Beckman engineering and associates (bea) is considering a change in its capital structure bea currently has $20 million in debt carrying a rate of 8%, and its stock price is $40 per share with 2 millions shares outstanding. bea is a zero growth firm and pays out all of its earnings as dividends. ebit is $14,933 millions, and bea faces a 40% debt, federal plus-rate-tax rate. the market risk premium is 4%, and the risk-free rate is 6%. bea is considering increasing its debt level to a capital structure with 40% debt, based on market values, and repurchasing shares with the extra money that it borrows. bea will have to retire the old debt in order to issue new debt, and the rate on the new debt will be 9%. bea has a beta of 1.0.

a- what is bea's unlevered beta? use market value d/s when unlevering.
b- what are bea's new beta and cost of equity if it has 40% debt?
c- what are bea's wacc and total value of the firm with 40% debt? .

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

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Match the given situations to the type of risks that a business may face while taking credit. 1. beta ltd. had taken a loan from a bank for a period of 15 years, but its sales are gradually showing a decline. 2. alpha ltd. has taken a loan for increasing its production and sales, but it has not conducted any research before making this decision. 3. delphi ltd. has an overseas client. the economy of the client’s country is going through severe recession. 4. delphi ltd. has taken a short-term loan from the bank, but its supply chain logistics are not in place. a. foreign exchange risk b. operational risk c. term of loan risk d. revenue projections risk