An introduction conducts the reader _________________
a. in how to respond
b. in what to believe
c. into a document
d. into a conclusion
c
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A company might hold a large amount of cash relative to noncash assets for which of the following reasons?
A. Operating risks are high. B. Part of its operations includes low-tax foreign jurisdictions. C. Dividends are not typically paid to shareholders. D. All of the other answers represent reasons for large cash holdings.
A sound justification for unrelated diversification is that
A. doing so can support managerial motives including the prospects for higher compensation B. doing so can meet expectations for rapid or continuous growth C. doing so can result in risk reduction by spreading a company's investments over a set of diverse industries D. doing so can stabilize earnings, i.e., market downtrends in some of the company's businesses will be partially offset by cyclical upswings in its other businesses E. doing so can deliver enhanced shareholder value if an undervalued company can be purchased at a bargain price
To determine the actual cost of using debt, a firm must adjust its bonds' average yield to maturity for the fact that _____.
A. interest payments on debt represent taxable income to the firm B. interest payments on debt represent a tax deductible expense to the firm C. the average yield to maturity on its debt is a positive return that the firm receives (earns) D. the average yield to maturity on the firm's debt determines the tax rate that it pays on its operating income E. the firm's bondholders do not have to pay taxes on the interest they receive from the firm
How would the insurance industry use business intelligence?
A. Understand customer credit card usage and nonpayment rates. B. Predict claim amounts and medical coverage costs. C. Analyze popular vacation locations with current flight listings. D. Compare the demographics of patients with critical illnesses.