The Gibson Company is a United States (US) firm that is considering a joint venture with Brasilia, DF, a Brazilian firm that grows and processes coffee beans. Gibson has a patent for a new coffee processing method. This intellectual property is motivating Gibson to expand beyond importing coffee to engaging in a joint venture to process the coffee. Gibson will invest $8 million in the […]

Description Windfall Inc. is managed by Gary. He also owns 30% of the company. Windfall Inc., has two employees who are critical to the success of the firm who are also part owners, Scott and Steve. Justin, who is Gary’s brother-in-law also works at Windfall, Inc. He is not an owner of the company, but his wife, Sarah (Gary’s sister), owns 5% of the company. […]

If you are looking for something else, email me at [email protected]    1. (TCO 4) Which of the following is true regarding the evaluation of projects? (Points : 4)         sunk costs should be included         erosion effects should be considered         financing costs need to be included         opportunity costs are irrelevant    […]

1.     By hand, compute the mean, median, and mode for the following set of 40 reading scores: SUMMARY 31 32 43 42 24 34 25 44 23 43 24 36 25 41 23 28 14 21 24 17 25 23 44 21 13 26 23 32 12 26 14 42 14 31 52 12 23 42 32 34   2.     Compute the means for the […]

Assignment 3: A New Strategy for Kodak   Due Week 9 and worth 300 points   Review Case 28 “The rise and fall of Eastman Kodak: Will it survive beyond 2012?” located in the textbook. Assume that you have been hired by Kodak as a business consultant to recommend a new corporate-level strategy for the company to improve declining sales, increase profitability, and expand the […]

The Sundarams are buying a new 3,500-square-feet house in Muncie, Indiana and will borrow $263,233 from Bank One at a rate of 5.518 percent for 15 years.What will be their monthly loan payment? (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.5212 and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)Monthly loan payment What will be the principal amount of the loan at the end […]

You have recently been hired as Q & R Manufacturing’s chief financial officer (CFO) by the firm’s chief executive officer (CEO). The CEO tells you that in the past, a lack of financial planning has frequently caused the firm to have to rush out and get outside funding by either borrowing money (selling bonds) or selling stock. He wants to avoid this going forward and […]

Assignment 2: Discussion Question   The finance department of a large corporation has evaluated a possible capital project using the NPV method, the Payback Method, and the IRR method. The analysts are puzzled, since the NPV indicated rejection, but the IRR and Payback methods both indicated acceptance.   Explain why this conflicting situation might occur and what conclusions the analyst should accept, indicating the shortcomings […]

Regression Problem: A senior financial analyst with Ace Gadgets (AG) is attempting to get a better grasp on sales forecasting for AG’s new franchises. She has obtained various details for 27 existing franchises including (see associated spreadsheet):  From her recollection of her undergraduate course in statistics, she thought of regression analysis as a possibility in modeling new franchise sales. She has enlisted your help in this […]

MMK Cos. normally pays an annual dividend. The last such dividend paid was $2.2, all future dividends are expect to grow at a rate of 5 percent per year, and the firm faces a required rate of return on equity of 17 percent. If the firm just announced that the next dividend will be an extraordinary dividend of $34.0 per share that is not expected […]