Essays on Documentation

I. INTRODUCTION Payroll is the process by which an employer pays an employee for work performed. If you own business, but don’t have any employees, then you don’t have to worry about payroll. But as soon as you hire your first worker, you have a responsibility to pay that employee on time and the correct…

What is Sensex? Sensex, otherwise known as the S&P BSE Sensex index, is the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India. Sensex is composed of 30 of the largest and most actively-traded stocks on the BSE, providing an accurate gauge of India’s economy. Initially compiled in 1986, the Sensex is the oldest…

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is one of the most well-known hotel groups in the world, and offers a wide array of hotel brands and property types all over the world. The company has a 200-year history in the hospitality industry, which led IHG to its current position on the global hospitality stage. IHG’s story began…

There are three approaches to Value at Risk (VaR): analytical, Monte-Carlo and Historical simulation. It is a procedure for predicting the VaR by ‘simulating’ or constructing the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of assets returns over time. It uses historical data to assess the impact of market moves on a portfolio. Historical simulation works well even…

The author started this chapter with a description of how security analysts became knowledgeable and gained popularity among Wall Street firms. Portfolio managers became reliable on recommendations of those security analysts and used them to develop and manage investment-banking clients. Next, the author raised the question whether fundamental analysis is any good. The author described…

The author was born on April 23, 1983 in a small town in Gumaca, Quezon. She is the fifth among the six siblings of Mr. Conrado C. Sabuelba and Mrs. Alegria E. Rivales. She has given five loving siblings namely Shiela, Sherwin, Shyrill, Reino Butch and Alyssa Ashley. She finished her primary education at Gumaca…

It all started when four visionaries conceptualized setting up a training center to fill very specific manpower needs. It was in the early ‘80s when Augusto C. Lagman, Herman T. Gamboa, Benjamin A. Santos, and Edgar H. Sarte — four entrepreneurs came together to set up Systems Technology Institute (STI), a training center that delivers…

Using APA Style             The APA format is developed by the American Psychological Association for the use of all of its publications. This style has been adopted by others when citing social sciences subjects but it is most commonly used in psychology classes (American Psychological Association [APA], 2008). This style serves as guidelines for social…

The author Roslyn Foy explains the deeper emotions that resides in Armand the protagonist of the story Desiree’s baby by Kate Chopin. Armand’s cruel actions towards the people around him do not only suggest racism in the nineteenth century; he is man that must comply and live up to his great reputation. Foy brings up…

Founded on November 28, 1928, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines. Through its three principal business groups – fixed line, wireless, and information and communication technology – PLDT offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications services across the Philippines’ most extensive fiber optic backbone and…