1. Bob’s Warehouse has a pre-tax cost of debt of 8.4 percent and an unlevered cost of capital of 14.6 percent. The firm’s tax rate is 37 percent and the cost of equity is 18 percent. What is the firm’s debt-equity ratio? | 0.76 | | 0.82 | | 0.79 | | 0.87 | | 0.72 | 2. Johnson Tire Distributors has an unlevered cost of capital of 11 percent‚ a tax rate of 34 percent‚ and expected earnings before interest and taxes of $1‚400. The company has $2‚700 in bonds
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least it would look like this. Older: Retribution‚ Deterring‚ isolation‚ rehabilitation (only if it was available). Modern: Rehabilitation‚ Isolation‚ Deterring‚ Retribution (Hardly ever the case). Older forms of capital punishment revolved around retribution. In the modern era Capital punishment is hardly enforced and courts would prefer to isolate that person before killing them. Deterring a person from breaking a rule was a major method of punishment in older times (1500-1860). Public beatings
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In Slaughterhouse Five‚ Kurt Vonnegut explains his experience of the World War II bombing of Dresden‚ Germany. Vonnegut’s creative antiwar novel shows the audience the hardships of the life of a soldier through his writing technique. Slaughterhouse Five is written circularly‚ and time travel is ironically the only consistency throughout the book. Vonnegut outlines the life of Billy Pilgrim‚ whose life and experiences are uncannily similar to those of Vonnegut. In Chapter 1‚ Kurt Vonnegut non-fictionally
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a painful recollection of a past harrowing event that haunts victims for the rest of their lives and often causes extreme anxiety‚ depression‚ and in some cases‚ drug abuse and suicide. The suicide rates have increased effectually among soldiers‚ with about twenty-eight veterans killing themselves each day (Rosenshield). Many veterans are diagnosed with PTSD‚ and are forced to live with it for the rest of their lives. It is hard to understand the shift
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Caribbean Human Capital Development Caribbean political leaders such as Sir Grantley Adams (Barbados)‚ Sir Norman Manley (Jamaica) and Dr. Eric Williams (Trinidad) believed in the principle of enhancing Human Capital. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the Human Capital Theory in its application to Caribbean societies. As the world industrializes‚ the desire to optimize efficiency and maximize profits is paramount to societal development. Many have written on this‚ proposing numerous
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In Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter-House Five‚ the protagonist Billy Pilgrim is loose in time and is free‚ though not in control‚ to experience any moment of his life. Tralfamadorians have the ability to experience reality in four dimensions; meaning‚ roughly‚ that they have total access to past‚ present‚ and future; they are able to perceive any point in time at will. Able to see along the timeline of the universe‚ they know the exact time and place of its accidental annihilation as the result of a Tralfamadorian
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The Horror of War Exposed in Slaughterhouse Five When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city of Dresden‚ Germany was subjected to one of the worst air attacks in the history of man. By the end of the bombing 135‚000 to 250‚000 people had been killed by the combined forces of the United States and the United Kingdom. Dresden was
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Prince Dang Mr. Hergott CHC-2DI Period 1 January 17‚ 2014 The Famous Five Background Information The ‘Famous Five’ was a group of 5 women that strived for the equality of women. Before they came together they each did something that helped or protected women’s’ rights. Emily Murphy was a suffragist‚ writer and reformer. She helped create The Married Women’s Protective Act in 1911 by defending the right of wives to share ownership of their husband’s property. In 1916 she became
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statutory curriculum for children from birth to 5years. All child care providers must use the early year’s foundation stage to ensure a consistent and flexible approach to children’s care‚ learning and development in order for the child to meet the five every child matters outcomes. The welfare requirement is enforced by Regulations made under Section 39‚ (1) (b) of the Childcare Act 2006. There are six area covered by the early learning goals and educational programmes. Which are:- -Personal
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It’s often said in rescue- we don’t know an animal’s past‚ but we know that animal’s future. That was the case with five Lhasa Apsos when what seemed like a routine surrender turned into a horrible case of neglect that shocked even the most experienced animal rescue groups who volunteered to take them in. Robin Roberts founded Critter Mamas rescue in Ruskin‚ Florida‚ after she found herself bringing home animals that needed homes. “Dogs in need just find me”‚ Roberts told The Dodo. The rescue mainly
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