distressed”. What evidence is there that Williams’ business may be compromised as a result of its previous financial decisions? 5. As the CEO of Williams, would you recommend accepting the proposed $900 million financing offer? If not, what alternatives would you pursue? B. Dividend Policy at Linear Technology. 1. Describe Linear Technology payout policy. 2. What are Linear’s financing needs? Should Linear return cash to its shareholders? What are the tax consequences of keeping cash
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BUSL301 Final exam Session 1 2013 The exam does not include: Lecture Area 1-4 Lecture Area 9 [Week 10] (Takeovers / Financial Services and Markets) The Role of Auditors / ASIC Investigation (these are both in Lecture Area 7 [Week 8]) Everything else is examinable – that is, within the range of material that may be included in the final exam Part A of the exam (20 marks) is multiple-choice (10 x 2 marks per question) Part B of the exam (40 marks) has 2 problem style questions requiring written responses
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supplying the company’s telecommunications needs. The assistant controller overlooked some avoidable fixed costs of operating the company’s telecom division. Fixed costs are defined as expenses that do not change as a function of the activity of a business. By including these costs, the company would save $300,000 per year by going with the proposal to outsource the telecom division. Outsourcing though would cause the elimination of the telecommunication department and several jobs. The
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Family culture and strongman Control in Huawei Being ranked No. 1 of “most influential Chinese business leaders” by Fortune China in three consecutive years from 2011 to 2013, Zhengfei Ren, the founder, controlling shareholder and CEO of Huawei is almost regarded as hero of the company.1 He has been the man who is influencing and inspiring the whole company since it was founded in 1987. Now, Huawei is a global leading company in ICT (information and communication technology) solution with revenue
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This paper describes the situation at the United States (US) based company, Global Communications (GC) in the telecommunication industry. Different challenges and opportunities at GC are discussed. The paper continues by discussing the different stakeholders' perspective/ethical dilemmas and continues by framing a problem statement for the Global Communications situation. An expected end state situation is then described for GC scenario. The paper continues by analyzing different alternative solutions
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100 8. How many months did the company can continue its business u/s 45 _______ e) 1 b) 2 c) 5 d) 6 9. If minimum subscription is not received application money should be refunded with in ______days 20 b) 25 c) 30 d) 10 10. Liability of a member in case of a private company is f) Limited b) Unlimited c) Both (a) or (b) d) None of the above 11. Maximum no. of persons in case of partnership banking business ______ g) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 5 12. Minimum paid up
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Article – 2 – Draft 1 Can the Dragon be tamed by ethics? : Alibaba listing on NYSE Alibaba also known as the behemoth of Chinese internet and for some the Chinese Amazon has been in news these days for all good reasons. The e-commerce giant has introduced its IPO in NYSE with an offer price of $68.00 per share. The prices increased initially by 30% on the first day of trading taking the market value of the company to $230 billion. Based on the offering price the stocks of Alibaba sold at about 25
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what are the advantages of owing 100% of Genentech? What are the risks? Answer 1: The following are the advantages for Roche which will accrue by owning 100% of Genentech: * Genentech in the current form had become an important part of Roche’s business, accounting for 24% of Roche’s pharmaceutical product sales in 2008. Several of Genentech’s pioneering products had achieved very strong market positions due to their medical differentiation, commanding high prices. Products originating from Genentech
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is violated as high tax for transaction limits the arbitrage opportunity allowing difference in stock price to exist. The law of one price states that same asset cannot trade at different price. Both the companies are into to relatively different business, Seagate is into hardware industry and Veritas in software industry. As hardware industry in which Seagate is very volatile and it requires high investment due to which it was not favoured by the investors and analysts which is driving down the
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acquire the 44% of Genentech it does not own? From Roche’s point of view, what are the advantages of owning 100% of Genentech? What are the risks? (1) reasons and advantages are as follows: A. Genentech had become an important part of Roche’s business, representing 24% of Roche’s pharmaceutical product sales in 2008. Several of Genentech’s pioneering products achieved very strong market positions due to their medical differentiation, commanding high prices. Products originating from Genentech
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