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FINALYST

NOVEMBER 2013

1.

Apple got into trouble for adopting the brand ‘iPhone’ because it was already used by company X in 2000.
Later Apple won the lawsuit by claiming to use the brand as ‘Apple iPhone” instead of just iPhone. Identify X.

2.

The risk-free security has a beta equal to
to
.

3.

A best efforts offering is sometimes used in connection with a

4.

In the United States, goodwill charges arising from a current acquisition are generally deductible for "tax
purposes" over___ years.

5.

A multinational can centralize cash management and attempt to reduce exchange rate risk exposure
through the use of_________.

6.

Ben & Jerry's is famous for its ice cream and hippy-like culture. But which conglomerate bought the brand
back in 2001?

7.

Company X merged with Y to create a company worth $ 37 bn which they believed will dominate the
trans-atlantic market. But by 2007, X sold Y to a management firm, which specializes in restructuring
troubled companies, for a mere $7 billion. Identify X and Y.

8.

As a Marine, he had the opportunity to observe the military's logistics system first hand. This encouraged
him to set up his own delivery company. Who is this entrepreneur?

9.

He was an incumbent chief minister who made far reaching contributions to the Panchayati Raj and became the only South Asian politician to die in war-time actions.

10.

A firm's degree of operating leverage (DOL) depends primarily upon its

, while the market portfolio's beta is equal

A)

Sales variability

B)

Level of fixed operating costs

C)

Closeness to its operating break-even point

D)

of new, long-term securities.

Debt-to-equity ratio

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