One of the first cases championed by NOW (the National Organization for Women) involved Lorena Weeks, applied for a position as "switch-man" with Southern Bell, a job for which she was the best qualified according to Southern Bell's own seniority rules. Her application was turned down and she was told that the job was reserved for men only in part because "men are the breadwinners" and because the job required lifting items that weighed as much as 30 pounds (a weight considered too heavy for women to lift). Which is NOT one of the reasons Lorena wanted this job

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Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

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