Muhammad Alharbi Legal Writing August2‚2015 Roe v. Wade 1973 The Facts: Abortion has been debated for many years. In 1967 the Committee on Human Reproduction wanted a policy against induced abortion except if the unborn child were not viable‚ in cases of rape‚ or for the mother’s health. In 1973 a class action suit was filed against Texas‚ stating that the Texas abortion laws were against the constitution of the US. The plaintiffs were Roe‚ a couple named Doe and Dr. Hallford. Dr. Hallford had been
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(Oslen 2005). In other words‚ brands can have satisfied customers; nevertheless‚ that does not mean loyal customers in the future (Oslen 2005). In addition‚ the literatures also suggest that there is a link between loyalty and profitability thanks to repurchase behaviour (Dick & Basu 1994; Anderson et al 1994; Rust et al 1995). All these positive consequences are possible if managers consider in their strategies concepts such as consumer satisfaction and customer loyalty to build strong relationships based
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Blaine is actually hurting its growth prospects which in turn affects its shareholders. One of the examples where we can see that Blaine is not performing to its potential is its extremely low ROE in 2006 as compared to its peers (Blain ROE = 11.0%‚ Mean ROE = 25.9%). Additionally‚ the Payout ratio has been steadily increasing due to falling EPS and consistent dividends‚ which means a lot of cash is being used to pay the dividends in spite of
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Memorandum To: Blaine Kitchenware Inc. Board of Directors CC: Mr. Victor Dubinski From: Date: 1/13/2013 Re: BKI stocks repurchase To review Blaine Kitchenware Inc.’s (BKI) current debt‚ equity and leverage levels with respect to the highly advisable repurchase of 14 million shares of stock at $18.50 per share and the related‚ necessary financing. BKI is currently highly over-liquid and under-levered. The firm can anticipate elevated tax rates due to the lack of debt held. BKI has also
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five years? What other financial measures can you cite that are consistent with the stock price performance? How does a stock repurchase work? Why would a company use this tactic? What impact does it have on: EPS? ROIC? How much of AutoZone’s stock price performance should we attribute to the share repurchase program? Assume that AutoZone is planning to stop its share repurchase program. What would be the best alternative use of those cash flows? Why? What should Johnson do about his holdings of AutoZone
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viewpoint that less debt means less risk. Due to the large financial surplus‚ Blaine is suffering from poor leverage. Moving focus to payout policies‚ from 2004 to 2006 EPS decreased from 1.29 to .91. The drop could be a result in less than average ROE when compared to competitors. Secondly the decrease in EPS despite an increase in the payout ratio from 2004 to 2006 is from Blaine’s issuance of more shares with some of its acquisitions. Even though the payout ratio increased since the number of shares
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management should increase its ROE by letting its assets exceed its equity base in the Balance Sheet; h. Leveraging by borrowing to acquire more assets is one way to increase ROE. One benefit with leveraging is that‚ it reduces the corporate income tax liability of CPK‚ which had been almost $10 million in 2006. 2. Using the scenarios in case Exhibit 9‚ what role does leverage play in affecting the return on equity (ROE) for CPK? The operating leverage effect on ROE is percentage change of EBIT
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A likely scenario would be the repurchase of debt and equity in its current capital structure weights. The company’s debt/assets and equity/assets are: Debt/assets = .7526 / (1 + .7526) = .43 Equity/assets = 1 / (1 + .7526) = .57 So‚ the amount of debt and equity needed will be: Total debt needed = .43($679‚080) = $291‚600 Equity needed = .57($679‚080) = $387‚480 So‚ the repurchases of debt and equity will be: Debt repurchase = ($98‚600 + 216‚444) – 291‚600 =
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Her two primary issues are how to finance expansion and the firm’s most appropriate capital structure. The focus of this analysis will be on the change in capital structure through the repurchase of shares at today’s market price of $22.10. The effect of the repurchase will be analyzed from an EBIT breakeven‚ ROE‚ EPS‚ Cost of Capital‚ and stock price perspective. It should be noted that there is an $85 million cost to fund further expansion of their full service restaurants. This is a known expense
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Kitchen (CPK)‚ a casual dining pizzeria started in California by co-owners Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax‚ was faced with the decision to invest in a stock repurchase program. Led by Chief Financial Officer Susan Collyns‚ the financial team of CPK was reviewing the preliminary results for the second quarter to determine if the stock repurchase program would provide a significant financial leverage for the company. The goal was to determine if the company can maintain the necessary financial stability
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