Business Challenge #6: To develop the best scratch resistant coating in the world for ophthalmic lenses [Titan] Background The ophthalmic lenses (spectacle lenses) consist of some base material (substrate) like CR 39‚ Polycarbonate‚ Trivex and a surface treatment is given to them to increase their hardness. Currently‚ there are 2 processes of applying this coating‚ i.e. Dip coating and Spin coating. The current scratch resistant (Hard) coating on plastic and polycarbonate lenses available in the
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with 13% callable bonds at an effective rate 12%. On June 30‚ 2013‚ Paid the first semi-annual interest on bonds. On Dec 31‚ 2015‚ Galau co. has redemption the bonds at 98. INSTRUCTIONS : 1. The bonds will sell at ? premium on bonds payable‚ because contract rate(callable bonds) is greater than market rate(effective rate) 2. Calculate the amount of : (a).Interest( semiannually ) I= Fa x r x t = 500‚000x13%x6/12= $32‚500 (b).Selling Price( don’t forget use the Present Value method ) SPb = PVfa
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James Bond James Bond‚ 007 characters Ian Fleming’s image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. First appearance Casino Royale‚ 1953 novel Last appearance Carte Blanche‚ 2011 novel Created by Ian Fleming Information Gender Male Occupation 00 Agent Title Commander (Royal Naval Reserve) Family Andrew Bond (Father) Monique Delacroix Bond (Mother) Spouse(s) Teresa di Vicenzo (widowed) Harriett Horner (invalid) Significant other(s) Kissy Suzuki Children
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1. Regulations (Chapter 10) How have recent financial disruptions changed the ways that financial markets are regulated? The subprime mortgage crisis is a huge example of a financial disruption that changed the ways that financial markets are regulated. Since bankers were giving out subprime mortgages that the house buyers could not repay‚ the house buyers all obtained way too much debt that they could not pay back. Because people couldn’t pay back their debts then they got foreclosed. Since this
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decide whether the item is true or false FOR YOU. Answer each item honestly. There is no right or wrong answer. 1. I want to do better than other students in my class. TRUE 2. An important reason why I do my class work is because I like to learn new things. TRUE 3. I would like to show my instructors that I am smarter than the other students in my class. T 4. I like class work that I will learn from even if I make a lot of mistakes. T 5. It is very important to me that I do not look stupid
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percent. The risk-free is 7 percent‚ and the market risk premium is 4 percent. What is the stock’s beta? 1.2 1.1 1.0* 0.9 If the market risk premium increases to 6 percent‚ what will happen to the stock’s required rate of return? 6.00% 7.00% 11.00% 13.00%* Stock R has a beta of 1.5‚ Stock S has a beta of 0.75‚ the expected rate of return on an average stock is 13 percent‚ and the risk-free rate of return is 7 percent. By how much does the required return on the riskier stock exceed
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Advertising is a collective term for public announcement designed to promote the sale of specific products or services. Advertising is a form of mass selling employed when the use of direct‚ person-to-person selling is impractical‚ impossible‚ or simply inefficient. It is to be distinguished from other activities intended to persuade the public‚ such as propaganda‚ publicity‚ and public relations. Advertising techniques range in complexity form the publishing of simple notices in the classified-advertising
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ijokl Interest Rates and Required Returns As noted in Chapter 2‚ financial institutions and markets create the mechanism through which funds flow between savers (funds suppliers) and borrowers (funds demanders). All else being equal‚ savers would like to earn as much interest as possible‚ and borrowers would like to pay as little as possible. The interest rate prevailing in the market at any given time reflects the equilibrium between savers and borrowers. INTEREST RATE FUNDAMENTALS The
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American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like
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Stocks and Bonds Stocks and Bonds are different in many ways. A stock is a portion or share of the ownership of a corporation. A share will give the owner of the stock the company’s profits or loses over time. The good thing about stocks is they can be sold at almost any time as long as there is someone willing to buy. A bond‚ on the other hand‚ is a fixed interest financial asset issued by governments‚ companies‚ banks‚ and other large entities. Bonds also are called funds. Bonds pay the owner
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