The current case study assesses the community risk and describes the human health impact of the heavy metal ground water pollution problem. The community risk will be measured by the epidemiological parameters such as prevalence measuring the burden of the resulting disease (outcome) and incidence/mortality rates indicating the risk of the disease or outcome. The socio-economic implications will also be discussed in this paper. Community risk assessment The purpose of community risk assessment (CRA)
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BUSINESS FINANCE AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS Business Finance 1. Business Finance is the act or process of accumulation and utilisation of funds in order to accomplish a firm’s ultimate goal of maximisation of owners’ wealth. Ultimate Goal of a Firm 2. Maximisation of the wealth of the owners or the shareholders of a firm is considered as the ultimate goal of financial management. The price of the stock in the securities market represents a shareholder’s current wealth position
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business is raising the money to get going. The entrepreneur might have a great idea and clear idea of how to turn it into a successful business. However‚ if sufficient finance can’t be raised‚ it is unlikely that the business will get off the ground. Importance of Finance Finance is very important for business organisation . Finance includes planning of financial resources‚ making of optimum capital structure and effective utilization of financial resources by deep analysis of cost of capital and capital
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FINANCIAL RISK Q-1 What are derivatives? Why do companies hedge risk using derivatives? A-1 A derivative is a financial instrument whose pay-offs is derived from some other asset which is called an underlying asset. Option‚ an example of a derivative security‚ is a more complicated derivative. There are a large number of simple derivatives like futures or forward contracts or swaps. Derivatives are tools to reduce a firm’s risk exposure. A firm can do away with unnecessary parts of risk exposure
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of debt of the company. Therefore‚ there must be a level of debt that make the benefits of debt and potential danger of debt offset each other. In another word‚ the marginal revenue of debt equals the marginal cost of debt. But remember‚ the real cases are not as easy as we put here. When a firm procures funds from investors or owners‚ there will be an explicit or implicit promise to pay return to them. The return is paid in terms of interest which is compulsory paid to all investors and owners
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SME finance is the funding of small and medium sized enterprises‚ and represents a major function of the general business finance market – in which capital for different types of firms are supplied‚ acquired‚ and costed or priced. Capital is supplied through the business finance market in the form of bank loans and overdrafts; leasing and hire-purchase arrangements; equity/corporate bond issues; venture capital or private equity; and asset-based finance such as factoring and invoice discounting.
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Below are celebrities that are bad influence on fellow celebrities Taylor Momsen Though only 17‚ Taylor Momsen is known for her freaky behavior and stupid I’m-dying-for-attention interviews. Gossip Girl star and the Pretty Reckless front lady has said she believes she’s a bad influence on Madonna’s 14 year old daughter Lourdes. The two girls became friends while Taylor was working as a model for Madonna’s Material Girl clothing line. I probably am a bad influence‚” Taylor Momsen‚ known for
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exchange markets for all of the following reasons except to: a. Earn foreign exchange. b. Reduce economic uncertainty. c. Improve the nation’s export competitiveness. d. Reduce inflation. e. Boost or lower the value of domestic currency. 6. In order to boost the value of the euro relative to the dollar the FED should: a. Sell dollars for euros and the European CB should buy euros with Dollars. b. Sell dollars for euros and the European CB should buy dollars
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Trade and Finance Trade and Finance Speech Today the current state of the United States macroeconomy will be discussed. Over the past three years the government has experienced economic growth and falling employment since the recession ended. However‚ this has been the weakest rebound from a recession after World War II ((Sivy‚ 2013). The unemployment is higher than it should be‚ and the economic growth has slowed down dramatically. Our citizens who have secure jobs and a stable home the
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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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