Karachi‚ Fauji Cement reported a profit of Rs0.923 billion for the first half of the current fiscal year‚ switching to black from a loss of Rs0.102 billion in the corresponding half of the preceding year. On a quarter-to-quarter basis‚ the cement producer’s profits accumulated to Rs0.562 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 against Rs0.361 billion profit in the corresponding previous quarter‚ up an impressive 56%. Gross profit ratio was 27% as compared to 17% during last year. An improvement
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II. Background of the Company Habesha Cement is a Share Company incorporated as per the laws of Ethiopia and it was initially founded by individuals who have long years of experience in the cement industry and businesspersons who have the insight to run a big and complex business entity. It is now recently announced that the company has finalized a 1.52 Billion birr loan agreement with Development bank of Ethiopia to cover the 70% cost of the project. The company has already secured 31.6 acres
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS OF NEW FIRMS Alicia M. Robb David T. Robinson Working Paper 16272 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16272 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2010 The authors are grateful to the Kauffman Foundation for generous financial support. Malcolm Baker‚ Thomas Hellmann‚ Antoinette Schoar‚ Ivo Welch‚ and seminar participants at the Kauffman/Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Entrepreneurial Finance
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CHAPTER 16 FINANCIAL LEVERAGE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE POLICY Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. Business risk is the equity risk arising from the nature of the firm’s operating activity‚ and is directly related to the systematic risk of the firm’s assets. Financial risk is the equity risk that is due entirely to the firm’s chosen capital structure. As financial leverage‚ or the use of debt financing‚ increases‚ so does financial risk and‚ hence‚ the overall
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Executive summary AT&T is the largest communications holding company in the world by revenue. In 2008‚ the company continued to set the pace for industry growth. Revenues as well as per-share earnings increased during this period. The company strengthened its position in key consumer segments and returned value to stockholders through two means – stock buybacks and strong dividends. Highlights of the company’s 2008 financial performance include consolidated revenues that were up more than 4% over
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Reaffiid 1995 1 PORTLAND SLAG CEMENT-SPECIFICATION ( Fourth Revision ) Second Reprint SEPTEMBER 1998 UDC 666’943 @ BIS 1990 BUREAU MANAK OF BHAVAN‚ 9 INDIAN BAHADUR NEW DELHI STANDARDS SHAH 110002 e-4 ZAFAR MARG May 1990 Cenmnt and Concrete Sectional Committee‚ CED 2 FOREWORD This Indian Standard ( Fourth Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 30 October 1989‚ after the draft finalized by the Cement .and Concrete Sectional Committee had
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accounting information of the selected company which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. With this regard Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad (LMCB) is selected‚ then analyzed and evaluated how the accounting principles they have used and the qualitative characteristic of the accounting information is published in its annual report for the year 2011.By analyzing the annual report of Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad (LMCB) its being found that they have applied basic accounting principles and has qualitative characteristics
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CHAPTER 13 CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LEVERAGE (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Business risk Answer: c Diff: E [i]. A decrease in the debt ratio will generally have no effect on . a. Financial risk. b. Total risk. c. Business risk. d. Market risk. e. None of the above is correct. (It will affect each type of risk above.) Business risk Answer: d Diff: E [ii]. Business risk
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Executive Summary Industry Profile 1. Industry classification 2. Size & growth 3. Profitability 1. Industry Profitability 2. Complement & family products profitability 3. Factors affect profitability: 3.1. Product segmentation 3.2. Degree of industry concentration 3.3. Ease of entry & exit 3.4. Price factors in key supply input 4. SWOT analysis Demand and Supply Analysis 1. Demand 1. Customer study 1.1. Age/Sex/Geographical allocation 1.2. Occupation/Income/Lifestyles
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Capital structure decisions: To M&M and beyond Introduction Modigliani and Miller’s proposition one states that by introducing debt financing does not change the value of the firm or the value of the firm’s cash-‐flows but only the way that these cash-‐flows of the firm are split between its debt and
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