Harvard Business School 9-297-052 Rev. July 12‚ 1997 USG Corporation On May 2‚ 1988‚ USG Corporation‚ the world’s largest gypsum producer‚ announced that the board of directors had approved a recapitalization plan. According to the plan‚ USG would exchange each outstanding share of common stock for $37.00 in cash‚ $5.00 in stated face amount of 16% junior subordinated pay-in-kind debentures‚ and one share in the newly recapitalized company. Robert Day‚ USG’s Chairman and CEO‚ said the
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Financial Statement Analysis 2.1 Income Statement and Statement of Comprehensive Income 2.1.1 Revenue 2.1.2 Gross profit 2.1.3 Operating profit 2.1.4 Finance cost 2.1.5 Profit before tax 2.1.6 Net profit 2.1.7 Earnings per share 2.1.8 Return on investment 2.2 Balance Sheet 2.2.1 Current/ quick ratio 2.2.2 Working capital cycle 2.2.3 Gearing 2.2.4 Asset turnover 2.3 Statement of Changes in Equity 2.4 Cash flow Statement 2.4.1 Operating cash flow/Revenue 2.4.2 Free cash
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inventory? Inventory is reported as part of the CURRENT ASSETS. Comment on ROLCAM’s Answer: 1000 characters remaining Submit Comment E6-2 Unadjusted Ending inventory $732‚570 1. Included in the company’s count were goods with a cost of $257‚200 that the company is holding on consignment. The goods belong to Superior Corporation. ($257‚200) 2. The physical count did not include goods purchased by Strawser with a cost of $45‚030 that were shipped FOB destination on December 28 and did
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Unit One Alternative Seminar Assignment Carsondra Deanea Grimes MT 217 Finance Professor Sandy McDonald Kaplan University Date: 10/30/12 There are three main aspect of finance of business organizations as described below. The first of the three are investments which is the area of finance in which focuses on interest rates and mortgages and returns and falls on investment activities. This area is critical for a successful business as its focus is profitability
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Investment Appraisal: The Gamma plc case Gamma plc is considering buying a new machine to expand their production of office furniture. The machine costs £1.3 million and will last for 5 years. The scrap value of these machines is £150‚000. It is expected that the asset will be sold for this value on the last day of the fifth year‚ and that a replacement machine will then be purchased. An investment of £120‚000 in working capital will be needed initially. The projected financial data
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Investment Behavior‚ Observable Expectations‚ and Internal Funds Jason G. Cummins ∗ Assistant Professor New York University 269 Mercer Street New York‚ NY 10003 jcummins@econ.nyu.edu Kevin A. Hassett Resident Scholar American Enterprise Institute 1150 17th Street NW Washington‚ DC 20036 khassett@aei.org Stephen D. Oliner Asst. Dir. of Research Federal Reserve Board Mail Stop 93 Washington‚ DC 20551 soliner@frb.gov First Draft: September 8‚ 1997 Second Draft: July 6‚ 1998 Third Draft: March 31
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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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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Finance individual report Penta ltd (Investment appraisal) Introduction What is investment appraisal? It is the activity responsible for carrying out a cost benefit analysis to justify capital expenditure for a new investment. Capital investment decisions are those decisions that make current outlays in return for a stream of benefits in future years. . The characteristic of many investments is risk and uncertainty. many organisations prefer to avoid high risk investments but may consider
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(b) 12% (c) 18% (d) 24% If ECE’s net profit margin is 8% ‚ then ECE’s return on equity (ROE) is: (a) 10% (b) 12% (c) 24% (d) 30% If ECE’s earnings are $10 million‚ its price-earnings ratio is (a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 20 (d) Cannot be determined 2 3 Capital budgeting (3 points) Fancypants Fashion is going to purchase new sewing machines worth 50 million Euros to manufacture purple trousers for the coming five years‚ after which purple trousers will be out of fashion and no longer in demand. The machines
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