Fin 447

U.S. –Based MNCs

Name of Firm Ticker Symbol Amount of Your Investment Price Per Share at Which You Purchased The Stock

Apple Inc. APPL $10,000 $74.98

Nike NKE $10,000 $87.65

Foreign Stocks (ADRs)

Name of Firm Ticker Symbol Country Where Firm is Based Amount of Your Investment Price Per Share at Which You Purchased The Stock

ADVANTEST CORP NYSE:ATE Japan $10,000 $11.49

51 JOB INC NASDAQ:JOBS China $10,000 $53.97

Finance 447

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a range of personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, and sells variety of related software and etc. The company’s products consist of “Mac” computers, iPhones, iPads, iPod, apple tv, and Xserve. Apple operates worldwide by selling its products through retail stores, online stores, direct sales force, cellular network carries and wholesalers. In addition, the company sells to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. Also, the company was founded in 1977 and a California corporation. The business strategy is the company is committed to bringing the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, peripherals, and service and internet offerings. The leverages of the company have the ability to design and develop its own operating systems, hardware, application software, and service to its customer’s new product and solution with superior ease-of-use, seamless integration, and innovative industrial design. Apple also continues to build and host a robust platform for the discovery and delivery of third-party digital content and applications through the iTunes store. Therefore, the company expanding on it distribution to effectively reach more customers and provide them with a high-quality sale and post-sales support experience. The company is aggressive competition in all area of it business. The markets are characterized by frequent product...