Introduction WorldCom‚ the telecommunications giant‚ once was the largest telecommunications company in the world‚ with more than $30 billion annual revenue‚ $104 billion in assets and more than 20 million customers. John Sidgmore (2002)‚ Ebbers’ successor after the scandal‚ said “WorldCom is a key component of our nation’s economy and communications infrastructure.” However‚ the giant collapsed in 2002. 1. The Main Issue: Earnings Management 1.1 Definition of Earnings Management A commonly acknowledged
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Chapter 8 Valuing Bonds 8-1. A 30-year bond with a face value of $1000 has a coupon rate of 5.5%‚ with semiannual payments. a. What is the coupon payment for this bond? b. Draw the cash flows for the bond on a timeline. a. The coupon payment is: [pic] b. The timeline for the cash flows for this bond is (the unit of time on this timeline is six-month periods): [pic] 8-2. Assume that a bond will make payments every six months as
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The Importance of Bond Market Development Since the Asian crisis‚ considerable attention has been paid to the role of corporate bond markets in overall. Crises like the Asian one gave following lessons: Foreign exchange exposures can be devastating Foreign capital flows can be volatile The risk of liquidity and maturity mismatches can be very acute and is a source of systemic risk These risks can be mitigated through the development of financial sector and this goes hand in hand with
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More than 2‚000 public companies exist in Canada. Public companies can offer shares for sales to raise financing‚ and in return they provide detailed financial information in their annual reports and make timely disclosure of significant corporate events. Private companies are not required to do this. All corporations have a board of directors‚ selected by shareholders and given responsibility of overseeing the activities of the corporation. The legal separation of ownership and management
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THE RECALCITRANT DIRECTOR AT BYTE‚ INC.: CORPORATE LEGALITY VS. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY BACKGROUND OF THE CASE (INTRODUCTION) Byte products have three existing plants operating at full capacity (24 hours a day & 7 days a week). The new plant proposed to be built in the South Western US will require 3 years before it is fully on line. This means that byte cannot meet the anticipated demand for its products. Alternative courses have been exploded- 1.) Licensed byte products and technology
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Junk bonds are also called high-yield bonds. Answer True False 1 points Question 3 The expected yield on junk bonds is lower than the yield on AAA-rated bonds because of the higher default risk associated with junk bonds. Answer True False 1 points Question 4 In general‚ interest on bonds‚ like dividends on preferred stock‚ may be deferred until a later date at the discretion of management‚ making debt financing more appealing to corporate managers
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CORPORATE FINANCE The word Corporate Finance can be defined in terms that may vary considerably across the world. Corporate Finance is one of the three areas of the discipline of finance and can be defined broadly as a field of finance dealing with acquisition and allocation of a corporation ’s funds or resources‚ with the goal of maximizing shareholder wealth i.e. stock value. This division of a company is basically concerned with the financial operation of the company from company’s point of view
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Corporate Restructuring means any change in the business capacity or portfolio that is carried out by inorganic route or any change in the capital structure of a company that is not in the ordinary course of its business or any change in the ownership of a company or control over its management or a combination of any two or all of the above. Reasons for corporate restructuring: Restructuring a corporate entity is often a necessity when the company has grown to the point that the original structure
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This package offers many concessions in service charges‚ interest rates on loans‚ etc. to employees of Corporates and Institutions which include Schools‚ Colleges‚ Universities‚ Government establishments/ organizations‚ Service organizations such as Hospitals‚ Hotels‚ Transport Corporations etc. The Package can be specially customized depending upon the business relationship that the Corporate / Institute has with the Bank. CRITERIA • Minimum 25 Employees • Minimum Gross Monthly income Rs
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Municipal Bonds The greatest advantage of municipal bonds can be summed up in two words: tax free. The interest rates on municipal bonds may seem low compared to similar long-term securities like Treasury bills and CDs‚ but tax advantages may level the playing field. Let ’s look at some examples. If you ’re in the 25 percent bracket for 2008 federal income taxes‚ you ’d have to find a taxable security with an interest rate of 4 percent to equal the yield of a tax-free municipal bond with an interest
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