Hong Kong Polytechnic University Faculty of Business School of Account and Finance AF 2504 Introduction to Business Law Case Analysis Report Case Study: FISHER v BELL [1961]1 Q.B.394 Submitted to Lecturer: Sandy SABAPATHY Team members: __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ 1. Case Name: Fisher v. Bell 2. Is it a civil case or criminal case? Under the common law system‚ Various cases can be broadly divided in
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joint-stock banks in china. Higher NPL ratio indicates SDB got a worse quality of the loan portfolio‚ which means the SDB got more nonperforming loan compare to industry peers. Moreover‚ I think the NPL number SDB reported is likely to be too low. Because Newbridge conduct the due diligence and they think the actual NPL is higher. In details‚ SDB was a government-controlled bank. And as a result‚ SDB has poor governance and risk management issues. For example‚ same as other banks in china‚ officers
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1. (TCO 1) What is the goal of financial management for a sole proprietorship? (Points : 3) decrease long-term debt to reduce the risk to the owner maximize net income given the resources of the firm maximize the market value of the equity minimize the tax impact on the proprietor minimize costs and increase production 2. (TCO 1) Which of the these activities is not a capital budgeting task? (Points : 3) determining the amount
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• Examples of financial assets: U.S. Treasury bonds‚ Foreign bond‚.Home mortgage loan‚Common stock. Financial assets are referred to as debt instruments in the case of: U.S. Treasury bonds‚ Corporate bonds‚ Municipal bonds. Financial assets represent a residual claim in the case of Common stock. The process of valuing financial assets include: Estimating the cash flows‚ Determining the appropriate discount rate‚ Discounting the expected cash flows. the following risks are associated with realizing
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THE CAUSES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND OTHER ESSAYS BEFORE AND AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION LUDWIG VON MISES The Ludwig von Mises Institute dedicates this volume to all of its generous donors and wishes to thank these Patrons‚ in particular: Reed W. Mower ~ Hugh E. Ledbetter; MAN Financial Australia; Roger Milliken; E.H. Morse ~ Andreas Acavalos; Toby O. Baxendale; Michael Belkin; Richard B. Bleiberg; John Hamilton Bolstad; Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Bost; Mary E. Braum; Kerry E. Cutter;
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sharply. Mr. Stamper also made a number of other checks on MS. The company ahd a small issue of bonds outstanding‚ which were rated B by Moody’s. Inquires through MEC’s bank indicated that MS had unused lines of credit totaling $5 milliion but had entered into discussion with its bank for a renewal of a $15 million bank loan that was due to be repaid at the end of the year. Telephone calls to MS’s other suppliers suggested that the company had recently been 30 days late in paying its bills
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Analysis Borokhovich‚ K. A.; R. Parrino; and T. Trapani. “Outside Directors and CEO Selection.” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis‚ 31 (1996)‚ 337–355. Chemmanur‚ T. J.‚ and P. Fulghieri. “Investment Bank Reputation‚ Information Production‚ and Financial Intermediation.” Journal of Finance‚ 49 (1994)‚ 57–79. Chemmanur‚ T. J.‚ and Y. Jiao. “Seasoned Equity Issues with ‘Soft’ Information: Theory and Empirical Evidence.” Working Paper‚ Boston College (2005). Chemmanur‚ T. J.‚ and I. Paeglis. “Management
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Chapter 9 Stock Valuation Learning Objectives 1. List and describe the four types of secondary markets. 2. Explain why many financial analysts treat preferred stock as a special type of bond rather than as a true equity security. 3. Describe how the general dividend-valuation model values a share of stock. 4. Discuss the assumptions that are necessary to make the general dividend-valuation model easier to use‚ and be able to use the model to compute the value of a firm’s stock
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Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 bp.com/annualreport Building a stronger‚ safer BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 bp.com/annualreport Building a stronger‚ safer BP Front cover imagery The Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Ramform Sterling seismic vessel‚ which conducts seismic surveys for BP. Left image: the vessel working in the Ceduna Basin‚ Australia. Centre image: the vessel tows 12 streamers (pictured) behind it‚ each 8km long and equipped with hydrophones to pick up echoes from
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physical location. 2.Walgreens‚ CVS‚ and Rite Aid had similar long histories of internal store growth and store acquisitions. Walgreens Web site was primarily informational. It included three main section: online pharmacy‚ company information‚ and a career center. Walgreens established their presence in internet by cooperated with Peapod (the service allowed a customer to order groceries over the internet and have them delivered to the home). Walgreens supplied Peapod’s distribution centers with over-the-counter
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