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Alcoa Inc. Alcoa reported its fourth quarter and full year 2015 results last week on 11th January 2016. The company made an adjusted net profit of $ 65 million or $ 0.04 per share in the quarter while that of $ 121 million or $ 0.56 per share in the last year. The adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was $ 590 million including $ 71 million of special items. The revenue for the quarter was $ 5.2 billion i.e. 18 % down from the same quarter of 2014 and 6 % down from the previous quarter. The…

The following is a research proposal to explore the possibilities that the Tyrannosaurus rex was a migratory animal. Similar to how trees form annual growth rings- bones also have yearly indicators of growth. By comparing the oxygen isotope levels of each year indicator of the bone with isotopes of the surrounding areas we can see where the Tyrannosaurus rex may have traveled to throughout its life cycle. Assuming the oxygen isotope levels can be calculated for the areas of Interest, the bulk of…

Net profit margin 27.32 25.91 24.89 1.813 4.10 Return on equity 30.45 35.72 36.39 29.16 -2.61 Return on assets 17.87 19.34 16.69 9.71 -0.65 Return on Capital 22.33 23.85 22.08 16.06 2.08 Income/Employee 960 1,043 934 655…

The much loved sports retailer is now no longer a chain after it filed for bankruptcy on March 2, 2016. The last stores were open until May 18, 2016, until they hand to be shut down, and the company was closed for good. The spaces left by Sports Authority, are now being filled by its successor, Dick’s Sporting Goods, founded by Richard Stack in 1948. We will see if the replacement is as good as the original. Sports Authority was a sports retailer with its headquarters in Englewood, Colorado…

The Indianapolis Local Improvement Bond Bank was formed in 1985 as a corporation specializing in the distribution of municipal bonds. As the largest municipal bond bank in the country, the Bond Bank buys, repackages, sells, and manages debt for the City and fourteen other municipal agencies, called Qualifies Entities (QEs). This process grants better access to capital markets and helps lower the cost of borrowing for QEs. The Bond Bank tailors the debt process to meet the QE’s needs and produce…

San Bernardino 's current charter consists of 46 pages, an easy read, and does have wiggled room for change. The logic to cancel the existing charter and replace with new rather than continue trying to fix the old has no reasoning potential. The flawed argument points to the difficult recognition not knowing who is in command pertaining to important decisions. The proposed new charter clarifies the chain of command according to the "Yes," group will result in a more efficiently run city. Let us…

The case in question is Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com. Inc. To summarize, Theflyonthewall.com was under fire from Barclays Capital for collecting financial recommendations from financial institutions and publishing them online before the instructions themselves made the information public. The law stated that facts and non-original expression was not protected by copyright law. Because these were just suggestions, not creative expression, they were not eligible. However, it was…

Bradous, the financial manager of 850 LLC, a Fortune 500 company, must borrow $100 million within the coming year for the expansion of the production activities of the company into new markets. In fact, according to Saunders and Cornett (2015) the fund user could lack sufficient internal funds to support the project. Bradous and 850 LLC represent fictive names for this assignment. Moreover, the manager should show the indirect financial investment of private individuals into the company. Further…

2. Due to a severe injury in a car accident, Sue will be unable to work and forfeits her nonguaranteed contract. Since the contract is nonguaranteed the team suffers no legal obligation to pay Sue and/or keep her around due to her injury. As a result, Sue not only lost her ability to be a professional athlete, but she also forfeited her form of income. The nonguaranteed contract that she signed would pay her 5 million dollars per year for the next five years. This would of course total to 25…

Trader’s Crossing Holdings will provide management and financial support to the development by Richard Michna known as Trader’s Crossing in Ontario Canada. See the attached Business Plan for details on this development. Trader’s Crossing Holdings will identify and invest in an additional real estate for a total value of $20 million U.S. within the next four years. Robert Ritch will be the CEO of the company. Robert was founded and built 4 multi-million dollar companies. He has also invested in…