Steroids used in Athletics Case and Ethical Considerations: This case is about Carl’s decision of taking or not steroids to recover his prime physical condition. The ethical question for this problem is: “Should Carl use steroids?” One position for this case is Carl should use steroids. The other position is Carl should not use steroids. Relevant Facts: Carl lost muscle tone while recuperating from a broken leg and he knows that their teammates need him to win the baseball games. He knows that
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and management integrity. All the calculations in detail are listed at the end of this report. External users’ reliance on financial statements Pinnacle is a medium-sized corporation‚ with total assets of $115‚434‚790‚ which suggests a fairly large number of external users rely on the financial statements. The Board of Directors has considered selling the Machine-Tech division. This sparks up interest to the users as to find out the reason behind it. It currently has a debt-to-equity ratio
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Case 1 – Debt Policy at UST Inc. 1) UST is the dominant producer of moist smokeless tobacco‚ or moist snuff‚ controlling approximately 77% of the market. UST has been one of the most profitable companies in corporate America with low debt compared to other companies in the tobacco industry and the company has been recognized by Forbes in terms of profitability by achieving return of capital of 92.1%. Price elasticity of its products is also important while evaluating. Smokeless tobacco industry
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United States debt has reached infamous levels of expansion ; reaching an ascent of over $19 Trillion in Debt with an enormous fiscal gap of over $210 Trillion ( REPORTS ) ( The Federal Debt ). In this event and with our levels of debt‚ if the United States were to experience a macro economic and geopolitical event‚ such as the Great Depression of the 20th century‚ the U.S. Economy could reach its deadline (Foreign Holdings). Although some people may be convinced that this national debt is what keeps
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MAIN SOURCES OF EQUITY AND DEBT FOR PROJECTS The main sources of equity and debt can be divided into two groups of lenders and sponsors. Group 1 – commercial lenders‚ include: 1. Banks; 2. Institutional lenders; 3. Commercial finance companies; 4. Leasing companies; 5. Individuals; 6. Investment management companies; 7. Money market funds. Groups 2 – commercial sponsors‚ include: 1. Companies requiring the product or service; 2. Companies supplying products or raw materials to the project;
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A. Debt Management Ratios (Leverage Ratios) The extent to which a firm uses debt financing‚ or financial leverage‚ has three important implications: 1. By raising funds through debt‚ stockholders can maintain control of a firm while limiting their investment 2. Creditors look to the equity‚ or owner-supplied funds‚ to provide a margin of safety‚ so the higher the proportion of the total capital that was provided by stockholders‚ the less the risk faced by creditors 3. If the firm earns more
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Debt policy at UST inc. Case To: UST Board of Directors From: UST Financial analysis team Date: 18 January 2011 Subject: Future debt policy at UST and recapitalization option 1. Analysis of UST business current and future environment UST operates in the smokeless Tobacco industry‚ a market with 2 B$ of revenues‚ which grew at a CAGR of 3.7% over the past 17 years‚ but more recently experienced a decrease in growth rate‚ dropping to 2.9% in 1997 and 1.2% in 1998. In this market‚ UST
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Activity #24: Summarizing and Responding-Quickwrite Summarize the Yong article in your own words‚ answering the following questions: What is the event or events related to animal rights that motivate Ed Yong to write this article? What questions does Yong raise about this issue? What positions do people take on these questions? (7-9 sent.) The event related to animal rights that motivate Ed Yong to write this article is the Great Ape Project. The Great Ape Project was established in 1993 and requests
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expected value of the company’s debt in one year‚ with and without the expansion? .3*14=4.2 low .5*14=2.8 Normal .2*14=2.8 High (million dollars) 4.2+7+2.8= $14 million of debt 3. One year from now‚ how much value creation is expected from the expansion? How much value is expected for stockholders? Bondholders? Value Created from Expansion | Difference from company values of expanding and not expanding (56‚700‚000-16‚550‚000) | 40‚150‚000 | Minus the equity | 4‚500‚000 | Value expected
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DEBT PROFILE MANAGEMENT A company’s non-financial managers should be involved in setting the target leverage level and implementing action that moves the company towards this target level‚ it is the responsibility of the finance director or treasurer to raise the external funds required for refinancing and growth. The leverage target should guide the choice between equity‚ debt and hybrid funding. For the debt capital requirements‚ management also should decide on the most appropriate debt profile
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