Compute roa and adjusted roa csx corporation reported the following in its tax footnote to its 2016 financial statements. use this information to answer the requirements. $ millions 2016 2015 2014 net income $1,780 $2,034 $1,993 interest expense, net 596 561 562 average total assets 35,080 34,046 32,418 compute (a) return on assets and (b) the adjusted return on assets for each of the three years. assume a statutory tax rate of 37%. round answers to one decimal place (ex: 0.2345 = 23.5%).

Which of the following is an example of search costs? a.) driving to a faraway place to find available goods b.) buying goods in some special way that is outside the normal channels c.) paying a premium cost for goods d.) selling extra goods for a discount price

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?

True or flase? a. new technological developments can us adapt to depleting sources of natural resources. b. research and development funds from the government to private industry never pay off for the country as a whole; they only increase the profits of rich corporations. c. in order for fledgling industries in poor nations to thrive, they must receive protection from foreign trade. d. countries with few natural resources will always be poor. e. as long as real gdp (gross domestic product) grows at a slower rate than the population, per capita real gdp increases.