Oracle, a firm that sells commercial ERP and database products, provides Linux for free, selling high-margin Linux support contracts for as much as five hundred thousand dollars. Oracle's motivation for this lies in: Group of answer choices accelerating the shift of open source software towards a proprietary regime. impoverishing other open source developers and furthering its own proprietary offerings. protecting itself from the risks of distributing code while unaware of legal implications. using open source software to fuel sales of hardware. using open source software to wean customers away from competitors.

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

Which of the following statements about revision is most accurate? (a) you must compose first drafts quickly (sprint writing) and return later for editing. (b) careful writers always revise as they write. (c) revision is required for only long and complex business documents. (d) some business writers prefer to compose first drafts quickly and revise later; others prefer to revise as they go.

:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?