Alternative vs. Traditional Energy Sources The use of alternative energy sources versus the use of traditional energy sources has become one of the country’s‚ if not the world’s‚ most heated debate in recent years. For the purposes of this paper‚ the term “alternative energy” refers to any form of energy that is not derived from fossil fuels. Alternative energy sources like wind farms‚ solar cells‚ hydroelectric dams‚ biomass fuels‚ and nuclear power have been considered to be attainable sources
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CASE PROBLEM 3 : TRUCK LEASING STRATEGY From the information given‚ let X = number of trucks obtained from a short term lease in months Y = number of trucks obtained from the long term lease The monthly fuel costs are $100‚ and current trucks available are 20. Make the total monthly fuel costs of $2‚000. Length of lease | Cost per month ($) | 1 | 4‚000 | 2 | 3‚700 | 3 | 3‚225 | 4 | 3‚040 | The monthly costs for short term leased trucks are as follow‚ the calculation below include
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Leasing / Hire Purchase 1. Financing Options • Own Funds • Bank Borrowing / Borrowing • Equity • Leasing • Others Option depends upon • Opportunity cost of funds • Availability of Funds • Debt : Equity Position • Nature of Assets (i.e. obsolescency) 2. What is Lease • Lease can be defined as contractual arrangement where the owner (lessor) of an equipment transfers the right to use the equipment to the user (lessee) for an agreed period
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Distribution of Drinking Water: Alternatives to Traditional Plastic Water Bottles Bottled water is readily available just about anywhere you go for a low price and a high level of convenience. Recently‚ bottled water has been put under a microscope as an industry which is unnecessarily wasteful and inefficient when clean tap water is available in many first world countries. Many different solutions and alternatives have been proposed including:
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Report on Leasing vs. Purchasing The benefits of leasing Computer equipment vs. purchasing Summary The company needs to upgrade its computer equipment. There are two upgrade paths to consider. In this proposal‚ we demonstrate how equipment leases take advantage of the benefits of reduced depreciation and taxation‚ easy scalability‚ reduction of IT staff usage‚ reduced energy costs‚ and reduction of capital spending. The company can free up money overall and maintain better control
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INTRODUCTION Financial Services basically mean all those kinds of services provided in financial terms where the essential commodity is money. These services include: leasing‚ hire purchase‚ consumer credit‚ investment banking‚ commercial banking‚ venture capital‚ insurance‚ credit rating‚ bill discounting‚ and mutual funds ‚ stock broking‚ housing finance‚ vehicle finance‚ mortgages and car loans‚ factoring among other things. Various entities that provide these services are
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Summery Islamic Mode of Financing in other Countries (Malaysia‚ Iran‚ Sudan‚ Saudi Arabia) Introduction Islamic banking and finance may not be a totally new concept‚ the widespread expansion of this form of banking is certainly a fairly recent phenomena. There are more than 600 Islamic banking institutions and these institutions not only operate in Muslim countries‚ but have also gained footing in non-Muslim countries. Consensus forecasts expect the asset size of global IFSI to hit US$2 trillion
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different products available. These include a straightforward car loan‚ hire purchase‚ personal contract hire (car leasing) and Personal Contract Purchase. Therefore car finance includes but is not limited to vehicle leasing. These different types of car finance are possible because of the high residual value of cars and the second hand car market‚ which enables other forms of financing beyond pure unsecured loans. Car finance arose because the price of cars was out of the reach of individual purchasers
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key documents (L/C Letter of Credit ‚ Bill of lading ‚ Draft) constitute a system developed and modified over centuries to protect both importer and exporter from the risk of noncompletion and foreign exchange risk as well as to provide means of financing. Protect against risk of noncompletion Protect against forign exchange risk Finance the trade Key doctuments
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