Saucony is considering adding a new item to its Hurricane line of running shoes to increase its product line depth. All options would be acceptable EXCEPT:

a. inserting an item of a price and performance level that fills a gap between two existing items.
b. adding a new private-label product.
c. adding a lower-priced item that is still capable of satisfying the needs of some customers.
d. adding a higher-priced shoe with a higher performance level.

Quantitative problem: you need $20,000 to purchase a used car. your wealthy uncle is willing to lend you the money as an amortized loan. he would like you to make annual payments for 4 years, with the first payment to be made one year from today. he requires a 8% annual return. what will be your annual loan payments? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. $ how much of your first payment will be applied to interest and to principal repayment? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. interest: $ principal repayment

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false

Kelso electric is debating between a leveraged and an unleveraged capital structure. the all equity capital structure would consist of 40,000 shares of stock. the debt and equity option would consist of 25,000 shares of stock plus $280,000 of debt with an interest rate of 7 percent. what is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options?