The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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In Robin Wilson’s article A Lifetime of Student Debt? Not Likely‚ Wilson compares on how even though student loans can get out of control; they do not have to affect the rest of a person’s life. Wilson begins with stating a possible “…national crisis: Student loan borrowing that is threatening the financial future of today’s college students” (256). In other words‚ Wilson’s statement issues that student loans are beginning to get out of control. On the other hand‚ many other people borrow an acceptable
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There are two defenses to debt law cases you should give some thought to if you are being sued: statutes of limitations‚ and what is called "laches." Both rely on the passage of time‚ and both of them have a rather vague status in the law. This article discusses what they are and how to use them. Statutes of Limitations The statute of limitations (in civil law) is the amount of time allowed before the plaintiff must bring suit. That is‚ if a certain amount of time passes after the claim is "ripe"
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APPORTIONMENT AND SUCCESSION OF EXTERNAL DEBTS: THE CASE OF THE SFR YUGOSLAVIA by Mojmir Mrak* I. Introduction With the break-up of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the early 1990s‚ both the newly established states on its territory and the international community in general were once again forced to confront the many problems of state succession. There is no customary international law that can be applied to different types of succession and‚ moreover‚ attempts
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Debt versus Equity Financing Paper Seneca Porter Acc/400 November 7‚ 2014 Theresa Pekron Debt financing is when an organization raises money for working capital or capital expenditures through the process of selling bonds‚ bills‚ or notes to a person or institutional investors. Basically‚ it is the use of borrowing to pay for your organization needs. The return for lending out money‚ the individual or institution then become creditors and obtain a promise that the principal along with the
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DEBT vs. EQUITY AND ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: A REVIEW Linda Schmid Klein‚ University of Connecticut Thomas J. O’Brien*‚ University of Connecticut Stephen R. Peters‚ University of Cincinnati March 2002; Forthcoming‚ The Financial Review *Corresponding author: Department of Finance‚ University of Connecticut‚ 2100 Hillside Rd.‚ Storrs‚ CT 06269-1041; Phone: (860) 486-3041; Fax: (860) 486-0634; E-mail: thomas.obrien@uconn.edu Acknowledgements: The authors thank Ivan Brick‚ Shanta Hegde
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America’s Credit Card Debt By Paul C.Wright Global research‚ March 03‚ 2010 March 03‚ 2010 Region: USA Theme: Global Reseach When the U.S. economy began to melt down in 2007 and entered a rapid period of decline in 2008‚ all eyes were fixed on the subprime mortgage crisis. Though the mortgage crisis‚ triggered by spurious lending practices and unprecedented risky investment bank practices‚ was undoubtedly the dominant factor affecting the American consumer in 2008‚ credit card debt and default was also
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THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA. BY ABUBAKAR SADIQ SALEH Department of Banking and Finance‚ University of Abuja abubakar008@yahoo.co.uk ABSTRACT Debt is borrowing that is either for the purpose of smoothening the consumption path in the face of transitory shocks or as a means of supplementing domestic savings in order to expand productive capacity and raise the long – run growth rate. The objective of this work
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In this article‚ it talks about how rapper‚ Kanye West‚ is apparently $53 million dollars in debt. After releasing his new album: The Life of Pablo‚ he tweeted out “I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt…Please pray we overcome…This is my true heart…” on February 13th. After dropping his new album‚ and claiming he’s on debt‚ it seems highly unusual considering he’s a successful entrepreneur‚ musician‚ and married to Kim Kardashian. Later on‚ a fan named Jeremy
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Audit Quality and Cost of Debt Capital for Private Firms: Evidence from Finland Jukka Karjalainen Department of Business University of Eastern Finland April 10‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of the perceived audit quality in terms of who audits‚ as well as the audit outcomes in terms of the auditor’s opinion and accruals quality‚ in the pricing of debt capital for privately-held firms by examining a large sample of privately-held Finnish firms. The
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