1. Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support this profitable business? The company faces a shortage of cash. Liquidity of the company is bad. (Liquidity = liquidity asset / liquidity liabilities) Cash (=$31K) / Short-term liability (=$404K) Don’t have enough funds available to meet the expected sales target 2. Do you agree with his estimate of the company’s loan requirements? How much will he need to borrow to finance his expected expansion in sales (assume
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"Enron the smartest man in the room" was a very intense story on how a fortune five hundred company CEO’S can get very greedy and turn on there employees. This story is very true and teaches you how to be true to your employees and also other business investors. This story tells you how wrong humanity morals can end up in greed and even death due to guilt. This story takes place with many business and financial advisors and writers who looked into the story and explained it the best they can to
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When reading the article “Kitchen Tables and Rented Rooms: The Extracurriculum of Composition” by Anne Ruggles Gere‚ it sparks an interest in how people use writing and literature. Gere talks about how dozens of writers would gather together around kitchen tables or in rented rooms and they would share each other’s writings and receive criticism. Even though “these women have little formal education‚ they take their writing seriously; they offer one another encouragement as well as criticism and
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the forestry land. softwood lumber is the one of the biggest export products of Canada valuing at 8.6% of total exports. Canadian softwood lumber is sold to united stated below the production cost. Due to market distortions in Canada encourage the government to overproduction of lumber‚ uneconomic decisions by lumber producers‚ and dumping of lumber in us. The US markets were bombarded with profit loss due to the cheap lumber from Canada; therefore the start of lumber dispute began. There has been
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Caso: Butler Lumber Company ¿Por qué tiene el señor Butler que pedir prestado tanto dinero si su negocio es tan rentable? La rentabilidad sobre los activos (ROA) en el año 1990 fue de 9.22% y la rentabilidad sobre el patrimonio (ROE) fue de 12.6%. No podríamos afirmar con certeza si el negocio es muy rentable‚ ya que tendría que compararse con los rendimientos del mercado. Además‚ se tendría que verificar si la empresa está generando valor para los accionistas‚ es decir‚ si genera el rendimiento
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CASE #0 Butler Lumber Company Analysis I. Conclusion Based on the information and corresponding financial statements provided‚ we concluded that: Bulter Lumber Company has to collect money from outside resources to compensate its funding gap of 383‚000 USD. From the perspective of banker‚ we won’t approve Mr.Butler ‘s loan request From the perspective of firm’s financial advisor‚ it is better to finance from new shareholders than to borrow from bank. II. Analysis i. Funding gap There
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THE BRIMMER STREET GARAGE Eliot Conviser‚ a young real estate developer‚ and his wife were finishing some egg rolls at the Golden Temple restaurant in downtown Boston in March 1979‚ when he spotted a familiar face at a nearby table. Wes Marins‚ a veteran broker in the real estate of Boston’s downtown areas‚ had just paid his bill and was making his way over to the Conviser’s table. "What a coincidence‚ Eliot‚" Marins remarked." You were on my list of people to call this week. Want to buy a
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Recent disputes over softwood lumber‚ beef and wheat have created a fair bit of animosity between Canada and the United States. Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) and even NAFTA have suggested promising dispute resolution provisions‚ there is still a fair bit of bitterness between these two parties. The focus of this paper is to evaluate the Canada-United States trade relationship and to focus more specifically on the three main commodities of concern; softwood lumber‚ beef and wheat. The conclusion
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company need funds? First‚ Butler Lumber Company in the spring of 1991 anticipated a further substantial increase in sales. It means there are more working capital associated with the company’s increasing sales volume. Second‚ although they have good profits‚ the company had experienced a shortage of cash. The company’s current borrowing from Suburan National Bank almost reaches the maximum loan that SN Bank would make. Meanwhile‚ the SN Bank now asks Butler Lumber to secure the loan with its real
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Butler Lumber 1. Why does BL need to borrow money to support its profitable business? Draw up a Fund Flow Statement‚ i.e.‚ Funding and Uses a. Funding would include Bank Borrowing‚ Trade Credit‚ Retained Earnings‚ Cash‚ Accrued Expenses b. Uses would include Inventories‚ A/R‚ Buyout‚ Reduction in debt‚ increase in fixed assets/accounts Response: BL needs to borrow money from the bank to take benefit of the purchase discounts. During the last two years‚ BL had taken very few purchase discounts
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