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Question Bring a real case (one of the latest cases) as an example for business acquisition. The case should Include the introducing the both companies (acquirer and acquiree) Explaining the business acquisition process with "reasons of acquisition", "acquisition process" and "the results of the acquisition Explain the value added to the acquirer company and the acquiree in acquisitions and mergers. The "supporting financial information" before and after the business acquisition to explain the reasons and the results of the acquisition.

Bring a real case (one of the latest cases) as an example for business acquisition. The case should• Include the introducing the both companies (acquirer and acquiree)• Explaining the business acquisition process with “reasons of acquisition”, “acquisition process” and “the results of the acquisition” • Explain the value added to the acquirer company and the acquiree in acquisitions and mergers.• The “supporting financial information” before and after the business acquisition to explain the reasons and the results of the acquisition     JUST MENTION THE LINK KINK OF THE CASE

QUESTION 1 Qualitative characteristics make accounting information useful for decision-making purposes. Identify the qualitative characteristic that is being adopted or not adopted for each of the following situations. You may copy and paste from this list: comparability consistency confirmatory value faithful representation materiality predictive value relevance timeliness understandability verifiability 1. The quality of Walmart's financial information helps its users to correct their prior expectations on share prices. 2. Walmart is the only company in its industry to depreciate its plant assets on a straight-line basis. 3. Walmart switches from first-in first-out (FIFO) to average-cost (AVCO) and then back to FIFO over a 2-year period. 4. Walmart does not issue its first-quarter report until after the second-quarter results are reported. (Do not use relevance.) 5. Walmart has attempted to determine the replacement cost of its inventory. Three different valuators have produced…

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Q5 Which of the following options is correct? Select one: a. Equity represent the net assets of the entity b. An entity can always redeem its shares when it has the excess resources to do that c. Long-term liabilities are part of the owners’ equity d. Preference shareholders are the last to be satisfied among all the stakeholders of the business entity.

In most important business decisions, there are two key financial considerations.  Which of the following is the best answer?   Question 23 options:   Risk and return   Profit and loss   Assets and debts   Upside and downside

Question 2. Published financial statements are historical in nature and do not provide the information needed for some informed investment decision. Nonetheless, historical information can be used to make projections and is sometimes extremely useful in some respect. The limitations of using historical information must, of course, be recognized in preparing them. The Managing director of XYZ Plc was presented with below historic information on a corporation he is intending to acquire for his organization. As a financial manager with XYZ Plc you are asked to prepare a comparable horizontal and vertical analysis of the information presented you below using year and Revenue respectively for your analysis. Sample Company Inc. Consolidated Statement of Income For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (millions of Naira, except per share amounts) 2014 2013 Revenues 118.4% N11,500. Expenses Cost of sales and operating expenses Depreciation and amortization Interest expense 117.5% 102.2%…

Cash or Stock In the business world, firms acquire other companies all the time. However, the question arises how is the merger paid for? In this Journal you will be looking at how outside ownership benefits from either accepting a cash buyout or stock in the parent company. Find a company that acquired a company for either cash or stock and answer the following questions: What is the name of the Parent and Subsidiary firm? What were the details of the acquisition? What was the immediate impact on each of the company’s stock price? What was the impact on each of the company’s stock price over the long run? Was the acquisition successful?

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a sole trader with a company as a choice of business structure. In your answer, you must refer to Salomon v Salomon & CoLtd Case

(Sudip Barua) Chapter : Merger and acquisition strategies. Describes the seven problem in ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN ACQUISITION in your own word ,which are given below: PROBLEMS IN ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN ACQUISITION 1.Integration Difficulties 2.Inadequate Evaluation of the Target 4.Inability to Achieve Synergy 5.Too Much Diversification 6.Managers Overly Focused on Acquisitions 7.Too Large

QUESTION Qualitative characteristics make accounting information useful for decision-making purposes. Identify the qualitative characteristic that is being adopted or not adopted for each of the following situations. You may copy and paste from this list: comparability consistency confirmatory value faithful representation materiality predictive value relevance timeliness understandability verifiability 1. The quality of Walmart's financial information helps its users to correct their prior expectations on share prices. 2. Walmart is the only company in its industry to depreciate its plant assets on a straight-line basis. 3. Walmart switches from first-in first-out (FIFO) to average-cost (AVCO) and then back to FIFO over a 2-year period. 4. Walmart does not issue its first-quarter report until after the second-quarter

Discuss the benefits and risks of financial leverage both for a business. Discuss the benefits and risks of financial leverage for you personally.3. Compare and contrast operating leverage vs. financial leverage.4. What are the factors that will affect break-even and explain a circumstance of how it would affect your decision-making?5. Discuss a warning sign that could result in bankruptcy (either personal or for a business), and what you would do to fix the problem?

Case 1:Determining and valuing stocks, cost of products offered is easy in a retailing business, however it is tough in a producing business. It is to be kept in mind that the majority of the time the exact same cost can be categorized in various methods for that reason, stating that cost has various types is a bit loose understanding since numerous at times it is the exact same cost being categorized in a different way as we take a look at the very same thing from various point of views. “Cost may be classified in a variety of ways according to their nature and the information needs of management.”Question: (1 + 2 + 2 = 5 Marks)a. From the above information, identify the type of cost classification discussed. (250 words)b. List and explain in your own words the different type of cost in that classification. (500 words)c. Illustrating with your own examples and graph, the cost type in total change in cost and per unit change in cost.

Case 1: Determining and valuing stocks, cost of products offered is easy in a retailing business, however it is tough in a producing business. It is to be kept in mind that the majority of the time the exact same cost can be categorized in various methods for that reason, stating that cost has various types is a bit loose understanding since numerous at times it is the exact same cost being categorized in a different way as we take a look at the very same thing from various point of views. "Cost may be classified in a variety of ways according to their nature and the information needs of management." Question: a. From the above information, identify the type of cost classification discussed. (250 words) b. List and explain in your own words the different type of cost in that classification. (500 words) c. Illustrating with your own examples and graph, the cost type in total change in cost and per unit change in cost.

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3. Compare and contrast operating leverage vs. financial leverage.4. What are the factors that will affect break-even and explain a circumstance of how it would affect your decision-making?5. Discuss a warning sign that could result in bankruptcy (either personal or for a business), and what you would do to fix the problem?

Define the term bookbuilding as applied in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. Explain the purpose of bookbuilding

A lot of headaches can be avoided by taking the approach of purchasing an existing venture. For example, start-up problems will have been taken care of by the O a. previous owner O b. customer base O initial investors Od. board of directors

Can the retiring strategy of a firm jeopardize its profitability? Explain and provide examples of corpora (if any) where this has happened. Please help me answer this question. I'll upvote for you. Thanks in advance.

Assume that an investor plan to invest in SONY company and after investigation the investor finds that the stock of SONY company is currently over-valued This is an example of ___   Select one: Market efficiency passive management asset allocation None of the answers are correct  fundamental analysis