Assume that you and some partners have formed a partnership to attempt to acquire the four McDonalds franchises in the area (Main Street, Wal-Mart, and Wheat Drive stores in Bozeman, and the Belgrade store off Jackrabbit Lane north of the interstate). You are seeking a loan from a local bank to finance the acquisition and operation of the four stores. You have been asked to provide the loan officer with a brief analysis of the competitive environment in fast-food. Organize your thinking about how to answer this question by thinking about a five-forces analysis for the fast-food industry. List each of the five competitive forces and whether you think the force is stron moderate or weak Do you think that the fast food industry is an attractive business to be in, briefly describe why or why not.

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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Which statement is not true about a peptide bond? which statement is not true about a peptide bond? the peptide bond has partial double-bond character. the carbonyl oxygen and the amide hydrogen are most often in a trans configuration with respect to one another. rotation is restricted about the peptide bond. the peptide bond is longer than the typical carbon-nitrogen bond.