Department of Finance‚ HKUST Spring 2013 Email: Xuewenliu@ust.hk Office hour: 13:30-14:30 Tuesday Assessment: Assignments (12%)‚ Midterm-exam (18%)‚ Projects and presentations (15%)‚ and Final exam (55%) Textbooks: 1. Corporate Finance‚ by J. Beck and P. DeMarzo‚ 2nd edition 2011‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc. Hereafter BD. 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy‚ by M. Grinblatt and S. Titman‚ 2nd edition‚ 2002‚ Irwin McGraw Hill. Hereafter GT. I. Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Corporations
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“Case: Tianjin Plastics” Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Course Advanced Corporate Finance Students Fatin Azear Jos Kusters Maaike van der Steen Case: Tianjin Plastics This assignment considers the case of Tianjin Plastics. Pat Johnson‚ project finance analyst for Maple Energy (U.S.-based international power plant developer)‚ has to make a recommendation regarding the financial viability of the Tianjin Plastics power plant project in China. The recommendation would require a final evaluation of
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Macroeconomics‚ 5e (Hubbard) EC 212 – Chapter Nine Homework Assignment_SOLUTIONS Chapter 9 Unemployment and Inflation 1) Due to slowing growth in China and other developing countries‚ Caterpillar ________ the number of persons it employed in 2013 and this ________ the total number of persons unemployed in the economy. A) decreased; increased B) decreased; decreased C) increased; decreased D) increased; increased Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 629/263 Topic: The Unemployment Rate Learning Outcome:
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Chapter 17 describes the final breakdown of Joe and Clarissa’s relationship and marks the point in the narrative in which Joe’s isolation from those around him seems complete. McEwan contradicts ensuing events by first placing Joe and Clarissa into an intimate late-night setting‚ implying that there will be a reconciliation between the two; ‘we were lying face to face in bed‚ as if nothing was wrong’. The language used here by Joe is also misleading-creating rich imagery and an atmosphere of emotion
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Problems: 8.1: Data for Newark General Hospital (In Millions of Dollar): | |Static Budget |Flexible Budget |Actual Result | |Revenues |4.7 |4.8 |4.5 | |Costs |4.1 |4.1 |4.2 | |Profits
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Sunny Beach Hotel Evaluation Report Regarding Various Scenarios for Adding a Karaoke Pub in the Sunny Beach Hotel . Dear Sir‚ I have considered the scenarios you suggested to be evaluated from economic point of view regarding the opportunity of accepting the offer of Planet Karaoke Pub to install one of its facilities inside the free space from 2nd floor of Sunny Beach Hotel or to extend the activities of our company with a Karaoke pub located on the beach area administrated by our
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T he Sisyphean Corporation The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years. The cost of the machine is $30‚000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2‚000 canes in year 1. Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three. The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge
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Chapter 5 |Activity-Based Cost Systems |[pic] | QUESTIONS 5-1 Traditional volume-based cost allocation systems that use only drivers that vary directly with the volume of products produced—such as direct labor dollars‚ direct labor hours‚ or machine hours—are likely to systematically distort product costs because they break the link between the cause for the costs and the basis for assignment
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Brad Baldwin Chapter 17: The Pastor and His Parishioner Summary: This chapter mainly focuses on Hester and Dimmesdale communicating with eachother. They are able to escape the public eye by talking in the forest. This is when Hester breaks the news to Dimmesdale the Chillingworth is her husband. At first Dimmesdale is infuriated. He begins to blame Hester for all of his suffering. During the middle of his rant Hester pulls him into her chest and embraces him. After this Dimmesdale comes
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