Financial Policy at Apple – Case Analysis Apple had nearly $137 billion of cash at the end of Dec 2012. Over the past few years‚ the Company had been highly successful with the launch of the iPhone 3G in 2008‚ and which was followed by the launch of iPad in 2010. The Company enjoyed high profitability‚ and was able to keep its costs at a minimum. The gross margin on the iPhone was between 49% and 58% from October 2010 to March 2012‚ and the gross margin on the iPad was between 23% and 32% in the
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statements about dividend policies is CORRECT? a. Modigliani and Miller argue that investors prefer dividends to capital gains because dividends are more certain than capital gains. They call this the ―bird-in-the hand‖ effect. b. One reason that companies tend to avoid stock repurchases is that dividend payments are taxed at a lower rate than gains on stock repurchases. c. One advantage of dividend reinvestment plans is that they allow shareholders to avoid paying taxes on the dividends that they
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The FOMC is composed of twelve members and their meetings occur eight times a year. In these meetings‚ the monetary policy is voted on and decided by the members. The new changes are announced after the FOMC meeting. I think that the Fed policy decision by next FOMC meeting is important because based on their decision we know what will happen to interest rates. The expected change in rate is often priced into the markets before the announcement‚ so this can cause a drastic market action if the announcement
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The four policies at California State University‚ Los Angeles are Policy on Alcohol and Illegal Drugs‚ Policy on Campus Violence‚ Policy on Weapons‚ and Policy on Prohibition of Sexual Harassment. The Policy on Alcohol and Illegal Drugs beings on page twenty seven of the 2015 Clery. The California State University‚ Los Angeles and Federal‚ State laws ban the usage of illegal drugs and alcohol on campus ground. A California State University‚ Los Angeles students are caught with illegal drugs (selling
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SHAREHOLDERS: DIVIDENDS AND SHARE REPURCHASES (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Dividends versus capital gains Answer: d Diff: E [i]. Myron Gordon and John Lintner believe that the required return on equity increases as the dividend payout ratio is decreased. Their argument is based on the assumption that a. Investors are indifferent between dividends and capital gains. b. Investors require that the dividend yield and
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Case Analysis: McDonald’s Corporation 1. How are customer’s tastes changing in the fast-food industry? What impact do these changes have on McDonald’s sales and net income? Consumer tastes are changing in the fast food industry in a way that could hurt or is hurting them‚ profits wise. People tastes and preferences changes every now and then and these fast food companies must adapt to these changes in order to gain market share and profits. The reasons behind this could be of healthy
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Executive Order No. 26‚ s. 2011 Published: February 24‚ 2011. Latest update: March 5‚ 2012. MALACAÑANG PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 26 DECLARING AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONVERGENCE INITIATIVE FOR A NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM WHEREAS‚ poverty reduction‚ resource conservation and protection‚ productivity enhancement‚ climate change mitigation and adaptation‚ are among the priority programs of the government; WHEREAS‚ there is a need to consolidate and harmonize
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Resource Management The purpose of this paper is to answer questions following Case 26 (Nkomo‚ Fottler‚ & McAfee‚ 2011‚ p. 88). 1. How and why do strategic decisions affect human resource management policies? Can human resource policies or constraints ever affect strategy? Why or why not? Human resource management policies and procedures can be effective through critical decisions because the current policies may not concur with the new tendencies. For this new strategies must be put in place
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There are three different types of additional needs‚ these three are: Physical‚ cognitive and sensory. The reason why people experience additional needs are: Genetic‚ environmental/accidents- such as: sickness or disease. A physical need is something that affected individuals in a physical way‚ such as: Dwarfism affects people physically since it can be harder for them to do certain physical things the same as somebody who doesn’t suffer from a physical additional need. A cognitive need is something
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03/26/2015 Managing Human Resources Case #1 p.508-509 Anastasia Bond 1. Do managers like Janis Blancero face a more complicated decision when evaluating the personal requests of employees versus evaluating employees’ individual work performance? Explain. Yes‚ managers do expect employees to be productive motivated and fit which are the aspects that enable them to carry out their jobs well. Many managers like Janis are constantly in pressure. They have no problem with working flexibility requested
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