Ethics vs profits; net income vs cash flow; TVM economic impact
is essential to the profitability and survival of their firm?
2. What are the similarities and differences between net
income and cash flow? Is it possible to have positive net income and negative
cash flow? If so, how?
3. How do you think the time value of money concepts relates
to the stimulus package passed by Congress last year? Please focus on the
economic impact and not on the political!
4. When McDermott International Inc. announced a few years
ago that its chairman and CEO would soon retire and that it had hired an
investment banker to review its strategic alternatives, its share price rose
9.5%. Securities analysts had been critical of the chairman, and the firm’s
performance had lagged behind that of its competitors. What signals did the
announcement convey?
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