Fremont LLC is looking to purchase new water chlorination equipment. A salesman from Industrial Water Services (IWS) offered water chlorination equipment for $2.1 million. IWS also said that Fremont LLC would not have to pay for the equipment now and can pay after 2 years. While the price offered by a competing saleswoman from AG Enterprises is $1.7 million to be paid now. Fremont LLC's real MARR is 12% per year, and the inflation rate is 3.9% per year. Determine which offer is better. a. AG offer
b. IWS offer

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

The leading producer of cell phone backup batteries, jumpstart, has achieved great success because they produce high-quality battery backups that are not too expensive. even so, another company that produces lower-quality batteries at the same price has also achieved some success, but not as much as jumpstart. also, in general, the price of backup batteries has declined because of economies of scale and learning. in addition, jumpstart has added complementary assets, such as a carrying case. considering all of these factors, the backup battery industry is most likely in the introduction stage. growth stage. shakeout stage. maturity stage.

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))