taught at home about the practice of safe sex and prevention of an unwanted pregnancy. Teenagers that are sexually active need to be put on birth control and taught about STD’s‚ which mean sexual transmitted disease. Teen pregnancy is one hundred percent preventable. Sex and prevention Teenagers are not being taught at home about safe sex and prevention. When a child starts puberty or even before puberty parents should discuss changes that are happening with their bodies. Explaining that it is normal
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2. TELETECH CORPORATION 1. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? Currently Teletech uses a single hurdle rate for both their Telecommunications Services and Products and Services divisions. The hurdle rate is the cost of capital based on an estimate of the corporation’s WACC. 2. Please estimate the segment WACCs for Teletech (see the worksheet in case Exhibit 1). As you do this‚ carefully note the points of judgment in the calculation. Corporate Telecommunications
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Telus: The Cost of Capital Telus needs to calculate the cost of capital from the variety of data given. The cost of capital is determined mostly by how the funds are used rather than where they were obtained from. It relies on the risk of investments Telus involves in‚ therefore‚ depending on cost of both equity of debt as described below. Also note that‚ even though the preferred shares are not attractive to issuers and may not get issued again‚ it is still on the company’s balance sheet and affect
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UV0010 NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings included ExxonMobil
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Mart‚ the name can evoke different emotions in people‚ you love it or not. Reality is‚ the company has and continues to have a huge impact on the global retail market. The current business model dictates that every store and every employee reduce costs to maintain huge financial benefits. In spite of the alleged and proven ethical violations Wal-Mart continues to be driving force on the retail market. Ethical violations include “off the clock work”‚ asking or directing employees to continue working
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In‚ The One Percent Solution‚ by Gordon Lafer‚ he argues that lobbyist groups are taking advantage of the 2008 recession to work to advance the interests of the wealthy. This is being done at the expense of the poor by influencing the policy that government institutions introduce‚ vote on and implement. The lobbyist’s underlying agenda is to try and change the relationship between the workers and the owners as well as shift the expectations for government protections that the workers currently have
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Ch 4: Return on Invested Capital 1. Drivers of Return on Invested Capital ROIC = (1-Tax Rate)*((Price per Unit-Cost per Unit)/Invested Capital per Unit) A company with a competitive advantage will have a higher ROIC because it either can charge a premium price or can produce at a more efficient cost. The structure-conduct-performance (SCP) framework is the strategy model that underlies our thinking about what drives competitive advantage and ROIC. The structure of an industry influences the
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a discount rate of 12%; however‚ a quick sensitivity analysis showed that Nike was undervalued at a discount rate below 11.17%. Ford then asked her assistant‚ Joanna Cohen‚ to estimate Nike’s cost of capital‚ which‚ per Cohen’s analysis‚ came to 8.4%. Background The cost of capital is the minimum return that a company should make on an investment or the minimum return necessary for investors to cover their cost. Two main factors of the cost of capital are the cost of debt and
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shareholders’ value: the discounted cash flow techniques to evaluate potential investments allow the company to invest only in profitable projects. Therefore‚ it can maximize the use of its cash flow to gain profits. Optimize the use of debt in the capital structure: because firms with lower percentage of debt have higher value‚ Marriott uses this strategy to increase its value and thereby increase it profitability. Repurchase undervalued shares: By buying back its undervalued shares‚ Marriott can
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 15 Financial Administration FINC 5713-180 Team 1 Fall 2013. October 8‚ 2013. Introduction Kimi Ford a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group which is a mutual-fund management firm‚ is considering to buy some shares from Nike‚ inc even if it’s share price had declined from the beginning of the year‚ for the Northpoint Large-cap fund she managed which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies and it was doing well despite the decline
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