Practical Business Math Procedures: Mandatory Package with Business Math Handbook, DVD, and Wall Street Journal insert

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Practical Business Math Procedures, 7e continues to provide complete coverage of practical business applications of math, organized in a logical and teachable format, with unique and motivating pedagogy, and a market leading supplements package. Carefully written and developed to provide both procedural details in a step-by-step format, and superb motivation via Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine articles, colorful format, photos, and scrapbook projects, this text is a winner! This edition continues the “24-HOUR STUDENT HOTLINE” that has received over 50,000 student calls. Jeff Slater is a teacher and author of several leading titles in math and accounting, and his dedicated work on PBMP has made it the most reliable, trustworthy, and widely used text.

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An excellent textbook.......2005-08-04

As an instructor at a college, I have used the last three editions of Mr Slater's book since 1999. This has to be one of the most understandable, helpful and explanatory textbooks ever produced.
The examples are clearly written, and the use of small,quick reference 'vignettes' make it so easy for the student to get answers to just about any question they want to pose.
I use many textbooks, as I teach various business and management subjects, and this one stands head and shoulders above any other textbook covering this particular discipline.
The BEST part of this book? It can be kept as a reference guide for just about any mathematical question that comes up in everyday life, such as credit card balances, mortgage amortizations etc.

Practical Business Math Procedures/Teacher's Edition.......2000-11-01

I'd like to know if this book is teacher's edition?

teachers edition.......1999-02-25

I need a teachers edition

Practical Business Math Procedures: Mandatory Package with Business Math Handbook, DVD and Wall Street Journal Insert

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Practical Business Math Procedures: Mandatory Package with Business Math Handbook, DVD and Wall Street Journal Insert

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Binding: Paperback

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Business Math | Business Skills | Reference | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0071213686

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In /ITax-Smart Investing/N, you'll find an invaluable ally to help your guide your clients through the minefield of tax consequences of a wide range of investment vehicles. Investment professional Andrew Westhem and Stewart Weissman reveal the tax traps that can snare the unwary - and describe the sophisticated tactics they have developed to elude those traps. Drawing on over fifty years' combined experience advising high-income, high-net worth clients, Westhem and Weissman offer proven strategies for minimizing the tax burden of investment earnings.

Written in a clear, straightforward style and packed with practical examples, /ITax-Smart Investing/N is an indispensable guide for investment advisors, financial planners, accountants, and attorneys.

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Pre-Modern.......2002-05-01

Not worthy. Despite the promising title and subtitle, the book is written in the pre-modern tax-minimization mode. The proper goal of tax-smart investment management is not minimizing taxes. Rather, the modern view is that tax-smart investing should focus on maximizing after-tax risk-adjusted returns. The chapter topics--direct ownership, munis, tax-deferred savings plans, employer retirement plans, annuities, whole life, MFs, VAs, VLI, MECs, real estate, FLPs, asset location, estate tax, estate strategies--are reasonable and do include nuggets of insight, but lack the over-arching modern view of taxable investment management. The variable annuity chapter, for example, does include 3 paragraphs on the "minus" of extra expenses but considers the fact in isolation. Details building a case for this "minus" are weak--they seem stacked against persuading someone that expenses are a significant negative. (When in fact, many VA policies have expense levels egregious enough to defeat the tax-smart aspect of VAs.) Note further that at least 100 pages of the thin book are fluff--appendices of minimal usefulness. The more so since this 1999 book cannot reflect the 2001 tax changes. Even if the tax code weren't evolving, I'd question the appropriateness of this book in the "Wiley Financial Advisor" series for any but the greenest advisor unacquainted with the pre-modern rudiments of after-tax investing.

Great Read.......2000-01-13

The books moves from the basics to the more complex. It would be a great book for new advisors.

The authors do a great job of explaining a concept and then giving an example to drive the points home.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Cosmological Biology
M. Lovenal
Manufacturer: Philosophical Library Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Natural History | Nature & Ecology | Science | Subjects | Books

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God -- Has to Be!
John , F. Paugstat
Manufacturer: Pleasant Word-A Division of WinePress Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Science & Religion | Religious Studies | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books

General | Evolution | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1414102232

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Tragically and unnecessarily, evolution has plundered the faith of many Christians. This book shows that (inter-specie) evolution is without scientific support. That understanding is a powerful, faith booster: By evolutionary default, GOD HAS TO BE!

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Breezy.......2006-08-18

It flowed smoothly & easily while keeping you interested and amused. The characters are real, likable, and easy to relate too. Kate & Tracy have a great friendship that makes you feel good about your own :)

D+.......2006-02-09

I read 'White Bikini Panties' and really enjoyed it so I thought I'd give this book a try.
I was very disappointed in it. I thought for sure I'd love it since her other book was so great. Unfortunetly for me I wasted my money. Maybe the reason why is because I couldn't idetify with the characters at all. I don't go sleeping around with random guys and I'm not a bulimic.
I sure hope her third book will be more along the lines of her second 'White Bikini Panties'.

Great Chicago chick lit!.......2005-03-02

What a refreshing book! Read it - it's so different from many of the "chick lit" novels out there. Not only is it set in Chicago, but the female leads and their obstacles are so realistic. I'll read anything by Kelly James-Enger!

100%, A+++ blissful summertime reading!.......2004-08-09

A friend of mine recommended this book but I was dubious. She said it was a lot like "Sex in the City"; however, I have never seen that show nor care to, and I don't exactly fit the "chick lit" target audience. Even so, I picked up the book and found that I couldn't put it down! It was thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end. In my opinion the book defies any kind of genre stereotype. It is well written with solid characters and a fast-moving plot--elements I like in all good books!

The characters Kate and Tracy are so likable that I found myself really caring about the twists and turns their lives were taking. The book also helped me remember what it was like to be younger--the daily grinds and the major decisions I faced.

I'm looking forward to reading the next novel by this wonderful author!

Guess What? I Got the Vibe!.......2004-05-02

Vibe is a fun and sexy read! And you don't have to be a 20-30 something to enjoy it. Kate and Tracy's fun , frolic, love, lust and relationships with men (and food, too), are universal and ongoing. It's a smile from start to finish.

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