Thursday, February 4, 2010

1. Bonuses
2. Commission
3. Marketing
4. Research and Development
5. Support, General, and Administrative
6. Operating Income = Commission - Expenses

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

I think I missed 2

1. Freeze and Unfreeze
2. Fix the Margin to Narrow
3. Make it fit on one sheet
4. Semiannual - Twice a year
5. Gross Margin - The Total of the numbers
6. Projected - To plan something

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Warren Buffet

Warren Buffet is a stock buyer. In 1998 he started buying Coca-Cola stock like an addict. By 1989, Buffet was now, personally, worth more than $3.8 billion dollars. Within the next ten years, he would be worth ten times that amount. During the remainder of the 1990's the stock catapulted as high as $80,000 per share. Even with this astronomical feat, as the dot-com frenzy began to take hold, Warren Buffet was accused of "losing his touch". In 1999, when Berkshire reported a net increase of 0.5% per share, several newspapers ran stories about the demise of the Oracle. Confident that the technology bubble would burst, Warren Buffet continued to do what he did best: allocate capital into great businesses that were selling below intrinsic value. His efforts did not go unrewarded. When the markets finally did come to their senses, Warren Buffet was once again a star. Berkshire's stock recovered to its previous levels after falling to around $45,000 per share, and Buffet was once again seen as an investment icon.

Monday, February 1, 2010

iPad

The iPad is a new large, high-resolution LED-backlit, IPS display. It is an incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen. And an amazingly powerful, Apple-designed chip. All in a design that's thin and light enough to take anywhere. iPad isn't just the best device of its kind. It's a whole new kind of device. The 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS display on iPad is remarkably crisp and vivid. Which makes it perfect for web browsing, watching movies, or showing off photos. It's also been designed to work in any orientation - portrait or landscape. And because it uses a display technology called IPS (in-plane switching), it has a wide, 178 degree viewing angle. So you can hold it almost any way you want and still get brilliant picture, with excellent color and contrast.

Monday, January 25, 2010

KFOX News at 9: Channel 14

Ft. Bliss Technology
January 24, 2010

Fort Bliss is using new simulation technology to help teach soldiers in training. Fort Bliss has received gun simulators that resemble real guns. The bullets being fired are not real, but are shown hitting the targets on the video display monitors. They even received Hummer truck simulations which have the guns-man on top of the vehicle shooting at his targets while the display monitors show the vehicle is moving down actual roads in the particular area they are simulating.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Stock Portfolio

To find the Initial Cost of a stock, you have to take the initial price per share and multiply it by the amount of shares.
F4=E4*D4

To find the Current Value of a stock, you have to take Current Price per share and subtract the Initial Price per share from it.
H4=G4-E4

To find the Gain/Loss of a stock, you have to take the Current Value and subtract the Initial Cost from it.
I4=H4-F4

To find the Percentage of Gain/Loss of a stock, you have to take the Gain/Loss and subtract the Initial Cost from it.
J4=I4-F4

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

KFOX News Report

Eighteen Wheeler Accident

KFOX14 News At Six

Channel 8

A two-vehicle crash cut the power on Gateway Blvd. West. Two electric poles were broken down by two eighteen wheelers. The two vehicles has crashed together and slid into the poles, knocking the power out. The bill to repair the electric poles will go to the insurance of the semi company or the motorist himself. No serious injuries came from the crash, except some business had trouble with their work.

Business down Vicount lost power because of this accident. A worker for ‘Computer Experts’ explained that they could not confirm with clients for repairs to computers because they could not receive phone calls. The power was restored just an hour later.