100 S C I E N T I F I C A M E R I C A N September 2008 © 2008 SCIENTIFIC AMERIC AN‚ INC. The Road ahead the end of privacy? Young people share the most intimate details of personal life on socialnetworking Web sites‚ portending a realignment of the public and the private By Daniel J. Solove harry campbell H e has a name‚ but most people just know him as “the Star Wars Kid.” In fact‚ he is known around the world by tens of millions of people. Unfortunately‚ his notoriety is for one of
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Student Loan Debt Crippling Local Economies? Research suggests that increased student loan debt is creating a negative‚ ripple effect on local economies‚ because graduates are starting families later‚ buying homes later‚ and are repaying loan debt with their professional earnings rather than spending back into their local economy. About half of all students (49%) graduate college with a total debt count of over 30‚000 dollars in student loan debt alone. When you add all this debt together‚ college
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.....................................................................................................15 1.2 Research Approach and Purpose ............................................................................................................16 2. RESEARCH STRATEGY: CASE STUDY .................................................................................................17 2.1 Choice of Country ................................................................................................
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An Appraisal of Dividend Policy and Capital Structure of Apex Tanneries Limited 1. Company Profile Apex tanneries has been setting standard in Bangladesh leather export industry since 1976.equiped with the state of the art Italian modern machinery and maintaining high quality strictness. Through the years its production has been progressively entailing a constant expansion of building and machinery .Annual production exceeds 23 million square meters and company sales turnover amount to
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Debt policy at UST inc. Case To: UST Board of Directors From: UST Financial analysis team Date: 18 January 2011 Subject: Future debt policy at UST and recapitalization option 1. Analysis of UST business current and future environment UST operates in the smokeless Tobacco industry‚ a market with 2 B$ of revenues‚ which grew at a CAGR of 3.7% over the past 17 years‚ but more recently experienced a decrease in growth rate‚ dropping to 2.9% in 1997 and 1.2% in 1998. In this market‚ UST
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Cost of Debt and Cost of Equity: Cost of Debt is the interest rate and the Cost of Equity is the expected rate of return demanded by investors in the firm’s common stock. The issue at hand is finding the correct costs of debt and equity in order to find an accurate calculation of WACC. Cohen used the 20-year yield on U.S. Treasuries as the risk free rate‚ which we found to be the correct figure given that Nike Inc. debt was valued over 25 years. Because there is no other given yield that is comparable
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Capacity Planning The overall objective of strategic capacity planning is to reach an optimal level where production capabilities meet demand. Capacity needs include equipment‚ space‚ and employee skills. If production capabilities are not meeting demand‚ high costs‚ strains on resources‚ and customer loss may result. It is important to note that capacity planning has many long term concerns given the long term commitment of resources. Managers should recognize the broader effects capacity
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APMA1210 – Operations Research Final Project By: S. Sajjad Hasan Introduction For my project I picked a case out the Hillier textbook‚ specifically Case 11.1 (Pages 533 – 535). In this case‚ Communicorp‚ a leading communication technology company is faced with financial difficulty due to disorganized internal communications. In order to remedy the situation‚ the CEO instructs us to phase in a corporate intranet to help departments communicate effectively. The schedule for different departments
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that has been seen so far – everything from the music player to the alarm clock and notification bar is gorgeous‚ and the UI‚ according to the MIUI website‚ is updated weekly‚ based on the user feedback. Mission Statement: A mission statement defines what an organization is‚ why it exists‚ and its reason for being. At a minimum‚ a mission statement should define who the primary customers are‚ identify the products and services that have been produced‚ and describe the geographical location in which
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Introduction to Algebra Instructor: Deshonda Stringer March 2‚ 2014 FINANCIAL POLYNOMIALS The assignment that I will be discussing is financial polynomials. The use of financial polynomials is used in the real world all the time. Financial polynomials are really important because it is an easy way for you to figure out how much you need to be able to plan a trip‚ retirement‚ or a college fund. Using the formula p (1+r/2) ^ (2) we could compound the interest semiannually. In this assignment
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