Santos Co. is preparing a cash budget for February. The company has $18,000 cash at the beginning of February and anticipates $66,000 in cash receipts and $116,000 in cash disbursements during February. What amount, if any, must the company borrow during February to maintain a $5,000 cash balance? The company has no loans outstanding on February 1. (Negative cash balances, if any, should be indicated with minus sign.)

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.

Western electric has 32,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $79 and a rate of return of 13.00 percent. the firm has 7,300 shares of 7.80 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $95.00 per share. the preferred stock has a par value of $100. the outstanding debt has a total face value of $404,000 and currently sells for 111 percent of face. the yield to maturity on the debt is 8.08 percent. what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 39 percent?

Barry owns a 50 percent interest in b& b interests, a partnership. his brother, benny, owns a 35 percent interest in that same partnership, and the remaining 15 percent is owned by an unrelated individual. during 2016, barry sells a rental property with a basis of $60,000 to b& b interests for $100,000. the partnership intends to hold the rental as inventory for resale. what is the amount and nature of barry’s gain or loss on this transaction?