WASHINGTON — For many home buyers, qualifying for a mortgage not only is a tough challenge but one that ends unhappily: They get rejected. The reasons for the turndowns typically involve multiple ...

The price-to-book ratio, or P/B ratio, looks at a company from a different angle. It compares the stock’s market ...

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The ability of a company to convert short-term assets into cash is one of the primary concerns of financial managers because liquidity problems can have a big impact on operational efficiency and ...

Financial ratios are tools used to assess the relative strength of companies by performing simple calculations on items on income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements. Ratios measure ...

To evaluate the purity of nucleic acid and protein samples, molecular scientists frequently compare the recorded spectrophotometric absorbance of a sample at 260 nm to the value measured at 280 nm.

Estimating number of prey killed by carnivores such as wolves (Canis lupus) per unit time, or kill rate, is important for the conservation and management of carnivores and their prey. We reviewed ...

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A ratio compares two or more quantities by using parts of a whole. In this bracelet, there are 2 parts red compared to 3 parts blue. The ratio of red beads to blue beads is 2 : 3. This is said aloud ...