As of January 1, 2011, there are 28 annual payments left on Smith's loan. The next payment is due January 1, 2012. The payment schedule consists of 5 payments of $1,000 each, followed by 23 payments of $2,000 each. The effective annual rate of interest is 5%. The lender agrees to let Smith pay off the loan with five annual payments, commencing January 1, 2012. The amount of these payments are K, 2K, 3K, 4K, and 5K respectively. Under the new arrangement, the lender still realizes an effective annual yield of 5%. In which of the following ranges is K? a. < $1,850
b. ≥ $1,850 but < $1,900
c. ≥ $1,900 but < $1,950
d. ≥ $1,950 but < $2,000
e. ≥ $2,000

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

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?

In mexico, many garment or sewing shops found they could entice many young people to work for them if they offered clean, air conditioned work areas with high-quality locker rooms to clean up in after the work day. typically, traditional garment shops had to offer to get workers to apply for the hard, repetitive, and somewhat dangerous work. a. benchmark competitive wages b.compensating differentials c. monopoly wages d. wages based on human capital development of each employee