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The Great Giant Corp. has a management contract with its newly hired president. The contract requires a lump sum payment of $25,000,000 be paid to the president upon the completion of her first 8 ye
The MerryWeather Firm wants to raise $29 million to expand its business. To accomplish this, the firm plans to sell 15-year, $1,000 face value zero-coupon bonds.
Jensen's Travel Agency has 11 percent preferred stock outstanding that is currently selling for $42 a share. The market rate of return is 14 percent and the firm's tax rate is 34 percent. What is J
Your parents are giving you $250 a month for 5 years while you are in college. At a 5 percent discount rate, what are these payments worth to you when you first start college?
Price Corp. is considering selling to a group of new customers and creating new annual sales of $320,000. 3% will be uncollectible. The collection cost on these accounts is 3% of new sales, the cost
Stock in CDB Industries has a beta of .91. The market risk premium is 7.1 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 4.1 percent. CDB's most recent dividend was $2.00 per share, and dividends are e
Last year Emery Industries had $450 million of sales and $225 million of fixed assets, so its Fixed Assets/Sales ratio was 50%. However, its fixed assets were used at only 55% of capacity.
This year Mitchell received a $600 refund of state income tax. Mitchell could have deducted $1,100 of state income tax on the prior year return. What amount of the refund, if any, should Mitchel
Prepare the journal entry to record the Hale company's employer payroll taxes resulting from the January 31 payroll. Hale's merit rating reduces its state unemployment to 4% of the first $7000 paid
You are considering a new investment. The rate on T-bills is 2.3% and the return on the S&P 500 is 8.5%. You have measured the non-diversifiable risk of the investment you are considering to be
If Matt has an original investment of $3,000 in stock that pays annual dividends equal to 2% of the investment, what would the value of the investment be at the following increments assuming he rein
Matilda is 29 years old. In 2013, she and her husband reported total AGI of $19,000, all of which was earned income. She is married and they have one dependent.
Erna Corp. has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $71 and the book value per share is $6. Erna Corp. also has two bond issues outstanding.
A proposed capital project will cost $20 million and generate $4 million annually in after-tax cash flows for 10 years. The cost of capital for a project of this risk level is 12.2%. Should the proj
Your company has spent $500,000 on research to develop a new computer game. The firm is planning to spend $100,000 on a machine to produce the new game.
Team Sports has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding, 2 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 20 thousand bonds ($1,000 par).
Walter Industries is a family owned concern. It has been using the residual dividend model, but family members who hold a majority of the stock want more cash dividends, even if that means a slower
Rivington Company is thinking about expanding and wants to calculate their WACC. Assume their capital structure consists of 45% common stock, 20% preferred stock, and 35% debt.
You expect the price of GE to not change very much in the next month, so you go short on (sell) a straddle (a put and a call at the same strike) on 100 shares of GE, with a strike price of $23.
What would Acetate's weighted average cost of captial be if the firm borrows additional $5 million and uses the proceeds to repurchases shares?
Paige's Purses, Inc. needs to raise $25.40 million to finance plant expansion. In discussions with its investment bank, Paige's learns that the bankers recommend an offer price (or gross proceeds) o
The company will increase its dividend by 24 percent next year and will then reduce its dividend growth rate by 6 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 6 percent divide
The underlying goal of commercial bank management is to maximize the wealth of the bank's shareholders, which implies maximizing the price of the bank's stock (if the bank is publ
Describe two unethical practices of some financial managers in preparing financial statements that could hurt them and their company.
Describe and discuss the major factors in selection of a long-term carepolicy. OR, discuss the tax advantagesor long-term care coverage.