Ocean Carriers Inc. A Case Study By ab Introduction • Ocean Carriers Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. • Major Cargo type : Iron ore. • Vessel sizes : 80000 DWT to 210000 DWT. • Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. Operations Maintenance Maintaining Supplies And on board Stores Supply of Lubricants Cargo Operations Repairs Insurance Business Model • Mostly chartered
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Case Study 1 – Ocean Carriers 1. The Capital Budgeting Decision Should Ms. Linn purchase the Capesize vessel? Assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm and is subject to 35% taxation. (Please see excel sheets) From our analysis it appears that Ms. Linn should not buy the Capesize vessel. The Net Present Value on the Ocean Carrier is not a positive number‚ a clear indicator that buying the vessels is not a good idea. The tax rate of 35% makes a lot of difference in determining this NPV
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Protein biosynthesis is the process by which biological cells generate new proteins; it is balanced by the loss of cellular proteins via degradation or export. Translation‚ the assembly of proteins by ribosomes‚ is an essential part of the biosynthetic pathway‚ along with generation of messenger RNA (mRNA)‚ aminoacylation of transfer RNA (tRNA)‚ co-translational transport‚ and post-translational modification. Protein biosynthesis is strictly regulated at multiple steps‚ and error-checking mechanisms
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Chapter 4--The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Exhibit 4A The following question(s) refer to this peptide: Cys-Ala-Gly-Arg-Gln-Met Refer to Exhibit 4A. Total hydrolysis of the peptide in HCl would yield these products: A. Ala‚ Arg‚ Cys‚ Gln‚ Gly‚ Met B. Ala‚ Arg‚ 2 Cys‚ Gln‚ Gly‚ H2S C. Ala‚ Arg‚ Cys‚ Glu‚ Gly‚ Met‚ NH3 D. Ala‚ Arg‚ 2 Cys‚ Glu‚ Gly‚ H2S‚ NH3 E. None of these answers is
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para la evaluación de marcos deícticos* Preliminary Analysis of an Assessment of Deictic Frames Protocol María Isabel Rendón** Universidad Santo Tomás‚ Colombia Recibido: 20 de octubre de 2012 Revisado: 22 de noviembre de 2012 Aceptado: 8 de diciembre de 2012 Resumen El propósito de esta investigación es explorar diferencias en la ejecución de tareas deícticas presentadas en el protocolo de McHugh‚ Barnes-Holmes y Barnes-Holmes (2004a)‚ en relación con variaciones procedimentales que
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Weber Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Activity 5: Fatigue in Isolated Skeletal Muscle Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. When skeletal muscle twitches fuse so that the peaks and valleys of each twitch become indistinguishable from each other‚ the muscle is in a state known as You correctly answered: d. complete (fused) tetanus. 2. When the stimulus frequency reaches a value beyond which no further increase of skeletal muscle force
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(a) Statement of Problem. Ocean Carriers is evaluating a proposed three year lease of a ship. Currently‚ no ships in Ocean Carrier’s fleet meet the requirements of the customer. Since the new ship requires an investment of $39 million‚ Mary Linn‚ the Vice President of Finance for Ocean Carriers‚ needs to evaluate the proposal’s NPV and determine whether or not to accept the proposal by considering expected cash flows‚ tax implications‚ and future market conditions. (b) Statement
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IRS are generally unknown to the public at large as they are relatively unregulated OTC derivatives that don’t trade on public exchanges. Definition An interest rate swap is a contractual agreement entered into between two counterparties under which each agrees to make periodic payment to the other for an agreed period of time based upon a notional amount of principal. The principal amount is notional because there is no need to exchange actual amounts of principal in a single currency transaction:
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be interview (100 students) and it is according to the percentage of all students in Don Honorio Ventura Technological State Universtiy. This study is limited to the number of students in each course. 1. Definition of Terms * Peer pressure – refers to the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes‚ values‚ or behavior in order to conform to group norms. 2. Chapter II: Review of Related Literature and Studies Local Studies MANILA‚ Philippines
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the concession on 25 August 1997 to finance‚ design‚ construct‚ operate and maintain the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit and other ancillary activities related to railway services from 30 years. ERLSB’s shareholders are YTL Corporation Berhad‚ Lembaga Tabung Haji Bhd and Trisilco Equity Sdn Bhd with 50%‚ 40% and 10% shareholding respectively. The KLIA Ekspres which commenced operation on 14 April 2002 is a daily high speed‚ non-stop air-rail connection between KLIA and Kuala Lumpur City Air Terminal
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