Cost of common stock equity ross textiles wishes to measure its cost of common stock equity. the firm's stock is currently selling for $70.67. the firm just recently paid a dividend of $4.00. the firm has been increasing dividends regularly. five years ago, the dividend was just $2.99. after underpricing and flotation costs, the firm expects to net $69.00 per share on a new issue. a. determine average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years. using that growth rate, what dividend would you expect the company to pay next year? b. determine the net proceeds, nn, that the firm will actually receive. c. using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the required return on the company's stock, r subscript s, which should equal the cost of retained earnings, r subscript r. d. using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the cost of new common stock, r subscript n.

Select the correct answer a research organization conducts certain chemical tests on samples. they have data available on the standard results. some of the samples give results outside the boundary of the standard results. which data mining method follows a similar approach? o a. data cleansing ob. network intrusion o c. fraud detection od. customer classification o e. deviation detection

Fill in the missing words to correctly complete each sentence about analyzing a job posting. when reviewing a job posting, it’s important to check theto determine whether it’s worth your time to apply. if the post has been up for a while or it’s already closed, move on to the next position. if it’s still available, take note of when it closes so you’ll know when you mayfrom the company in regard to an interview.

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?