While Unions and Hotel Chains Might Not Like Airbnb and Feel

question 10

True/False

While unions and hotel chains might not like Airbnb and feel threatened by its offerings, Airbnb is legal in nearly every market worldwide since private citizens are fully empowered to rent property that they own.

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Definitions:

Interest Rate

The amount charged by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets, expressed as a percentage of the principal, usually on an annual basis.

Optimal Capital Structure

The ideal mix of debt and equity financing that minimizes a company's cost of capital and maximizes its value and stock price.

WACC

Weighted Average Cost of Capital, a calculation of a firm's cost of capital that weighs each category of capital proportionately.

EPS

EPS stands for Earnings Per Share, a key financial indicator that divides net earnings available to shareholders by the average outstanding shares, illustrating the company's profit on a per-share basis.