Define the term structure of interest rates and explain now it could impact QDD's objective of obtaining the lowest coupon rate Essay Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD's stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company "s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3% risk free rate of return QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock.
QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments

An accountant for a company has not used readily available professional development opportunities to stay aware of changes in tax laws and applied previous tax rules to the most recent tax return, resulting in an overpayment of income tax Using IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice, how would the accountant's behavior best be described?

• A. The accountant has not complied with the competence standard
• B. The accountant has complied with the competence standard if the lack of professional development is disclosed in any reports or analyses the accountant produces
• C. The accountant has not complied with the credibility standard but has complied with the competence standard
• D. The accountant has complied with the competence standard if the lack of professional development is disclosed to supervisors

The CFO at GameX, a handheld game manufacturer has asked a financial analyst to provide an analysis and evaluation of the company versus three of its competitors. The analyst prepared the following report.

Based or the analysis the analyst is justified to write in his evaluation mat in order to Improve its position in the market. GameX should

• A. increase its inventory
• B. reduce its debt load

Discuss whether the demand for OLI's new business English course is elastic and explain how OLI can use this information in determining the product price.
Essay
Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country.
It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.
OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is
€300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.