend analysis; discount cash flow analysis; and many, many more. Time-saving features include: alphabetical format lets you find answers fast; clear, concise explanations summarize what you need to know; examples show you how to apply each formula; who uses it and when tells when to use each tool; a thorough index takes you right to needed data. If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: brush up before tests; locate formulas fast; research quickly and more effectively; get the right answers without spending hours poring over lengthy texts. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Joel G. Siegel,Ph.D., CPA, is professor of finance and accounting at Queens College, New York City. Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is professor of finance and accounting at California State University, Long Beach. Stephen W. Hartman, Ph.D., is professor of management at New York Institute of Technology. Drs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Business and finance answers in a flash! Quick business and finance answers at your fingertips--that's what this unique book gives you! It has 201 major formulas with quick, clear explanations that you can grasp and put to use in seconds. Perfect for college and graduate students in business, finance, marketing, operations, management, and accounting, this comprehensive, portable quick reference lets you speedily review formulas in your current courses, and get ahead of the curve in coursework to come. It's such a handy source for fast, complete, and reliable problem-solving that many business people keep it on their desktops! Schaum's Quick Guide to Business Formulas gets you right to the formula you need, explains it simply, and demonstrates it step by step. You get instant answers on: vertical analysis; security valuation; cost-volume-profit relationships; sales mix analysis; regression statistics; profit margin; sampling formulas; beta and alpha; cost of capital; earnings per share; residual income; equity ratios; inventory turnover; chi-square test; linear programming; trend analysis; discount cash flow analysis; and many, many more. Time-saving features include: alphabetical format lets you find answers fast; clear, concise explanations summarize what you need to know; examples show you how to apply each formula; who uses it and when tells when to use each tool; a thorough index takes you right to needed data. If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: brush up before tests; locate formulas fast; research quickly and more effectively; get the right answers without spending hours poring over lengthy texts. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Joel G. Siegel,Ph.D., CPA, is professor of finance and accounting at Queens College, New York City. Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is professor of finance and accounting at California State University, Long Beach. Stephen W. Hartman, Ph.D., is professor of management at New York Institute of Technology. Drs.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Computer Consultant&#039;s Guide: Real-Life Strategies for Building a Successful Consulting Career by Janet Ruhl, ISBN 0471176494</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#146; re serious about striking out on your own as a computer consultant, you don&#146; t need a pep talk. You need reliable, authoritative information that will prepare you for the realities of independent consulting. You need to meet experienced consultants who have learned from their own successes and failures and who can teach you what it takes to develop a consultant mentality, attract and hold clients, set realistic prices, collect your money, run a business on your own, avoid tax problems, and much more. In this Second Edition of The Computer Consultant&#146; s Guide, Janet Ruhl introduces you to more than 150 practicing computer consultants. In their own words, these professionals tell you how they feel about their work, what problems they commonly encounter, which real-world solutions worked for them, and which didn&#146; t. You&#146; ll even get to listen in on disagreements over touchy subjects such as when to discount rates and whether to insist on a written contract. You&#146; ll hear both sides of ever), question and decide for yourself which approach is right for you. The Computer Consultant&#146; s Guide doesn&#146; t stop there. In excerpts from in-depth interviews with leading consultants, Ruhl addresses a host of important issues that will affect your day-to-day life as a consultant and could make or break your future: insurance requirements, effective image building, marketing techniques that work, and managing the client relationship. New information in this Second Edition includes ta  requirements and standard business practices for Canadian, U.K., and European consultants; and new tips and tricks from working consultants as well as ideas on how to use the Internetand World Wide Web to support and enhance your business.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you&#146; re serious about striking out on your own as a computer consultant, you don&#146; t need a pep talk. You need reliable, authoritative information that will prepare you for the realities of independent consulting. You need to meet experienced consultants who have learned from their own successes and failures and who can teach you what it takes to develop a consultant mentality, attract and hold clients, set realistic prices, collect your money, run a business on your own, avoid tax problems, and much more. In this Second Edition of The Computer Consultant&#146; s Guide, Janet Ruhl introduces you to more than 150 practicing computer consultants. In their own words, these professionals tell you how they feel about their work, what problems they commonly encounter, which real-world solutions worked for them, and which didn&#146; t. You&#146; ll even get to listen in on disagreements over touchy subjects such as when to discount rates and whether to insist on a written contract. You&#146; ll hear both sides of ever), question and decide for yourself which approach is right for you. The Computer Consultant&#146; s Guide doesn&#146; t stop there. In excerpts from in-depth interviews with leading consultants, Ruhl addresses a host of important issues that will affect your day-to-day life as a consultant and could make or break your future: insurance requirements, effective image building, marketing techniques that work, and managing the client relationship. New information in this Second Edition includes ta  requirements and standard business practices for Canadian, U.K., and European consultants; and new tips and tricks from working consultants as well as ideas on how to use the Internetand World Wide Web to support and enhance your business.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Downloaded: The Third Collection of the 5th Wave by Rich Tennant, ISBN 0740706152</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rich Tennant is clearly the "father of the computer cartoon." (Forbes ASAP). When the creator introduced his technology-oriented cartoon panel in the early 80s, computers hadn't yet achieved the status they enjoy today. Now that nearly everyone's got them, The 5th Wave has become a mirror of our dubious attempts to live with, and control them.In Downloaded, Tennant is right on target, and even now more people will be able to relate to the way computers are changing the way we work, live, and play. He features a teacher who sends her students on-line to research Native American culture and discount fares to Hawaii; the optometrist whose Web site's intense graphics cause eye strain; and Santa downloading presents into a slow 14.4K chimney. His clever cartoons give everyone tethered to a computer a delightfully skewed way to view the world.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rich Tennant is clearly the "father of the computer cartoon." (Forbes ASAP). When the creator introduced his technology-oriented cartoon panel in the early 80s, computers hadn't yet achieved the status they enjoy today. Now that nearly everyone's got them, The 5th Wave has become a mirror of our dubious attempts to live with, and control them.In Downloaded, Tennant is right on target, and even now more people will be able to relate to the way computers are changing the way we work, live, and play. He features a teacher who sends her students on-line to research Native American culture and discount fares to Hawaii; the optometrist whose Web site's intense graphics cause eye strain; and Santa downloading presents into a slow 14.4K chimney. His clever cartoons give everyone tethered to a computer a delightfully skewed way to view the world.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Vulture Investors by Hilary Rosenberg, ISBN 0471361895</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["What kinds of investors actually choose to make their living by seeking out troubled companies and becoming mired in the complexities and contentiousness of a bankruptcy or out-of-court workout?" - Hilary Rosenberg (from The Vulture Investors) Welcome to the big-time, big-stress-and big-profit-world of vulture investing. From the eleventh-hour save of Donald Trump's casinos, to the tempestuous history of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, to the rocky restructuring of the massive Revco discount drugstore chain, Hilary Rosenberg takes us on a fast-moving journey through some of the major bankruptcies of the 1980s and 1990s-and brings to life the infamous, talented arbiters at the heart of their recovery. Meet the so-called "vulture investors" who cast their sights on distressed concerns, buy out debt, and skillfully forge their way to rich returns. Quietly upstaging the flashier corporate tycoons and raiders of the previous decade, men like Leon Black, Ronald LaBow, Sam Zell, Talton Embry, and Martin Whitman have helped to make a more efficient market in this obscure sector of investment, and their success may even inspire the quickly evolving business cultures of Asia and Latin America. The vulture investors made their way to the forefront of American business during the troubled period when declaring bankruptcy became commonplace among debt-heavy companies. Buying out debt and seeing through the rehabilitation of companies as well-known as Sunbeam and Bloomingdale's, these unique players have changed the face of the distressed securities market. In her own animated, absorbing, and original style, Hilary Rosenberg creates thoroughly researched reenactments of the vultures'greatest exploits to offer an intriguing examination of their methods and their madness-and reveals the important role of these controversial characters in aiding worldwide economic recovery.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA["What kinds of investors actually choose to make their living by seeking out troubled companies and becoming mired in the complexities and contentiousness of a bankruptcy or out-of-court workout?" - Hilary Rosenberg (from The Vulture Investors) <BR>Welcome to the big-time, big-stress-and big-profit-world of vulture investing. From the eleventh-hour save of Donald Trump's casinos, to the tempestuous history of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, to the rocky restructuring of the massive Revco discount drugstore chain, Hilary Rosenberg takes us on a fast-moving journey through some of the major bankruptcies of the 1980s and 1990s-and brings to life the infamous, talented arbiters at the heart of their recovery. Meet the so-called "vulture investors" who cast their sights on distressed concerns, buy out debt, and skillfully forge their way to rich returns. Quietly upstaging the flashier corporate tycoons and raiders of the previous decade, men like Leon Black, Ronald LaBow, Sam Zell, Talton Embry, and Martin Whitman have helped to make a more efficient market in this obscure sector of investment, and their success may even inspire the quickly evolving business cultures of Asia and Latin America. <BR>The vulture investors made their way to the forefront of American business during the troubled period when declaring bankruptcy became commonplace among debt-heavy companies. Buying out debt and seeing through the rehabilitation of companies as well-known as Sunbeam and Bloomingdale's, these unique players have changed the face of the distressed securities market. In her own animated, absorbing, and original style, Hilary Rosenberg creates thoroughly researched reenactments of the vultures'greatest exploits to offer an intriguing examination of their methods and their madness-and reveals the important role of these controversial characters in aiding worldwide economic recovery.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mathematics of Business by John E. Rogers, ISBN 0130807699</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real-world and hands-on in approach, this book uses financial statements to explore the "relationships" between various business applications and accounting concepts and to show how mathematics can be used to formulate, analyze and resolve business "problems." Begins with a review of mathematical concepts, presents solutions both "algebraically" and "arithmetically," and features "Mind Your Business" activities--on-going, realistic business applications in which readers assume the role of a partner in a business called "Media World," create financial information, and make decisions that are the basis of monthly financial statement preparation and analysis. Solving Equations and Word Problems. Percents. Business Statistics and Graphs. Financial Statements and Analysis. Purchasing Merchandise. Pricing Merchandise. Simple Interest. Simple Discount. Compound Interest. Annuities. Business and Consumer Credit. Bank Services and Records. Securities and Distribution of Income and Expenses. Depreciation. Inventory Control. Payroll Systems. Taxes. Risk Management. For anyone needing hands-on instruction and practice in using arithmetic and algebra to solve real-world business problems.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Real-world and hands-on in approach, this book uses financial statements to explore the "relationships" between various business applications and accounting concepts and to show how mathematics can be used to formulate, analyze and resolve business "problems." Begins with a review of mathematical concepts, presents solutions both "algebraically" and "arithmetically," and features "Mind Your Business" activities--on-going, realistic business applications in which readers assume the role of a partner in a business called "Media World," create financial information, and make decisions that are the basis of monthly financial statement preparation and analysis. Solving Equations and Word Problems. Percents. Business Statistics and Graphs. Financial Statements and Analysis. Purchasing Merchandise. Pricing Merchandise. Simple Interest. Simple Discount. Compound Interest. Annuities. Business and Consumer Credit. Bank Services and Records. Securities and Distribution of Income and Expenses. Depreciation. Inventory Control. Payroll Systems. Taxes. Risk Management. For anyone needing hands-on instruction and practice in using arithmetic and algebra to solve real-world business problems.]]></content:encoded>
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