Scavenger Hunt
February 8, 2002
1) Click here to view the median family income for Nassau County, New York.
=> The median household income in Nassau County, New York is $61,026
***** The company I choose to do my research on is Lockheed Martin *****
2) Click here to view the net income of Lockheed Martin in the most recently ended
fiscal year.
The net income was a lose of $519,000,000
3) The PE ratio for Lockheed Martin was 21.2. This was higher then the industry PE ratio which was 16.25.
Click here to view a more detailed chart of Lockheed Martins Finances.
4) Lockheed Martin was trading at 53.60 a share and was up $0.39 for the day. The quote was obtained at 4:43 p.m. on Wednesday February 6, 2002
Click here to go to Lockheed Martin quote page through Yahoo Finance.
Lockheed Martin closed at 25.9375 on June 2, 2000 (my birthday).
Click here to go see the link to Yahoo Finance for June 2, 2002.
5) The following 30 companies comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average: Alcoa Inc., American Express Co., AT&T Corp., Boeing Co., Caterpillar Inc., Citigroup Inc., Coca-Cola Co., E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Eastman Kodak Co., Exxon Mobile Corp., General Electric Co., Hewlett Packard Co., Home Depot Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Intel Corp., International Business Machines Inc. (IBM), International Paper Co., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's Corp., Mereck & Co. Inc., Microsoft Corp., Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., Philip Morris Cos., Procter & Gamble Co., SBC Communications Inc., United Technologies Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Walt Disney Co.
Click here to see the entire list of the Dow 30 from the Dow Jones website.
6) The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 1211.40 on June 2, 1983 (my birthday).
The Dow Jones closed at 9685.43 on February 5, 2002.
Click here to view where I found this historical quote for June 2, 1983.
Click here to view where I found the closing quote for February 5, 2002
7) To find the answer to number 7 I accessed www.accountingweb.com.
3 ways to prevent identity theft:
1.
Destroy papers you don't need: credit-card and ATM receipts, checks or
deposit slips, health insurance benefit statements, paycheck stubs, tax records
and pre-approved credit-card offers. Buy a shredder and use it.
2.
Do not carry your Social Security number with you, never give it out
unless absolutely necessary and do not have it printed on your checks.
3.
Check your credit report each year. Investigate any accounts you did not
apply for directly. To check your credit, contact one of the three major
agencies: TransUnion 800-888-4213 (www.tuc.com),
Experian 888-EXPERIAN (www.experian.com),
or Equifax 800-685-1111 (www.equifax.com).
There is a fee for this service.
Click here to see the entire list of ten ways to avoid identity theft.
3 ways to save time while searching the internet:
1. To search for a word or phrase on a Web page, press CTRL+f to open the Find dialog box. Type in the word or phrase you are looking for.
2. To scroll up to the beginning of a page slowly, press the UP ARROW. To scroll up to the beginning of a page quickly, press PAGE UP.
3. You can remove a shortcut from your Favorites or Links list or menu by right-clicking it and then left-clicking Delete.
Click here to see the other seven ways to save time while searching the internet.
8) Comparing www.expedia.com and www.travelocity.com
| When comparing these two websites I used the
following criteria: 1) How easy is it to navigate around the site 2) How
was the overall design 3) The search capabilities 4) Personal Appeal.
I Felt that Expedia was an easier sight to navigate then Travelocity. I think this was because of the layout of Expedia. The links on Expedia were bigger and bolder then those found on Travelocity. The structure of the design was also much better. All the links were in columns were as Travelocity had links scattered website. The search capabilities were equal. Both sites offered advanced searches which was an added bonus. Travelocity excelled at highlighting travel bargains where it seemed Expedia catered more towards the experienced traveler. All in all I liked searching on Expedia's website more then on Travelocity. |
9) One company that recruits on the campus of Villanova University is Lord & Taylor.
Click here to see the over 300 employers that recruit on campus.
10) One service activity that interests me is the Bigs and Littles program sponsored by Campus ministry. Here is a brief description of the program:
The Villanova Bigs and Littles program was established in 1987 by Campus Ministry to provide developmental opportunities for children in the South Philadelphia area. The over-all objective of the program is for the "Little" to create a healthy relationship with a Villanova student that is capable of addressing the child's spiritual, social and interpersonal needs.
The main responsibilities of the Villanova "Big" are to make weekly contacts by visit, phone, or letter with his or her "Little" and to take the Little on monthly trips with the group. Bigs are also expected to be active in developing solid connections with other Bigs by attending meetings and participating in fundraisers.
Click here to see the entire description of the Bigs and Littles program.
11) We examine four areas of rapid technology development that exploit the capabilities of interactive e-channels: Web-based self-service, data mining, personalization and e-cash.
Personalization. Personalization in the form of customized portals (e.g., MyYahoo) and news notification against personal profiles are already mainstays of many Web offerings. However, most of today's personalization is human-driven, requiring users to explicitly state or select their preferences, or businesses to define rules to drive the customization. An emerging set of capabilities (based on machine learning and data mining) enables data-driven personalization, whereby the system learns the user's preferences automatically based on behavior such as click-through patterns or length of time spent in various areas of the site. In particular, real-time data mining enables a context-rich and immediate response and adjustment to customer behavior rather than relying solely on offline historical data. An early example of automated personalization is Amazon's use of collaborative filtering to provide its "users who bought this book also bought …" feature.
Click here to view the other three areas of technology development within e-business.
The EPS for Lockheed Martin in the 4 quarter of 2001 was $0.49 per share one penny above estimates.
Click here to see the article.
Click here to view an article reporting on Lockheed Martin Earnings Per Share (EPS) retrieved using the Lexus-Nexus database. (Note sometimes you can't access this because you are not logged into the network.)
12) Click here to hear the gong sound.
Click here to see other wav files.
Click here to listen to Born in the USA on a midi file.
Click here to view other Bruce Springsteen midi files.
Click here to listen to Tears in Heaven from a MP3 file.
Click here to download Morpheus where I downloaded Tears In Heaven.
Click here to view other gif files.
13) Click here to view the license file for Eudora.
Click here to download Eudora.
14) The personal technology column in the Wall Street Journal is written by Walter Mossberg.
Click here to see his most recent article. (Note: You must be a subscriber to access it.)
The article compared the Philips Expanium MP3-CD player to the Pine D'music SM-200c MP3-CD player. The flaw with the Philips player is the lack of a screen which makes navigating from song to song hard. The player is described as "flimsy" and "the controls were clumsy." The Pine D'music player had a screen which made it easier to navigate however it had a fatal flaw which caused it to skip and in some cases it played 5 to 10 seconds of static.
Click here to see the article by Walter Mossberg comparing MP3-CD players.
Click here to see the article from the Dow Jones Retrieval site. (Note: Due to where you are opening this link you may not be able to go directly to the article.)
Click here to see an article on Corporate Philanthropy entitled "For a Company, Charitable Works Are Best Carried Out Discreetly" By Ronald Alsop.
Click here to see the article from the Wall Street Journal online edition where I downloaded it from.