Can Capital Punishment be justified in today’s world? Capital punishment‚ which refers to the act of sentencing a convict to death‚ has been in existence as long as there has been crime and laws. The death penalty serves as the ultimate punishment a state can impose on an individual‚ and is traditionally reserved for crimes that are particularly serious and heinous‚ such as murder‚ rape or treason. However‚ in today’s world where there is increased emphasis on justice‚ liberty and individual rights
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to determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). This SLP calculates the WACC for my SLP company – McDonalds‚ discusses how those calculations were arrived at and briefly describes WACC and what investors use it for. COMPANY NAME: McDonalds Inc Balance sheet date: 31 DEC 07 Market values date: 1 SEP 08 SOURCE BOOK VALUE MARKET VALUE PROPORTIONS COST (%) PRODUCT (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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GLOBALIZING THE COST OF CAPITAL AND CAPITAL BUDGETING AT AES 1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? 2. If you implemented the methodology suggested by Venerus‚ what would be the range of discount rates one would use around the world? 3. Does this make sense as a way to do capital budgeting? 4. How big a value difference does this new approach make to the Pakistan project? 5. How do these cost of capital modifications translate into changed probabilities
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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Cost of Equity: For the risk-free rate‚ we decided to use the 30-year old Treasury yield‚ which is currently 4.6%. We believe it is important to match the time horizon when comparing financial assets. Given that stocks have essentially an endless time horizon‚ the 30-year Treasury seems a more reasonable asset by which to compare stocks. 1-month Treasury Bills‚ for instance‚ are comparable to safety-deposit boxes‚ which are completely safe‚ but cannot ever yield a return. It’s highly likely that
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------------------------------------------------- FE Hedging Strategies at GM Should MNCs hedge foreign exchange rate risk? Multinational firms hedge foreign exchange risk in order to ensure operational and financial functionality. A MNC should hedge foreign exchange risk so it can prevent cash flow effects of the foreign firm and the decline in value of the equity holder because of the movements in exchange rates. It will also help them to reduce transaction costs when obligated to make payments in different currencies‚ and it offers
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Introduction Kimi Ford is a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She is evaluating Nike‚ Inc. (“Nike”) to potentially buy shares of their stock for the fund she manages‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. This fund mostly invests in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. This Fund has performed well over the last 18 months despite the decline in the stock market. Ford has done a significant amount of research through analysts’ reports
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1. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriot Corporation? Briefly outline the key assumptions that you made in computing the WACC. 2. What is the cost of capital for the lodging and restaurant divisions of Marriot Corporation? Briefly outline the key assumptions that you made in computing the cost of capital and outline any limitations that are presented by your analysis. 3. If Marriot uses a single company-wide cost of capital for evaluating investment opportunities in each of its
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HBR Case #1 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Group 16—Tutorial Mon 11:30am Group members LIU Ying‚ Chloe | 1155019350 | LUO Yingying‚ Irika | 1155020931 | TIAN Tian‚ Sarah | 1155019114 | WU Jiajie‚ Jesse | 1155019061 | 17 September 2012 Executive Summary By 1987‚ Marriott Corporation had grown into a large multi-dimensional company with over $5 billion assets in lodging‚ contract services and restaurants. The company enjoyed fast growth in both sales and assets at around
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1. Marriott uses its’ cost of capital estimates to create a hurdle rate to effectively run operations. Marriott uses these estimates to operate its four financial strategies. These are managing rather then owning hotel assets‚ investing in projects that increase shareholder value‚ optimizing the use of debt in the capital structure and repurchasing undervalued shares. If the company uses its overall WACC it may have divisions accept projects with returns below their respective WACC which will result
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