3.Tripex Consolidated Industries owns $1.5 million in 12 percent bonds of Solow Electronics Company. It also owns 100,000 shares of preferred stock of Solow, which constitutes 10 percent
of all outstanding Solow preferred shares. In the past year, Solow paid the stipulated interest on
its bonds and dividends of $3 per share on its preferred stock. The marginal tax rate of Tripex is
34 percent. What taxes must Tripex pay on this interest and dividend income?

Abusiness cycle reflects in economic activity, particularly real gdp. the stages of a business cycle

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

Dyed-denim corporation is seeking to lower the costs of value creation and achieve a low-cost position. as a result, it plans to move its manufacturing plant from the u.s. to thailand, which based on company research, is the optimal location for production. this strategic move will most likely allow the company to realize