GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES A fresh look at local government’s deliver obligations and resource requirements is needed. HILDEGARDE FAST makes the case for a differentiated approach. It is common knowledge that many municipalities in South Africa are financially in dire straits. In the public discourse‚ the focus is often on operational issues such as poor revenue collection‚ unsustainable debt burdens‚ and lack of financial management capacity. In seeking to understand the financial challenges
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Answers Fundamentals Level – Skills Module‚ Paper F7 (INT) Financial Reporting (International) 1 (a) December 2008 Answers Pedantic Consolidated income statement for the year ended 30 September 2008 $’000 98‚000 (72‚000) ––––––– 26‚000 (3‚000) (7‚600) (500) ––––––– 14‚900 (5‚400) ––––––– 9‚500 ––––––– Revenue (85‚000 + (42‚000 x 6/12) – 8‚000 intra-group sales) Cost of sales (w (i)) Gross profit Distribution costs (2‚000 + (2‚000 x 6/12)) Administrative expenses
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Econ 136: Financial Economics Problem Set #1 Due Date: September 11‚ 2014 1. The return profile and risk of the S&P 500. In this exercise you will reproduce the graphs presented in class. The goal of this exercise is (i) to expand your datahandling skills‚ (ii) test your understanding of basic probability concepts using real data and (iii) develop an appreciation for the use of replicating a result to ensure that you understand it. Go to Yahoo Finance (finance.yahoo.com) and search for the ticker
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Week 4 Checkpoint March 17‚ 2013 XACC/290 Resource: Ch. 4 of Financial Accounting Complete Exercise BE4-1. Complete Problems 4-2A & 4-3A. BE4-1: |Cash |Net Income | |-$100 |$0 | |-$20 |$0 | |+$1‚300 |$1‚300 | |+$800 |$800 | |-$2‚500 |$0 | |-$600 |$0 | | |
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FN2 Module 1 Multiple Choice Questions MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. a) Which of the following is least likely to increase market efficiency? 1) Governments relax restrictions on foreign investment 2) Corporations disseminate more information to investors 3) More new investors choose to invest in individual stocks on their own rather than invest in mutual funds 4) More stock transactions are conducted online than
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1. Differentiate between big business and small business Big Business Small Business Big businesses are internally focused and constrained by corporate strategy. Smaller business generally has fewer layers of management and fewer managers in general‚ than larger businesses. Small business organizational charts are often flat; they look like two or three stacked rows of bricks with one or two bricks on top. Small businesses tend to be responsive to external factors‚ and tactical. Tall organizational
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Suppose Manij needs $ 138‚000 to buy a new kitchen at the end of 2017. Assume that Manij uses an account earning 2.45% yearly. What does Manij have to deposit at the beginning of 2012‚ assuming monthly compounding? a. 119‚152.42 b. 119‚162.42 c. 119‚172.42 d. 119‚182.42 e. None of the above Solution: The answer is A. FV=-138‚000; I/Y=2.45; N=72; C/Y=P/Y=12; CPT PV 2. First Bank of Midesto Medeque pays a 9.45% nominal rate of interest compounded weekly. What is the effective rate of interest
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Institutional Shareholders A business‚ such as a mutual fund‚ bank or insurance company‚ that holds shares in a publicly-traded company. Institutional shareholders are important to placing new issues of stocks and bonds‚ as they can afford to buy more of an issue than individual investors. If an institutional shareholder owns a majority of the shares in a company‚ the company is said to be under institutional ownership. Institutional investors are organizations which pool large sums of money and
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1. There are two identical firms EQT Corp and DBT Corp except for their capital structure. For example none of the firms pay taxes‚ and EBIT is $22‚000 per year for both firms. There is no growth for any of the firms. EQT is an all equity firm with 1‚000 shares outstanding and expected return of 22%. Since there is no growth‚ EQT will pay out all earnings to shareholders as dividends. In contrast‚ DBT has $40‚000 worth of debt outstanding with interest rate of 5%. There are 500 shares of equity
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Gay Marriage: Social‚ Political and Financial Issue Daniela Chirinos Peralta Pre-Degree Ilene Sova December 14th‚ 2009 The second article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration‚ without distinction of any kind‚ such as race‚ colour‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ political or other opinion‚ national or social origin‚ property‚ birth or other status”. Visibly‚ since 1948‚ when this Declaration
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