Avicorp has a $10 million debt issue outstanding, with a 6% coupon rate. the debt has semiannual coupons, the next coupon is due in six months, and the debt matures in five years. it is currently priced at 95% of par value.

a. what is avicorp’s pretax cost of debt?
b. if avicorp faces a 40% tax rate, what is its after-tax cost of debt?

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to

Which example would the government consider as intellectual property? a. product design that contains a hologram of the logo of the company b. a copy of a famous artist’s painting in a new medium c. a plant species discovered in the united states for the first time d. a method of production that is common to an entire industry e. a discount structure offered to the customer at a store