FNCE 201 Corporate Finance Prof. Fu Fangjian Due: the class in 4th week (10-14 Sep) UST Inc. is considering a debt-for-equity recapitalization. In the deal‚ UST will issue $1 billion debt to buy back stocks. In class we argue that an important determinant of a firm’s debt policy is the tradeoff between the tax benefits of debt and the costs of financial distress and bankruptcy. Mature firms generating positive and stable operating income are more likely to take advantage of the debt tax shields
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Case Analysis – BP America‚ Inc.: The Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill and a Commitment to “Being Green” Michelle L. Staton Case Summary The Angelo-Persian Oil Company was formed in 1909 by a wealthy Englishman named William Knox D’Arcy. It did not operate under the British Petroleum (BP) name until 1954. In early 1959‚ BP discovered hydrocarbons under the North Sea and Alaska‚ and found the West Sole gas field in 1965 which was the first oil exploration success in British waters. In 1969
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In 2005‚ Phillip (Phil) Landgraf faced several glaring problems in the financial performance of his company‚ BioPharma‚ Inc. The firm had experienced a steep decline in profits and very high costs at its plants in Germany and Japan. Landgraf‚ the company ’s president for worldwide operations‚ knew that demand for the company ’s products was stable across the globe. As a result‚ the surplus capacity in his global production network looked like a luxury he could no longer afford. Any improvement in
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A Case Study on Pressco‚ Inc. (1985) Submitted by: Cherry Ann Abangtao Maricor Quilnat Hyacinth Mae Yarcia Jan Joseph Tayzon 4BSA Financial Management II History Jane Rogers‚ a marketing representative of Pressco Inc.‚ was attempting to sell mechanical drying equipments to Paperco but was unsuccessful in her efforts. However‚ in November 1985 new tax legislation had been rumored that gained the interest of Paperco to buy new equipments. This gave Jane Rogers the
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Diversity of Small Caps Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB.CN) Our group decided to only pick three small cap companies to invest in‚ because we were only left with $3‚000 to invest with‚ so we spent $1‚000 on shares on each of the 3 companies. The first company we invested $1‚000 into was Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB.CN). Aurora Cannabis is a licensed producer of medical marijuana‚ and is a key player in the cannabis industry. Our group picked this stock because medical/legal marijuana is becoming very popular
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I. Identification Case Summary: Arnie is a newly employed technician at an up and coming data recovery company‚ Recoupabyte Confidential‚ Inc. He is assigned to a new customer‚ Mr. Bowen‚ a man who needs his tax documents recovered after hurling his computer out of a window in rage. The new client makes inquiries about the extent of confidentiality the company adheres to. The company’s website advertises comprehensive data recovery from most mishaps with complete confidentiality and their tagline
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The Corinthian Colleges‚ Inc. (CCI) which directed the Everest‚ Wyotech and Heald colleges and were all considered Private Postsecondary schools deceived their students by making them believe hollow promises that had no intentions of being true. They fabricated false job placement rates for students. The Corinthian Colleges declared bankruptcy after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) affirmed that students were being cheated and that the job prospects were only an advertisement to attract
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Case 2. Healthy Foods‚ Inc. Healthy Foods‚ Inc. situation is a tough one. Profits‚ along with morale‚ are down. They have just recently broken off from their parent company and gotten a new president. Some of the policies and business practices they have in place aren’t working for them anymore. Healthy Foods has a line-forcing policy‚ which requires that any store wanting to carry its brand name must be willing to carry most of the 65 items in the Healthy Foods line. This policy‚ along
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Augustine Medical‚ Inc. Augustine Medical‚ Inc. is a Minnesota corporation that develops and markets products for hospital operating rooms and postoperative recovery rooms. Company executives are now finalizing the marketing program a patient warming system‚ which is designed to treat postoperative hypothermia in the recovery room‚ called Bair Hugger Patient Warming System. It is specially designed to maintain body temperatures of patients recovering from surgery. The product consists of a heater/blower
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KKB101 Practitioner Profile Your full name: Jasmine Rielly Your Student no: 9717358 Your Discipline/major(s): Entertainment Industries What is really important to you in life? We’re getting at core values here... think about your creative motivations and the mapping exercise we did this week to help with this question. Write down three and why they are important. OK‚ now (a) what are you really good at‚ and (b) what skills do you have aptitude/potential for? List at least two of each
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