Theme IV Assignments |
Mar 25: 1-4:Post-Retirement
Benefits (Economic & Accounting
Consequences)
1-7:Leases ( Benefits (Economic & Accounting Consequences)
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Mar 30:
2-1: Junk, Bunny & Dual Currency Bonds
(Advantages and Risks of owning or issuing financial instruments).
2-3: MIPS (Monthly income preferred shares): (Advantages and Risks of owning or issuing
financial instruments).
2-4: Park Fairview apartments: (What is a financial Instrument?).
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Apr 1: 2-5:
Internal Control Over Financial Instruments. (Selecting Broker-Dealers, Investment Bankers
& Counterparties)
2-7: Internal Control Over Financial Instruments. (Ethical issues related to Special
Electronics, Inc. ).
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Apr 6: 3-2:
Assessing Risks and Solvency: Leverage, Liquidity and Interest Coverage Ratios (American
Greetings Corp. and Gibson Greetings, Inc. )
3-8: The Changing Mix of Debt and Equity Financing: LBOs
3-9: Assessing Risks and Solvency: Assessing Municipal Debt (Fayetteville, Arkansas).
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Apr 8: 3-1:
Assessing Risks and Solvency: Bond Carrying Value #1
3-6: Assessing Risks and Solvency: Bond Carrying Value #2 ( Present Value Calculations required for 3-1 and 3-6, See Theme III
Appendix)
Subgroup Assignment (60 pts). Handout Case.
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| Apr 13: Transaction
Problem #4 |
| Apr 15: ( Reading only) |
| Apr 20: Group
Assignment: (70 points), 3-4 with addendum |
Apr 22: 4-1:
The need for budget reforms: N.Y. State "sells" Attica prison
4-3: The need for budget reforms: California Dreaming # 2: Creative accounting for
independent contractors and Medi-Cal.
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Apr 27: Read
from Theme III, Module 4, part b (Privatization)
4B-2: Accounting Info. needed for
privatization decisions (Kmart in E. Europe)
4B-3: Accounting Info. needed for privatization decisions: (Iowa Communications
Network).
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| May 5: (Tuesday): Final Exam, 2:00
– 4:00 |
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