6. A firm wants the use of a machine that costs $100,000. If the firm purchases the equipment, it will depreciate the equipment at the rate of $20,000 a year for four years, at which time the equipment will have a residual value of $20,000. Maintenance will be $2,500 a year. The firm could lease the equipment for four years for an annual lease payment […]

Risk management negligence within the financial services industry contributed to one of the most significant economic crisis in the recent history of the U.S. During this time, Lehman Brothers, a global financial services company, filed for bankruptcy protection. This created the largest bankruptcy ever within the financial services industry. In order to complete this assignment, you will need to search the Internet and Strayer databases […]

Coogly Company is attempting to identify its weighted average cost of capital for the coming year and has hired you to answer some questions they have about the process. They have asked you to present this information in a PowerPoint presentation to the company’s management team.  The company would like for you to keep your presentation to approximately 10 slides and use the notes section […]

Part A: Research results were presented showing that sales volume is about 14.6 times more responsive, on average, to changes in price than to changes in advertising. Data in this same section indicated that nondurable retail goods (versus durable retail goods) are relatively more responsive to price cuts than advertising increases. Create an explanation for this differential. 200-250 words Part B: You have a meeting […]

You are the Chief of Payroll and need to forward a very important spreadsheet prepared by your Junior Payroll Clerk to the Chief Financial Officer concerning employees who are about to be released from employment. The spreadsheet shows the following fields: Employee Name, Employee Number, Length of Employment, Total Hours Worked (including Overtime hours, if any) in the current pay period, Gross Pay, Deduction Amount, […]

Each student will choose a publicly traded company and perform an expanded analysis on the financial statements. Please use the most current financial statements available on www.sec.gov. Perform horizontal and vertical analysis, selected liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios, and other selected financial ratios. A one page executive summary outlining the basic financial health of the company and a brief opinion of the company’s forecasted financial […]

FIN 534 – Homework Set #3 © 2015 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 534 Homework Set #3 1158 (8-14-2015) Page 1 of 1 Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate document. […]

“Leadership and decision making are influenced by the culture of the society in which an individual operates. Cultures vary by country and sometimes within a country. Government managers normally conform to their countries’ culture, and their decision making naturally reflects this culture. However, some government managers are assigned tasks in other countries. Diplomats are an example. International IGOs and NGOs operate in different cultures and […]

Please respond to the following: Proposals have been made within GAAP for new standards that would eliminate the differences between long-term and short-term leases (at least according to how they are treated on balance sheets.) Discuss the probable impact this would have on the attractiveness of short-term leases to health care organizations. Provide specific examples to support your response. Describe a situation where the lease […]

Prior to completing this written assignment, please review the information in the course textbook, familiarize yourself with the Final Project guidelines in Week Five, and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. For this assignment, you will be creating an outline of your final project.  The focus of this outline to is to present as clear a picture as possible of your Community Center Proposal so that […]