apが買われた

地元を含め地方ではなじみのない人も多いかと思われる首都圏型コンビニ「am/pm」

ちょっと前までは「ローソンさんうちを買ってくださいよ～」って交渉していたかと思ったが、その話が破談になってから数ヶ月 いつの間にかファミリーマートが買収することになっていたとは・・・ http://markets.nikkei.co.jp/kokunai/hotnews.aspx?id=AS2F1202O%2013112009

個人的にはどこよりも新しい技術やサービスを取り入れるコンビニとして好きだった。

特に電子マネーEdyをコンビニに導入したさきがけとしての時代の先端をいくイメージがあり、「Edyが使えるからapで買おう」とよく通ったものだ。

（その反対がEdyが使えないからセブンイレブンはいかない　

　→ セブンもようやくそういう利用者が見逃せなくなったのかnanakoだけでなくEdyも使えるようになった。）

ただコンビニ業界では「am/pmの店舗は他社からみてもうらやましい立地にばかりある」との話が定説だったらしい。

つまりテナント料なり土地代がコンビニをやっていくうえで高すぎるとこが多かったようだ。

便利なところにあるのは消費者からするといいが、コンビニ側も慈善事業でやっているわけではなく、事業としてやる以上あるていど儲け続けなければならない。

コストがかさみすぎていたわけだ。

そこに今回のファミマの買収。正直１２０億で買収ときいて「安！」っと思ってしまったが、am/pmはそれくらいの規模だったんだなぁと、いまさらながら思い知った。

ちなみに最近セブンイレブンではガンダムキャンペーンをやっていたり、Edyが使えるようになったりで、自分の中でのランクアップ。（「一番くじ」でガンダムのフィギュア（?）が当たった）

Early winter?

It's so cold today.

This freezing cold has stared since yesterday.

Where is autumn in 2009?

I think that the autumn of this year was really short.

I was back.

I don't know whether my grammer of English is correct or not, but I restart this blog for practice my English.

Actually, I aim for high score on TOEFL iBT test. So I have to master English at an early date.

Because I'm planning to go abroad, especially study abroad for graduate school.

So I must get high score and submit to some graduate school in 2010.

Anyway, I'm going to write some topics everyday...or sometimes.

And I will note my study memo on foot.

Today's study records

- Listening class on prep school for 3hours

- Basic Writing class on 3hours

- Memorize terms

What's IPO

I got a assignment at a English school yesterday.

It's explaining a word "IPO" in easy English.

This is a word of securities dealing.

I look for this meaning on the web -especially Google-

They say like below

define:IPO

A company's first sale of stock to the public. Securities offered in an IPO are often, but not always, those of young, small companies seeking outside equity capital and a public market for their stock. Investors purchasing stock in IPOs generally must be prepared to accept very large risks for the possibility of large gains. IPO's by investment companies (closed end funds) usually contain underwriting fees which represent a load to buyers.

I'd better get back to my homework!

I have to explain easier English.

So,IPO is ...

BOOKING words

"amount of proceeds"

I couldn't say this word at the today's lesson.

I just said "amount of sales". I think it was not wrong...but

My English didn't get through to a instractor.

I pause to realize that it is difficult to explain words of business.

Of course, my English explaining is not enough yet.

Ah, how can I speak English more fluently!

Anyway, I'd like to collect up some words of BOOKING today.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

amount of proceeds

- cost of goods sold

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gross profit on sales

- selling and general administrative expenses

----------------------------------------

business profit

+ nonoperating income

- nonoperating expense

---------------------

current earnings

+ extraordinary gain

- extraordinary charge

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income before income taxes and others

- income taxes-deferred

----------------------

current net income

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Folks, it's time to wrap it up !

I have come back.

Long long time no see!

I have come back this web-log again.

I'd like to contenue everyday if I can...

Anyway, I went to a english school today and comunicate with an Italian teacher without text book.

And...Oops. This is the time I should go to bed. So it is to be contenued...zzz

Feel so bad...

I have learned English at the one of English conversation school for 6 month.

But my English skill is really bad yet.

I know I have to practice more , I don't have enough time...

Ah ,I know It's also a kind of pretext.

I have a desire to improve myself,however,I'm not good at continuance.

I want to keep wrighting this weblog at the very leastt...

Hot-pot party

Today I held hotpot party .

I met my friend at Sugamo 6PM,

Then we go to supermarket to buy food for hotpot.

Few minute later , another friend come to us.

We bought some strange food .

We started dinner of hotpot with pots of 2 type.

The one of those is Kimuchi soup taste.

It' s standerd taste for hot pot in japan.

Another one is Komtang soup.

It's not usual type,but really good taste .

The best strange food is Shuumai.

This is really nice combination with Kimuchi soup.

I want to try more strange hotpot .

I need my power of concentration

I beame study harder than lastyear in these days .

I can study long time at a cofe .

However,I can't keep studying every day.

Why I can't do ?

I know the reason why ,but it difficult to be better.

The most important thing is my WILL .

I belieave my will bring me a good future.

All I have to do is the thing in front of me.

Keep going...

The first log

I start this weblg from today.

If someone noticed incorrect-grammar or words in this writing,

please give me correct expression .