Which of the following statements regarding "proximity" in the location decision is false?
a. manufacturers want to be near customers when their product is bulky, heavy, or fragile.
b. clustering among fast food chains occurs because they need to be near their labor supply.
c. perishability of raw materials is a good reason for manufacturers to locate near the supplier, not the customer.
d. reduction in bulk is a good reason for a manufacturer to locate near the supplier.
e. service organizations find that proximity to market is the most critical primary location factor.

Luis and rosa, citizens of costa rica, moved to the united states in year 1 where they both lived and worked. in year 3, they provided the total support for their four young children (all under the age of 10). two children lived with luis and rosa in the u.s., one child lived with his aunt in mexico, and one child lived with her grandmother in costa rica. none of the children earned any income. all of the children were citizens of costa rica. the child in mexico was a resident of mexico, and the child in costa rica was a resident of costa rica. how many total exemptions (personal exemptions plus exemptions for dependents) may luis and rosa claim on their year 3 joint income tax return? a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 2

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Take it all away has a cost of equity of 11.11 percent, a pretax cost of debt of 5.36 percent, and a tax rate of 40 percent. the company's capital structure consists of 67 percent debt on a book value basis, but debt is 33 percent of the company's value on a market value basis. what is the company's wacc