Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (3rd Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance)
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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford
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Chapter 2, Problem 4P
Consider the following potential events that might have occurred to Global on December 30, 2016. For each one, indicate which line items in Global's
- Global used $20 million of its available cash to repay $20 million of its long-term debt.
- A warehouse fire destroyed $5 million worth of uninsured inventory.
- Global used $5 million in cash and $5 million in new long-term debt to purchase a $10 million building.
- A large customer owing $3 million for products it already received declared bankruptcy, leaving no possibility that Global would ever receive payment.
- Global's engineers discover a new manufacturing process that will cut the cost of its flagship product by more than 50%.
1. A key competitor announces a radical new pricing policy that will drastically undercut Global's prices.
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