International Exchange has three divisions: A, B, and C. Division A has the least risk and Division C has the most risk. The firm has an aftertax cost of debt of 6.1 percent and a cost of equity of 14.3 percent. The firm is financed with 37 percent debt and 63 percent equity. Division A's projects are assigned a discount rate that is 2.2 percent less than the firm's weighted average cost of capital. What is the discount rate applicable to Division A?

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

Comprehensive illustrative problem: mira's store on february 1 20a4 mica delaman opened astore that sells school supplies her main customer are the students and teachers of happy students school that is situated in front of her store. mira wanted to know the financial position of mira's store. mira knew you were studying accounting. so she asked for . 1. to start her business mira's opened a checking account in the name of mira's store . the statement of account from the bank shows that the checking account has a balance of 31,535 of december 31,20a4

Any point on a country's production possibilities frontier represents a combination of two goods that an economy: