Preferred stock 5. (TCO E) Duval Inc. uses only equity capital‚ and it has two equally-sized divisions. Division A’s cost of capital is 10.0%‚ Division B’s cost is 14.0%‚ and the corporate (composite) WACC is 12.0%. All of Division A’s projects are equally risky‚ as are all of Division B’s projects. However‚ the projects of Division A are less risky than those of Division B. Which of the following projects should the firm accept? (Points : 10) A Division B project with a 13% return.
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Week 5 checkpoint IT The credit card data theft at TJX Companies is considered one of the worst ever. The case is significant because of a lack of appropriate security and control. Resources: Ch. 7 & 12 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: •List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? The thieves used several entry points to access TJX corporation systems. They accessed many TJX’s retail
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interest exp. (400‚000 + ½ (300‚000)) 5% = (550‚000) 5% = 27‚500 Long-term interest exp. (400‚000 + ½ (300‚000)) 10% = (550‚000) 10% = 55‚000 27‚500 + 55‚000 = 82‚500 Earnings before interest and taxes = 200‚000 Interest expenses = 82‚500 Earnings before taxes = 200‚000 – 82‚500 = 117‚500 Taxes = 117‚500 X 34% = 39‚950 Earnings after interest and taxes = 200‚000 – 82‚500 – 39‚950 = 77‚550 B. Short-term interest exp. ( ½ (400‚000)) 5% = (200‚000) 5% = 10‚000 Long-term interest exp. (400
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In Smartphone Market‚ It’s Luxury or Rock Bottom By CHRISTOPHER MIMS Feb. 1‚ 2015 8:53 p.m. ET (WSJ) For Apple Inc. and Xiaomi‚ the Chinese smartphone maker often described as the “Apple of China‚” it is the best of times. For most of the companies’ competitors‚ not so much. In December‚ Xiaomi became the world’s most valuable tech startup‚ worth $46 billion. And last week’s blowout quarterly results for Apple were credited to just about everything—from consumers’ lust for big phones to Chief Executive Tim
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The social Study Project The Coureurs Des Boi The Coureurs Des Bois is a French meaning of runner of the forest. The Coureurs became friends with the First nations and hunted by themselves. They would load their canoe with goods from France‚ then travel north and west on the waterways. They met First Nations people and traded them furs and gave them weapons. When they came back in New France they sold fur and the trading thing started all over again. The Coureurs Des Boi woods man
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Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum • Read the four scenarios under “Getting Started‚” on page 311 in Business and Administrative Communication (7th ed.). • Choose one of the four scenarios. • Post your response to this question: Identify one or more ways that the cultural differences in the scenario you choose may be leading to miscommunication. How would you resolve these differences? Getting Started 11.1 Identifying Sources of Miscommunication In each of the following situations‚ identify
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Internal and external users of financial information require assurance that reports filed are accurate and transparent. Increasingly‚ both investors and legislators are requiring accountability from executives and financial officers. For this reason‚ auditing and assurance services must sign-off or attest to the credibility and reliability of written assertions. Creditors rely on the accuracy of financial reports when calculating the risk and interest rate of loans. Investors and employees need reliable
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Market Analysis Bubble tea is specialist drink increasingly being offered in cafés‚ coffees shops and bars.It originates from Asia and is made up of hot or cold tea‚ milk‚ sugar and giant black tapioca balls. Ice is then added and the drink shaken to create the bubble effect. Bubbletea is often referred to as pearl shake‚ tapioca ball drink; boba ice tea and bubble drink among other things.Owing to their influences‚ bubble tea cafés are often Asian-themed in décor and may alsosell Asian snacks and
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UNIX/Linux versus Mac versus Windows POS/355 UNIX/Linux versus Mac versus Windows Really‚ I’m not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. -Linus Torvalds I wish him the best‚ I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger. - Steve Jobs Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document
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Network security fundies Wk 5 bsa310 Introduction The Essence of Network Security: * Allow everything to be accessible and secure at the same time. What exactly does this mean? It means that all your local and network resources need to be made accessible all the time‚ but to only the right people. It is the second part of this statement that causes difficulty. Most administrators have no problem making the resources available‚ but the issue of "to only the right people" is where the
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