BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Report

  • a written or verbal statement analyzing a particular issue, incident, or state of affairs, usually with some form of recommendations for future action

Wiktionary Definition for: Report

  • A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone.
  • Ex:''A '''report''' by the telecommunications ministry showed that the phone network has a severe capacity problem.''
  • (''ballistics'') The loud echo sound from a gun.
  • intransitive (''news'') To relate details of an event or incident.
  • Ex:''This was our correspondent '''reporting''' from Baghdad, Iraq.''
  • intransitive (''military'') To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
  • transitive : To notify of.
  • Ex:''The nuclear plant '''reported''' the incident to the authorities.''
  • Ex:''Riots have been '''reported''' from a remote province of the country.''
  • #To be accountable.
  • Ex:''The financial director '''reports''' to the CEO''

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Flaws and Gaps in Cyrus Mehri's Report on Racism in the Agency Business
Cyrus Mehri's report on race discrimination in the advertising agency business finds that blacks make 20 percent less than whites, and are under-represented by half at all levels of the industry. But is his report going to lead to the big class-action lawsuit that he's hoping to create? A close...
Tags: Advertisement, Report, Agency, Flaw, Class Action, Cyrus Mehri, Mehri, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-01-09
GAO report shows need for reform.(Opinions)(report on medical malpractice insurance costs)(Brief Article)
SOMETIMES, WHAT'S LEFT UNSAID in a report can be as important as the report's stated findings. We think that's the case with the General Accounting Office's recent report on medical malpractice insurance costs. As we report on Page 1, the report fou SOMETIMES, WHAT'S LEFT...
Tags: General Accounting Office, insurance
Research articles 2003-08-04
Cyber Attacks on Georgia Show Need for International Cooperation, Report States
The cyber-attacks against Georgia launched by Russian hackers last year demonstrate the need for international cooperation, according to a report by the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit. In a new report, the non-profit research institute links the attacks to hackers whose organizers were tipped to Russia's military plans.When resentment against a...
Tags: cyberattack
News items 2009-08-18
Cyber-attacks on Georgia Show Need for International Cooperation, Report States
The cyber-attacks against Georgia launched by Russian hackers in 2008 demonstrate the need for international cooperation for security, according to a report by the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit. The nonprofit research institute US-CCU links the attacks to hackers whose organizers were tipped off to Russia's military plans.When resentment against a...
Tags: cyberattack
News items 2009-08-19
Create A Simple Report
You can create a variety of different reports in Access, ranging from the simple to the complex. Certain principles apply, regardless of the report type. The record source provides the data for your report, in the form of information pulled from either a table or a query. After you choose...
Tags: Report, Record Source, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
White papers
Senate panel releases S 12 report. (Senate Commerce Committee's report on cable bill)
Senate Panel Releases S 12 Report WASHINGTON - The Senate Commerce Committee's report on cable bill S 12 largely resembles a report on last year's cable bill, with the addition of a section on retransmission consent. ...
Tags: cable, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1991-07-15
Report blames London for Nimrod crash
LONDON, Oct. 29 UPI -- Cutbacks on safety checks led to a crash of a Nimrod surveillance jet in Afghanistan that left 14 British soldiers dead, a report concluded. The report blasted the British Defense Ministry, the Royal Air Force and two major British weapons companies, BAE Systems and QinetiQ,...
Tags: Report, QinetiQ Ltd., BAE Systems Plc.
News items 2009-10-29
REPORT GENERATOR.(Report Wizard by Algor Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Capability: The Report Wizard generates a report with details about a finite element model and its analysis results. The report is in standard hypertext markup language HTML so that it can be printed or shared through an Internet browser and modifi Capability: The Report Wizard generates...
Tags: HTML
Research articles 1999-12-01
-SILICON REPORT: NMTV launches TV-based Silicon Report on electronic commerce report at EC98.
M2 PRESSWIRE-13 October 1998-SILICON REPORT: NMTV launches TV-based Silicon Report on electronic commerce report at EC98 C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:131098 First Silicon Report delivers compelling interview, comment and analysis of the electronic commerce revolution in TV on CD format ...
Tags: e-business, E-business/E-commerce, INTERNET, silicon, Silicon.com, TV
Research articles 1998-10-13
Report praises Apple's environmental efforts
Apple won praise for its latest efforts to rid its products of harmful chemicals in a new report released Tuesday from environmental organizations ChemSec and Clean Production Action.While Greenpeace seems to have completely missed Apple's environmental advances in its latest report, ChemSec and Clean Production Action's report, "Greening Consumer Electronics:...
Tags: Apple Inc., report
News items 2009-10-06
USAF Report: Cyber War Not Under Radar
IT security experts have been calling for greater attention to be paid to the growing risk for cyber-attacks to be carried out against on critical infrastructure assets in the United States, and some on Capitol Hill have bought into the notion of looming cyber-war; a new report funded by the...
Tags: report, Air Force, Ingersoll-Rand, Cyberattack
News items 2009-10-13
China ready for cyberwar, espionage, report says
IDG News Service - Looking to gain the upper hand in any future cyber conflicts, China is probably spying on U.S. companies and government, according to a report commissioned by a Congressional advisory panel monitoring the security implications of trade with China. The report outlines the state of China's hacking...
Tags: report, China
News items 2009-10-23
'Mark to market' accounting should stay, SEC report says
Bankers who've been seeking Congress' help to suspend "mark to market" accounting rules lost a battle today: The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission recommended in a report that mark-to-market rules should be maintained, although "improved." The report had been ordered up by Congress in October as part of...
News items 2009-08-07
Babcock & Brown directors accused of breaching duties, report
Directors of failed investment bank Babcock & Brown Ltd have reportedly been accused of breaching their duties and corporations law, inadequate disclosure, conflicts of interest and risk management weakness. A 110-page report prepared by administrator Deloitte, to be made available to creditors on August 17 and obtained by The Australian...
Tags: report, Administrator, publication
News items 2009-08-13
Cleantech Group report: E-readers a win for carbon emissions
Only time will tell if electronic book readers are to become a new standard in the future. But the Cleantech Group takes an in-depth look at the environmental impact of the devices in its recent lifecycle analysis. The new study finds that e-readers could have a major impact on improving...
Tags: report, E-reader
News items 2009-08-19
Burglars Using Social Networks to Target People, Report Says
Social networkers using sites like Facebook or Twitter may be leaving themselves open to burglery due to the personal information so many openly share, a report from insurance company Legal & General warns.Users of social networking sites are giving away vital information about themselves and their whereabouts that is being...
Tags: Facebook, social networking, social networking site, Twitter Inc.
News items 2009-08-29
What is a Credit Report
This article focuses different type of credit reports that are maintained in business finances. A consumer credit report is a document that contains a factual record of an individual's credit payment history. Credit grantors are permitted by law to review your credit report to objectively determine whether to grant...
Tags: Payment, Consumer Credit, Operational Accounting, Finance
White papers 2002-01-01
Create A Grouped Or Summary Report
Information is often easier to understand when it is divided into groups. For example, a report that groups sales by region can highlight trends that otherwise might go unnoticed. In addition, placing totals at the end of each group in your report can replace a lot of manual interaction with...
Tags: Report, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Microsoft Office, Sales, Office Suites, Software
White papers
NSW OH&S Report Finally Released
Retired Judge Paul Stein's report on the NSW OH&S laws has finally been released by the NSW Labor government, more than a year after it was finalised. The report was handed to then IR Minister John Della Bosca in April 2007, but it was not publicly released...
Tags: report, government, vertical industries, enterprise software, software, campbell fisher
Blog posts 2008-07-22
FDA submits cheese report to Congress. (Washington).(on standards of cheese identity)(Brief Article)
The FDA has submitted to Congress a report entitled, "Congressional Report on Standards of Identity for Cheese." The report was requested by Congress due to the drastic rise in imports of milk protein concentrate MPC, an ingredient not pe The FDA has submitted to Congress a...
Tags: FDA, milk, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-12-16