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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Q1. How does Merck evaluate the effectiveness of its ethics-related activities? Merck has a strong sense of ethics within the company ’s credo and morals and also reflects on its employees. In spite of having major financial crisis‚ its motto never changed or got altered. It increased the finding to the research institutions in Africa and places. It made sure that the motto of the George W. Merck‚ former Chairman and son of the founder of Merck was always above any hurdles that Merck as a company
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company‚ in which he gain most of his wealth‚ and after buying William Wrigley‚ Jr.‚ Co. he had created the largest business of confectionary items in the
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MGMT 491 Assignment 4 11/13/2014 History of SAMSUNG Lee Byung-Chull founded Samsung in 1938 as a treading company in Korea. The company first started by selling dried food and noodles. “The company grew and soon expanded to Seoul in 1947 but left once the Korean War broke out. After the war‚ Lee expanded in to textiles and built the largest woolen mill in Korea.” (Burris) “Samsung entered the electronics industry in the 1960 ’s with the development of numerous electronics divisions. The initial
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6‚ page 358 5 References 6 Assignment 3 – Class 3 # 4‚ page 313 – Merck & Vioxx According to The New York Times article‚ “Merck to Pay $950 Million Over Vioxx” by Duff Wilson‚ the following lawsuits have been settled by Merck: Merck has agreed to pay $950 million and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales of the painkiller Vioxx‚ the company and the Justice Department said Tuesday. Merck agreed to pay a $321 million criminal fine and plead guilty to one misdemeanor
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including Bayer AG and Novartis are exploring a deal for Merck & Co Inc’s consumer healthcare business‚ as they seek to gain scale in a fragmented industry‚ according to several people familiar with the matter. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC and Procter & Gamble Co are also among the parties that have held discussions with Merck about buying the unit‚ best known for Coppertone sunscreen and Claritin allergy medicine‚ the sources said this week. The Merck business‚ which also includes Dr. Scholl’s foot
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Comprehensive Questions: Components of internal control (10-31 and 10-32) Ch. 11: Comprehensive Questions: Assessing control risk (11-21) 8-15 | (Analytical procedures) In audit planning the audit of Construction Industry Resources‚ Inc.‚ a building supply company. You have completed analytic procedures relevant to purchases and inventory. The results of these procedures are included in Figure 8.13.Figure 8.13. Selected Financial Information ($000) | X1 | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 | Building
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Ajinomoto Ajinomoto Co. Inc. is a Japanese food and chemical corporation which produces seasonings‚ cooking oils‚ TV dinners‚ sweeteners‚ amino acids and pharmaceuticals. In particular it is the world’s largest producer of aspartame‚ with a 40% global market share. When Professor Kikunae Ikeda from the University of Tokyo isolated glutamate from the seaweed and discovered its flavour enhancing properties in 1908. The next year‚ his discovery was introduced to the market in the form of the flavour
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decision (not covered in class?) Based on the pyramid of social responsibility‚ Merck is required to be profitable (base). Since the research of development will never be profitable to shareholders Merck should do develop the drug. Based on Merck’s actual value system‚ it wants to be ethical and even be a good corporate citizen. So Merck should conduct the research. Question 8 - If you were the senior executive of Merck‚ what would you do? (Open question) I would make assessment of the potential costs
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SYLLABUS ACC/491 Contemporary Auditing I Copyright ©2014 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is the first in a two-part series that deals with auditing a company ’s financial reports‚ internal controls‚ and Electronic Data Processing (EDP) systems. Topics include auditing standards‚ evidence‚ audit planning and documentation‚ materiality and risk‚ internal control‚ statistical tools‚ and the overall audit plan and program. Course Dates Nov 11‚ 2014 - Dec
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