Benchmark Capital proposes to invest $20 million in RL Industries for 8 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The founders, Ralph Lauren and his wife, Laura Lauren are currently the only shareholders. Ralph and Lauren each own 5 million shares of RL common stock. Benchmark insists that the company issue an Employee Option Pool equivalent to 15% ownership, post-money. (a) What is the post-money valuation

Corey is trying to save money to buy a new tv. he invests $800 into an account paying 6.5% simple interest. for how long must he save if the tv costs $950? a. 2 years b. 3 years c. 4 years d. 5 years

Shelby company produces three products: product x, product y, and product z. data concerning the three products follow (per unit): product x product y product z selling price $ 85 $ 65 $ 75 variable expenses: direct materials 25.50 19.50 5.25 labor and overhead 25.50 29.25 47.25 total variable expenses 51.00 48.75 52.50 contribution margin $ 34.00 $ 16.25 $ 22.50 contribution margin ratio 40 % 25 % 30 % demand for the company’s products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. the same material is used in each product. the material costs $8 per pound, with a maximum of 4,400 pounds available each month. required: a. compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) contribution margin per pound product x $ product y $ product z $ b. which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for product x, for product y, or for product z? which orders second? third? product x product y product z

Apopular low-cost airline, parson corp., has gone out of business. although the service and price provided by the airline was what customers wanted, the larger airlines were able to drive the low-cost airline out of business through an aggressive price war. which component of the competitive environment does this illustrate? a) threat of new entrants b)competitors c) economic factors d) customers d) regulators